Donald Trahan
| Donald Mark "Don" Trahan | |
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| Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 31st district |
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In office 2004–2008 |
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| Preceded by | Kay Iles (district then Beauregard and Vernon parishes) |
| Succeeded by | Nancy Landry |
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| Born |
January 9, 1950 Abbeville, Vermilion Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Children | Karen, Sarah, Mary, and John Trahan |
| Residence | Lafayette, Louisiana, USA |
| Alma mater | University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
| Occupation | Insurance agent |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Donald Mark Trahan, known as Don Trahan (born January 9, 1950), is a Republican former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Lafayette and Vermilion parishes. He served a full legislative term from 2004 to 2008 during the administration of Democratic Governor Kathleen Blanco, also of Lafayette. He served less than a year of his second term, having resigned in 2008, when he was succeeded by another Republican and his former opponent, Nancy Landry of Lafayette, who still holds the seat.
Trahan was born in Abbeville in Vermilion Parish. He graduated with two bachelor's degrees in 1971 and 1977 from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He has been vice president of the Investment Company Institute Insurance Company. He is a former director of the Lafayette Zoning and Development Commission. He was an assistant to the former Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Jimmy Field, a Republican from Baton Rouge. He was finance chairman of the Louisiana Top 28 School Basketball tournament. He is Roman Catholic and has four children, Karen, Sarah, Mary, and John Trahan.
In 2003, Trahan finished second in the nonpartisan blanket primary for the District 31 House seat. He finished with 4,063 votes (27.3 percent), compared to the top vote-getter of the four candidates, Republican Charles Lee "Charlie" Buckels, Jr. (born December 1945), of Lafayette, who polled 4,380 votes (29.5 percent). Two other candidates, Republican Chad Zerangue and Democrat Neil J. "Sam" Melancon, both finished with just under 22 percent of the votes cast. In the runoff contest on November 15, when Kathleen Blanco defeated Bobby Jindal for governor, Trahan defeated Buckels by 14 votes, 8,181 (50.04 percent) to 8,168 (49.96 percent).
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