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'''Alan Thomas Seabaugh''' (born 1967) is an incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the [[Louisiana]] State Senate for District 31, the largest senate district in the state geographically, which encompasses parts of ten parishes in North and Central Louisiana. Seabaugh is the outgoing state representative for District 5 in Caddo Parish, a seat to which he was first victorious in a special election in 2010. His House seat was won by Dennis Bamburg, Jr., who was unopposed for the position in the primary election held on October 14, 2023. In 2012, Representative Seabaugh was elected vice chairman of the state House Republican delegation.
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'''Alan Thomas Seabaugh''' (born 1967) is an incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the [[Louisiana]] State Senate for District 31, the largest senate district in the state geographically. It now encompasses parts of ten parishes in North and Central Louisiana. Seabaugh was elected to the Senate as fellow Republican [[Jeff Landry]] won the governorship. Landry is a strong Seabaugh supporter.
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An [[attorney]] in [[Shreveport]], Sebaugh is the managing partner of the Seabaugh, Joffrion, Sepulvado & Victory firm. The practice encompasses real estate law, insurance claims, and contracts. He is a member of the Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Bar Admissions.
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Seabaugh is he outgoing state representative for District 5 in Caddo Parish, a seat to which he was first victorious in a special election in 2010. His House seat passes to Dennis Bamburg Jr., who ran unopposed for the position in the primary election held on October 14, 2023.
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An [[attorney]] in [[Shreveport]], Sebaugh is the managing partner of the Seabaugh, Joffrion, Sepulvado & Victory firm. The practice encompasses real estate law, insurance claims, and contracts. He is a member of the Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Bar Admissions. In 2012, Representative Seabaugh was elected vice chairman of the state House Republican delegation.
    
In 2008 Seabaugh was a delegate and vice chairman of the Louisiana delegation to the 2008 [[Republican National Convention]] held that year in the capital city of [[St. Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]], [[Minnesota]]. He was a Louisiana presidential elector that year and cast his votes for the unsuccessful [[John McCain|McCain]]/[[Sarah Palin|Palin]] ticket. He was a delegate to the 2010 Southern Republican Leadership Conference which met in [[New Orleans]].
 
In 2008 Seabaugh was a delegate and vice chairman of the Louisiana delegation to the 2008 [[Republican National Convention]] held that year in the capital city of [[St. Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]], [[Minnesota]]. He was a Louisiana presidential elector that year and cast his votes for the unsuccessful [[John McCain|McCain]]/[[Sarah Palin|Palin]] ticket. He was a delegate to the 2010 Southern Republican Leadership Conference which met in [[New Orleans]].
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He has been affiliated with the [[Christian]] nationalist legal organization, the [[Alliance Defending Freedom]], a group known for opposition to [[LGBTQ]] issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202190244/http://alanseabaugh.com/about-alana-seabaugh-louisianastate-representative/|title=Meet Alan|publisher=Alan Seabrough State Representative|date=February 2, 2018}}</ref>
 
He has been affiliated with the [[Christian]] nationalist legal organization, the [[Alliance Defending Freedom]], a group known for opposition to [[LGBTQ]] issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202190244/http://alanseabaugh.com/about-alana-seabaugh-louisianastate-representative/|title=Meet Alan|publisher=Alan Seabrough State Representative|date=February 2, 2018}}</ref>
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In 2007,  the [[conservative]] Seabaugh unsuccessfully contested the state Senate District 38 seat but lost to fellow Republican [[Sherry Buffington]], a [[Moderate Republican]].
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In 2007,  the [[conservative]] Seabaugh unsuccessfully contested the state Senate District 38 seat but lost to fellow Republican [[Sherri Smith Buffington]], a [[Moderate Republican]].
    
Term-limited in the House, Seabaugh won election to state Senate District 31 in the 2023 primary. He defeated Michael McConathy, a former men's [[basketball]] coach at [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], a former Democrat who switched to Republican registration to make the race. Seabaugh won the Senate election with 16,982 votes (54 percent) to McConathy's 14,355 (46 percent). Seabaugh won five of the ten parishes in the district.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 14, 2023.</ref>
 
Term-limited in the House, Seabaugh won election to state Senate District 31 in the 2023 primary. He defeated Michael McConathy, a former men's [[basketball]] coach at [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], a former Democrat who switched to Republican registration to make the race. Seabaugh won the Senate election with 16,982 votes (54 percent) to McConathy's 14,355 (46 percent). Seabaugh won five of the ten parishes in the district.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 14, 2023.</ref>
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