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|term_start=January 1992
|term_start=January 1992
|term_end=January 2004
|term_end=January 2004
|preceded=Richard Neeson
|preceded=[[Richard Neeson|Richard G. Neeson, Sr.]]
|succeeded=[[Sherri Smith Buffington]]
|succeeded=[[Sherri Smith Buffington]]
|birth_date=November 4, 1938
|birth_date=November 4, 1938
====1987 and 1990 losses====
====1987 and 1990 losses====
Bean lost his first race for the state Senate in 1987 when he was defeated by incumbent Democrat Richard Grady Neeson, Sr. (born 1946). Bean was also defeated by fellow Republican [[Hazel Beard]] in the race for mayor of Shreveport in 1990. He received only 5,056 votes (8 percent) in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] for mayor.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Caddo Parish), 1990.</ref>
Bean lost his first race for the state Senate in 1987 when he was defeated by incumbent Democrat [[Richard Neeson|Richard Grady Neeson, Sr.]] Bean was also defeated by fellow Republican [[Hazel Beard]] in the race for mayor of Shreveport in 1990. He received only 5,056 votes (8 percent) in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] for mayor.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Caddo Parish), 1990.</ref>
====1991 victory====
====1991 victory====
In the second contest held on the same day that [[Edwin Edwards]] defeated [[David Duke]] for [[governor]], Bean narrowly upset Armstrong, 20,474 (51 percent) to 19,720 (49 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, General election returns, November 16, 1991.</ref>
In the second contest held on the same day that [[Edwin Edwards]] defeated [[David Duke]] for [[governor]], Bean narrowly upset Armstrong, 20,474 (51 percent) to 19,720 (49 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, General election returns, November 16, 1991.</ref>
"The third time around [1991; actually fourth time counting the police jury defeat] was the charm, and the citizens were smart enough to elect him," said Diana M. Simek, another of Bean's campaign managers. "Even in the losses, he never lost his sense of humor ..." For twelve years he served District 38, which includes Shreveport and parts of DeSoto Parish to the south.
"The third time around [1991; actually fourth time counting the police jury defeat was the charm, and the citizens were smart enough to elect him," said Diana M. Simek, another of Bean's campaign managers. "Even in the losses, he never lost his sense of humor ..." For twelve years he served District 38, which includes Shreveport and parts of DeSoto Parish to the south.
====Winning re-election, 1995 and 1999====
====Winning re-election, 1995 and 1999====
"I am delighted that my peers thought enough of me to vote for me," Bean said. "I consider myself a [[Moderate Republican]], who can get along with folks on both sides of the fence. I hope I can contribute in a positive way to the bipartisan effort in the Senate to move the state forward."
"I am delighted that my peers thought enough of me to vote for me," Bean said. "I consider myself a [[Moderate Republican]], who can get along with folks on both sides of the fence. I hope I can contribute in a positive way to the bipartisan effort in the Senate to move the state forward."
==Later years==
==Later years==
Bean lost his only son, John E. Bean (1961-2000), the victim of a traffic accident. Sherri Buffington said that Bean didn't "break down" until after he left the hospital, where he'd been "trying to take care of John's children and his daughter-in-law … I think one of the most defining statements I ever heard him make was when we were driving away and he was crying," said Buffington, after talking of how close the father and son were. "He said, 'I have to remember that for forty years I've had what some people never have in a lifetime.' That's Ron. He was always able to take a negative and make something positive out of it."
Bean lost his only son, John E. Bean (1961-2000), the victim of a traffic accident. Sherri Buffington said that Bean didn't "break down" until after he left the hospital, where he'd been "trying to take care of John's children and his daughter-in-law … I think one of the most defining statements I ever heard him make was when we were driving away and he was crying," said Buffington, after talking of how close the father and son were. "He said, 'I have to remember that for forty years I've had what some people never have in a lifetime.' That's Ron. He was always able to take a negative and make something positive out of it."