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'''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>

'''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 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. 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.

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, with 44 percent of the primary vote, is seeking to succeed his father in a November 18 runoff election against another Republican candidate, Henry "Bo" LaGrange, who held 31 percent of the ballots cast. The remaining 25 percent of the vote was held by Republican Stephen Swiber.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 14, 2023.</ref>