33 Facts About Alan Seabaugh

Alan Thomas Seabaugh is an American attorney from Shreveport, Louisiana, who is a Republican member of the Louisiana Senate from District 31.

Alan Seabaugh previously served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 5 in Caddo Parish.

Alan Seabaugh has been a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives since 2010.

Alan Seabaugh currently serves on the House Ways and Means, Insurance, and Labor Committees as well as the Joint Legislative Committee on the Capital Outlay.

Alan Seabaugh is a member of the Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Bar Admissions.

Alan Seabaugh was a delegate and vice chairman of the Louisiana delegation to the 2008 Republican National Convention held in St Paul, Minnesota.

Alan Seabaugh was a member of the Electoral College that year.

Alan Seabaugh was a delegate to the 2010 Southern Republican Leadership Conference which convened in New Orleans.

Alan Seabaugh has been affiliated with the Christian nationalist legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom, which is noted for its opposition to LGBTQ rights.

In 2007, Alan Seabaugh unsuccessfully challenged Republican State Senator Sherri Smith Buffington.

Alan Seabaugh said that Cheek "runs as a Republican and votes like a Democrat", and that he was disturbed that people from Caddo Parish had left Louisiana to seek economic opportunity elsewhere.

Alan Seabaugh was elected to the legislature in 2010 to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Republican Wayne Waddell.

In 2013, Alan Seabaugh was strongly encouraged to enter the upcoming 2014 US Senate Race against US Senator Mary Landrieu, a Louisiana Democrat who unsuccessfully sought a fourth term in the office.

Alan Seabaugh announced that he would not enter the race and strongly endorsed Bill Cassidy, who subsequently unseated Landrieu.

Alan Seabaugh took a role in drafting the map of Louisiana's House of Representatives' districts by authoring an amendment which protected the integrity of the Southern Hills area of Shreveport.

Alan Seabaugh was appointed as vice chairman of the House Civil Law and Procedure Committee, in which he led the fight for tort reform and against lawsuit abuse.

Early in the new term, Alan Seabaugh co-authored and was one of the principal floor leaders responsible for the passage of several education reform measures.

Alan Seabaugh was instrumental in blocking efforts to have Louisiana join the National Popular Vote compact.

Alan Seabaugh introduced legislation which would have eliminated all state taxes on retirement benefits.

Alan Seabaugh's tax cut legislation failed to pass the Republican controlled House Ways and Means Committee.

Alan Seabaugh authored legislation designed to lessen the influence of public employee unions.

In 2015, Alan Seabaugh was one of a small group of conservative Republicans who opposed tax increases which were passed with the support of Governor Jindal.

In 2015, Alan Seabaugh was named State Representative of the year by the Childcare Association of Louisiana.

On June 9,2021, Alan Seabaugh accused Malinda Brumfield White of threatening to shoot him with a gun during a dispute over a domestic-abuse bill under consideration.

In December 2013, Representative Alan Seabaugh announced that he would present a bill in the 2014 legislative session limiting litigation against public schools who celebrated Christmas.

Alan Seabaugh served as vice chairman of the Louisiana Republican legislative delegation from 2012 to 2016.

In March 2016, with the election of Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards, Alan Seabaugh emerged as an opponent of tax increases.

In 2017, Alan Seabaugh was appointed to the House Ways and Means Committee which controls state tax policy.

In May 2017, Alan Seabaugh emerged as a strong opponent of Governor John Bel Edwards' proposed increase in the gasoline tax and further called for the abolition of 3,000 of the 4,700 positions in the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.

Alan Seabaugh voted for a Louisiana state draft bill that would ban in vitro fertilization treatments and some forms of birth control and prosecute women who get abortions for murder.

Therefore, in January 2019, Alan Seabaugh announced that he was withdrawing from consideration for the judgeship.

Alan Seabaugh graduated from Captain Shreve High School in 1985 and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Louisiana State University in 1990.

Alan Seabaugh is married to Laura, and they have four daughters.