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In 1940, LeBlanc was elected to the first of his four nonconsecutive terms in the Louisiana State Senate. LeBlanc served from 1940 to 1944 (Governor [[Sam Houston Jones]]), 1948 to 1952 (second Earl Long administration), 1964 to 1968, and 1968 to 1971 (McKeithen), when he died in office, with some seven months remaining in his Senate term. At the time of his death, LeBlanc was also seeking a fifth term in the state Senate from a reconfigured district including Vermilion and Acadia parishes.
In 1940, LeBlanc was elected to the first of his four nonconsecutive terms in the Louisiana State Senate. LeBlanc served from 1940 to 1944 (Governor [[Sam Houston Jones]]), 1948 to 1952 (second Earl Long administration), 1964 to 1968, and 1968 to 1971 (McKeithen), when he died in office, with some seven months remaining in his Senate term. At the time of his death, LeBlanc was also seeking a fifth term in the state Senate from a reconfigured district including Vermilion and Acadia parishes.
LeBlanc also ran three times — in 1952, 1954, and 1966 — for the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district against the Lafayette-based incumbent, Edwin Edward Willis (1904-1972). State Representative Dick Guidry of Lafourche Parish was a third candidate in the 1966 congressional primary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1592776/|title=Everyone gets into state politics|publisher=''Lake Charles American Press''|date=August 12, 1966|page=15|accessdate=September 11, 2014}}</ref> Willis prevailed over both LeBlanc and Guidry and then defeated the Republican [[Hall M. Lyons]] of Lafayette in the 1966 [[general election]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, General election returns, November 8, 1966.</ref> Hall Lyons was the younger of two sons of GOP pioneer [[Charlton Lyons]].
LeBlanc also ran three times — in 1952, 1954, and 1966 — for the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district against the Lafayette-based incumbent, [[Edwin Edward Willis]] (1904-1972). State Representative Dick Guidry of Lafourche Parish was a third candidate in the 1966 congressional primary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1592776/|title=Everyone gets into state politics|publisher=''Lake Charles American Press''|date=August 12, 1966|page=15|accessdate=September 11, 2014}}</ref> Willis prevailed over both LeBlanc and Guidry and then defeated the Republican [[Hall M. Lyons]] of Lafayette in the 1966 [[general election]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, General election returns, November 8, 1966.</ref> Hall Lyons was the younger of two sons of GOP pioneer [[Charlton Lyons]].
==Campaigning in French==
==Campaigning in French==