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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>

   

   

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>

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>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns, October 22, 2011.</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/>