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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Robert LeBreton "Bret" Allain, II
|name=Robert LeBreton "Bret" Allain, II
|birth_date=November 18, 1958
|birth_date=November 18, 1958
|spouse=Kimberly M. Allain
|spouse=Kimberly M. Allain
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|office=Louisiana State Senator for District 21 (Iberia, St. Mary, and Terrebonne parishes)
|term_start=January 2012
|term_end=
|preceded=Butch Gautreaux}}
'''Robert LeBreton "Bret" Allain, II''' (born November 18, 1958) is a sugar cane [[farmer]] and [[business]]man from Jeanerette in Iberia Parish in south [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican]] member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 21, which encompasses all of St. Mary and portions of Iberia, Lafourche, and Terrebonne Parish parishes.<ref name=allain>{{cite web|url=http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20111127/articles/111129789?p=1&tc=pg&tc=ar|title=Nate Monroe, "10 questions for state Sen. Bret Allain", November 28, 2011|publisher=houmatoday.com|accessdate=May 19, 2012}}</ref>
'''Robert LeBreton "Bret" Allain, II''' (born November 18, 1958) is a sugar cane [[farmer]] and [[business]]man from Jeanerette in Iberia Parish in south [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican]] member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 21, which encompasses all of St. Mary and portions of Iberia, Lafourche, and Terrebonne Parish parishes.<ref name=allain>{{cite web|url=http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20111127/articles/111129789?p=1&tc=pg&tc=ar|title=Nate Monroe, "10 questions for state Sen. Bret Allain", November 28, 2011|publisher=houmatoday.com|accessdate=May 19, 2012}}</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|title=Jackie Bartkiewicz, "Getting Much More than Just a Senior Ring," December 1, 2011|publisher=lsualumni.org|accessdate=May 19, 2012}}</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|title=Jackie Bartkiewicz, "Getting Much More than Just a Senior Ring," December 1, 2011|publisher=lsualumni.org|accessdate=May 19, 2012}}</ref>
He was elected outright in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011 for the right to succeed the term-limited [[Democratic]] Senator Butch Gautreaux of Morgan City. Allain received 14,618 votes (51.4 percent) in the contest with another Republican, Darrin Guidry, a newspaper publisher from Houma in Terrebonne Parish,<ref name=allain/> who polled 13,846 votes (48.6 percent). No Democrat sought the position in the revised district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10222011/10222011_Legislative.html|title=Louisiana primary election returns, October 22, 2011|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=May 18, 2012}}</ref>
He was elected outright in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011 for the right to succeed the term-limited [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Senator Butch Gautreaux of Morgan City. Allain received 14,618 votes (51.4 percent) in the contest with another Republican, Darrin Guidry, a newspaper publisher from Houma in Terrebonne Parish,<ref name=allain/> who polled 13,846 votes (48.6 percent). No Democrat sought the position in the revised district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10222011/10222011_Legislative.html|title=Louisiana primary election returns, October 22, 2011|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=May 18, 2012}}</ref>
Allain lists flood protection at the top his legislative priorities: "It's important we protect people from hurricanes and back-water flooding. One project that proved itself during the Mississippi River flooding is the sinking of the barge in Bayou Chene. That probably saved hundreds of homes in Terrebonne and St. Mary parishes. I also want to move the Morganza-to-the-Gulf levee system along."<ref name=allain/>"We will continue to fight for as much money as we can for funding for levees and the Bayou Chene project. That's first and foremost — to make sure we push forward our agenda for those operations," Allain added.<ref name=allain/>
Allain lists flood protection at the top his legislative priorities: "It's important we protect people from hurricanes and back-water flooding. One project that proved itself during the Mississippi River flooding is the sinking of the barge in Bayou Chene. That probably saved hundreds of homes in Terrebonne and St. Mary parishes. I also want to move the Morganza-to-the-Gulf levee system along."<ref name=allain/>"We will continue to fight for as much money as we can for funding for levees and the Bayou Chene project. That's first and foremost — to make sure we push forward our agenda for those operations," Allain added.<ref name=allain/>
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