| | |office=Louisiana State Senator for District 21 (Iberia, St. Mary, and<br> [[Terrebonne Parish|Terrebonne]] parishes) | | |office=Louisiana State Senator for District 21 (Iberia, St. Mary, and<br> [[Terrebonne Parish|Terrebonne]] parishes) |
| − | '''Robert LeBreton Allain, II''', known as '''Bret Allain''' (born November 18, 1958), is a sugar cane [[farmer]] and [[business]]man from Jeanerette in Iberia Parish in south [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 21, which encompasses all of St. Mary and portions of Iberia, Lafourche, and [[Terrebonne Parish|Terrebonne]] parishes.<ref name=allain>Nate Monroe, "Ten Questions for state Sen. Bret Allain," houmatoday.com, November 28, 2011.</ref> | + | '''Robert LeBreton Allain, II''', known as '''Bret Allain''' (born November 18, 1958), is a sugar cane [[farmer]] and [[business]]man from Jeanerette in Iberia Parish in south [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] departing member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 21, which encompasses all of St. Mary and portions of Iberia, Lafourche, and [[Terrebonne Parish|Terrebonne]] parishes.<ref name=allain>Nate Monroe, "Ten Questions for state Sen. Bret Allain," houmatoday.com, November 28, 2011.</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> | | 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 also is committed to completing Interstate 49, the [[Shreveport]] to Lafayette, Louisiana, superhighway. A pending plan would upgrade U.S. Highway 90 between [[New Orleans]] and [[Lafayette]] into an interstate-quality highway.<ref name=allain/> | | Allain also is committed to completing Interstate 49, the [[Shreveport]] to Lafayette, Louisiana, superhighway. A pending plan would upgrade U.S. Highway 90 between [[New Orleans]] and [[Lafayette]] into an interstate-quality highway.<ref name=allain/> |
| − | Allain ran unopposed for his third term in the state Senate in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019. | + | Allain ran unopposed for his third term in the state Senate in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019. Term-limited in 2023, Allain's son, Robert Allain, sought to succeed his father in a race against two other Republicans, Henry "Bo" LaGrange and Stephen Swiber. |