Term-limited in the Senate, Hines was succeeded by his fellow Democrat Eric LaFleur of Ville Platte in Evangeline Parish.
Newton's grandfather, Donald E. Hines, a Bunkie physician and the Democratic Senate President from 2004 to 2008, retired from the legislature.
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Before entering private practice, LaFleur served as a felony prosecutor under District Attorney Harry Connick in New Orleans and for the Louisiana Department of Justice under former Attorney General of Louisiana Richard Ieyoub.
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