Craig Robert Hensgens, known as Bob Hensgens (born January 26, 1955), is a Republican state senator for District 26, which encompasses the Louisiana parishes of Vermilion and portions of Acadia, Lafayette, and St.
Landry.
Hensgens won a special election on November 6, 2018, for the Senate seat with 60 percent of the vote.
Nearly 51 percent of registered voters cast ballots in the senatorial contest.
The position opened when Jonathan Perry was elected to the 4F judgeship on the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit.
Previously Hensgens was from 2011 to 2018 the state representative for District 47, which encompasses Calcasieu, Cameron, and Vermilion parishes.