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|birth_date=December 2, 1958
|birth_date=December 2, 1958
|birth_place=Covington, St, Tammany Parish, Louisiana
|birth_place=Covington, St, Tammany Parish, Louisiana
|death_date =
|death_date=
|death_place=
|death_place=
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|spouse=Susan Searcy Strain
|spouse=Susan Searcy Strain
|chldren=Melissa and Michael
|chldren=Melissa and Michael
|alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]] ([[Baton Rouge]])
|alma_mater=Covington High School<br>
|religion=Roman Catholic]]
[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
LSU School of Veterinary Medicine (both in [[Baton Rouge]])
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
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'''Michael Gene Strain''', known as '''Mike Strain''' (born December 2, 1958), is the first [[Republican Party |Republican]] ever elected to the position of [[Louisiana]] Agriculture and Forestry commissioner.
'''Michael Gene Strain''', known as '''Mike Strain''' (born December 2, 1958), is the first [[Republican Party |Republican]] ever elected to the position of [[Louisiana]] Agriculture and Forestry commissioner.
A former state representative from Covington in [[suburb]]an St. Tammany Parish near [[New Orleans]], Strain assumed his position with his state's other constitutional officers on January 14, 2008.
A former state representative from Covington in [[suburb]]an St. Tammany Parish near [[New Orleans]], Strain assumed his position with his state's other constitutional officers on January 14, 2008.
== Background ==
==Background==
A [[veterinarian]] and rancher, Strain was born in Covington to Charles "Butch" Strain, Jr., and Carol Strain of Abita Springs, a small town in St. Tammany Parish. He graduated in 1976 from Covington High School. In 1983, he earned his [[Veterinarian|Doctor of Veterinary Medicine]] from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. He and his veterinarian wife, Dr. Susan Searcy Strain (born January 31, 1958), a native of [[Hot Springs, Arkansas|Hot Springs]], [[Arkansas]], operate Claiborne Hill Veterinary Hospital in Covington. The Strains have two children, Melissa and Michael. They attend St. Jane's d'Chantal [[Roman Catholic]] Church in Abita Springs.<ref>Representative Mike Strain Enters Agriculture Commissioner Race," ''Financial News'' at Yahoo Finance; 2007; no longer accessible on-line.</ref>
A [[veterinarian]] and rancher, Strain was born in Covington to Charles "Butch" Strain, Jr., and Carol Strain of Abita Springs, a small town in St. Tammany Parish. He graduated in 1976 from Covington High School. In 1983, he earned his [[Veterinarian|Doctor of Veterinary Medicine]] from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. He and his veterinarian wife, Dr. Susan Searcy Strain (born January 31, 1958), a native of [[Hot Springs, Arkansas|Hot Springs]], [[Arkansas]], operate Claiborne Hill Veterinary Hospital in Covington. The Strains have two children, Melissa and Michael. They attend St. Jane's d'Chantal [[Roman Catholic]] Church in Abita Springs.<ref>Representative Mike Strain Enters Agriculture Commissioner Race," ''Financial News'' at Yahoo Finance; 2007; no longer accessible on-line.</ref>