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| term_end=2004
| term_end=2004
| preceded=[[William J. Guste]]
| preceded=[[William J. Guste]]
| succeeded=[[Charles C. Foti, Jr.]]
| succeeded=Charles C. Foti, Jr.
| office2=District Attorney of Calcasieu Parish
| office2=District Attorney of Calcasieu Parish
| term_start2=1984
| term_start2=1984
During his tenure as district attorney, for which he was reelected in 1990, he headed the national Commission on Model State Drug Laws.<ref name=whoswho/>
During his tenure as district attorney, for which he was reelected in 1990, he headed the national Commission on Model State Drug Laws.<ref name=whoswho/>
==Political life==
==Poliical life==
===Three elections as attorney general===
===Three elections as attorney general===
When William Guste announced that he would not seek a sixth term as attorney general in 1991, Ieyoub filed for the position as the leading candidate. He was challenged by two fellow Democrats, future state Treasurer and subsequent Republican convert [[John Neely Kennedy]] and Winston Riddick, and the principal Republican choice that year, former state Representative and state Senator [[Ben Bagert|Bernard J. "Ben" Bagert, Jr.]], of New Orleans. Ieyoub led the field with 447,423 votes (31 percent) to Bagert's 312,960 (22 percent), Kennedy's 288,104 (20 percent), and Riddick's 224,200 (16 percent). Two other Republicans also ran and divided 11 percent of the primary vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, 1991.</>
When William Guste announced that he would not seek a sixth term as attorney general in 1991, Ieyoub filed for the position as the leading candidate. He was challenged by two fellow Democrats, future state Treasurer and subsequent Republican convert [[John Neely Kennedy]] and Winston Riddick, and the principal Republican choice that year, former state Representative and state Senator [[Ben Bagert|Bernard J. "Ben" Bagert, Jr.]], of New Orleans. Ieyoub led the field with 447,423 votes (31 percent) to Bagert's 312,960 (22 percent), Kennedy's 288,104 (20 percent), and Riddick's 224,200 (16 percent). Two other Republicans also ran and divided 11 percent of the primary vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, 1991.</>