Notable Local Politicians
- Ernie Alexander (1933-2012), state representative and former member of the Lafayette City-Parish Council
- Allen Bares (1936–2008), represented Lafayette Parish in both house of the Louisiana State Legislature from 1972–1992
- J. Rayburn Bertrand (1918-2005), mayor of Lafayette from 1960–1972
- Kenneth Francis "Kenny" Bowen (1926-2002), mayor of Lafayette from 1972–1980; 1992–1996
- Isaac A. Broussard (deceased), Lafayette Parish sheriff (1888–1904), one of two longest-tenured sheriffs
- Page Cortez, District 43 state representative since 2008
- Charles deGravelles (1913–2008), former Louisiana State Republican Party chairman
- Virginia deGravelles (born 1915), former Louisiana Republican national committeewoman
- Joey Durel (born 1953), mayor-president of Lafayette consolidated government since 2004
- Ron Gomez (born 1934), former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives; journalist
- J. Lomax Jordan, lawyer, former state senator
- William Dudley "Dud" Lastrapes, Jr. (b. 1929), first Republican mayor of Lafayette since Reconstruction, served 1980-1992
- Patrick LeBlanc (1954–2008), businessman, architect, Republican politician
- Louis J. Michot, businessman, former state education superintendent and state representative
- Michael J. Michot, businessman and state senator from Lafayette
- Roderick Miller (deceased), first Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Lafayette since Reconstruction
- Ashton J. Mouton (1916-1988), youngest mayor in Lafayette history, served 1948-1956
- Joel Robideaux (born c. 1962), Speaker Pro Tempore of the Louisiana House of Representative, first Independent to hold the position, later Republican convert
- David Thibodaux (deceased), UL Lafayette English faculty, Lafayette Parish School Board member, four-time Republican congressional candidate
- Michael F. "Mike" Thompson (born 1942), state representative, 1972–1988; home builder
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