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| occupation=[[Banker]]
| occupation=[[Banker]]
| spouse=Gary Paul Champagne, Sr.
| spouse=Gary Paul Champagne, Sr.
| children=Five children, including<br>
| children=Five children, including
Gary Champagne, Jr.
Gary Champagne, Jr.
}}
}}
==Political life==
==Political life==
===House tenure===
===House tenure===
From 2002 to 2007, Champagne was the chief administrative officer for the combined Iberia Parish and city of New Iberia government. She resigned to run for state representative and faced no opposition. The incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], later [[Independent]], Troy Hebert, also of Jeanerette, vacated the seat because of term limits and instead was elected to the state Senate. Champagne won her House race as a Democrat, but in July 2010, she switched party allegiance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/h1812-2012.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=February 20, 2011}}</ref><ref name=vsmart>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=93867=|title=Representative Simone B. Champagne (LA)|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=February 20, 2011}}</ref>
From 2002 to 2007, Champagne was the chief administrative officer for the combined Iberia Parish and city of New Iberia government. She resigned to run for state representative and faced no opposition. The incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], later [[Independent]], Troy Hebert, also of Jeanerette, vacated the seat because of term limits and instead was elected to the state Senate. Champagne won her House race as a Democrat, but in July 2010, she switched party allegiance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/h1812-2012.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=February 20, 2011}}</ref><ref name=vsmart>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=93867=|title=Representative Simone B. Champagne (LA)|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=February 20, 2011}}</ref>
Representative Champagne served on the House committees on (1) Appropriations, (2) Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs, (3) Natural Resources and Environment, (4) House Executive Committee, and (5) Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. She was a member of the Acadiana delegation, the Legislative Women's Caucus, the Republican legislative delegation, and the Louisiana Rural Caucus.<ref name=bio/> In 2009, Champagne was rated 100 percent by the Louisiana [[Right to Life]] Federation and the [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum and 65 percent by the trade association, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.<ref name=vsmart/>
Representative Champagne served on the House committees on (1) Appropriations, (2) Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs, (3) Natural Resources and Environment, (4) House Executive Committee, and (5) Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. She was a member of the Acadiana delegation, the Legislative Women's Caucus, the Republican legislative delegation, and the Louisiana Rural Caucus.<ref name=bio/> In 2009, Champagne was rated 100 percent by the Louisiana [[Right to Life]] Federation and the [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum and 65 percent by the trade association, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.<ref name=vsmart/>
===Special Senate election===
===Special Senate election===
Early in 2011, Champagne ran in a [[special election]] for the state Senate but lost to a House colleague, [[Fred Mills (Louisiana politician)|Fred Henry Mills, Jr.]], a banker and pharmacist from St. Martin Parish. Mills also switched from Democrat-to-Republican in 2010.<ref name=ereturns>Louisiana Secretary of
Early in 2011, Champagne ran in a [[special election]] for the state Senate but lost to a House colleague, [[Fred Mills (Louisiana politician)|Fred Henry Mills, Jr.]], a banker and pharmacist from St. Martin Parish. Mills also switched from Democrat-to-Republican in 2010.<ref name=ereturns>Louisiana Secretary of
State, Election Returns, January 22, 2011.</ref>
State, Election Returns, January 22, 2011.</ref>