{{Short description|American politician}} {{use mdy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = R. L. "Bret" Allain II | state_senate1 = Louisiana | district1 = 21st | term_start1= January 9, 2012 | term_end1 = January 8, 2024 | preceded1 = Butch Gautreaux | succeeded1 = Robert Allain III | birth_date = November 18, 1958 | birth_name = Robert Lebreton Allain II | birth_place = Bayou Teche, Louisiana | spouse = Kimberly Allain | children = 3 | party = Republican | occupation = Farmer/businessman | education = Louisiana State University (BA) |signature=Bret Allain Signature.png }} '''Robert Lebreton Allain II''' is an American politician from Adeline, Louisiana. A Republican, Allain represented District 21 in the Louisiana State Senate from 2012 to 2024. His son Robert ran to succeed him.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Magill |first1=Keith |title=Robert Allain III runs for father's Louisiana state Senate seat in Oct. 14 election |url=https://www.houmatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2023/01/27/robert-allain-iii-runs-for-fathers-louisiana-state-senate-seat/69844825007/ |access-date=10 August 2023 |work=The Courier |agency=Houma Today |date=27 January 2023}}</ref>
==Career== Before entering elected office, Allain was the President of the Adeline Planting Company. Allain founded the sugarcane farm in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Voter's Self Defense System |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/134577/bret-allain-ii |website=Vote Smart |access-date=10 August 2023}}</ref> Allain won 51.36% of the vote in the October 22, 2011 jungle primary over Republican Darrin Guidry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Louisiana Secretary of State - Election Results |url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/static/2011-10-22/resultsRace/Legislative |website=voterportal.sos.la.gov |access-date=10 August 2023}}</ref> Allain ran unopposed in 2014 and 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=R.L. Allain II |url=https://ballotpedia.org/R.L._Allain_II |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=10 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
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{{s-start}} {{s-par|us-la-sen}} {{s-bef|before=Butch Gautreaux}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of the Louisiana Senate<br>from the 21st district|years=2012–2024}} {{s-aft|after=Robert Allain III}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Allain, Bret}} Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century members of the Louisiana State Legislature
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