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|office=Louisiana State Senator for District 21 (Iberia, St. Mary, and<br> [[Terrebonne Parish|Terrebonne]] parishes)

|office=Louisiana State Senator for District 21 (Iberia, St. Mary, and<br> [[Terrebonne Parish|Terrebonne]] parishes)

|term_start=January 2012

|term_start=January 2012

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|term_end=January 2024

|preceded=Butch Gautreaux}}

|preceded=Butch Gautreaux

|succeeded=}}

'''Robert LeBreton Allain, II''', known as '''Bret Allain''' (born November 18, 1958), is a sugar cane [[farmer]] and [[business]]man from Jeanerette in Iberia  Parish in south [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 21, which encompasses all of St. Mary and portions of Iberia, Lafourche, and [[Terrebonne Parish|Terrebonne]] parishes.<ref name=allain>Nate Monroe, "Ten Questions for state Sen. Bret Allain," houmatoday.com, November 28, 2011.</ref>

'''Robert LeBreton Allain, II''', known as '''Bret Allain''' (born November 18, 1958), is a sugar cane [[farmer]] and [[business]]man from Jeanerette in Iberia  Parish in south [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] departing member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 21, which encompasses all of St. Mary and portions of Iberia, Lafourche, and [[Terrebonne Parish|Terrebonne]] parishes.<ref name=allain>Nate Monroe, "Ten Questions for state Sen. Bret Allain," houmatoday.com, November 28, 2011.</ref>

   

   

Allain graduated in 1980 with a degree in agricultural engineering from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsualumni.org/?p=7213|author=Jackie Bartkiewicz|title=Getting Much More than Just a Senior Ring|date=December 1, 2011|publisher=lsualumni.org|accessdate=May 19, 2012; information no longer accessible}}</ref>

Allain graduated in 1980 with a degree in agricultural engineering from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsualumni.org/?p=7213|author=Jackie Bartkiewicz|title=Getting Much More than Just a Senior Ring|date=December 1, 2011|publisher=lsualumni.org|accessdate=May 19, 2012; information no longer accessible}}</ref>

Allain also is committed to completing Interstate 49, the [[Shreveport]] to Lafayette, Louisiana, superhighway. A pending plan would upgrade U.S. Highway 90 between [[New Orleans]] and [[Lafayette]] into an interstate-quality highway.<ref name=allain/>  

Allain also is committed to completing Interstate 49, the [[Shreveport]] to Lafayette, Louisiana, superhighway. A pending plan would upgrade U.S. Highway 90 between [[New Orleans]] and [[Lafayette]] into an interstate-quality highway.<ref name=allain/>  

Allain ran unopposed for his third term in the state Senate in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019.

Allain ran unopposed for his third term in the state Senate in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019. Term-limited in 2023, Allain's son, Robert Allain, sought to succeed his father in a race against two other Republicans, Henry "Bo" LaGrange and Stephen Swiber.

 

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