is an American politician from Louisiana who has represented District 8 in the Louisiana State Senate since 2008.
Currently a Republican, Alario previously represented District 83 in the Louisiana House of Representatives as a Democrat between 1971 and 2007.
Alario is term-limited from the Senate in 2019, and will not seek another office.Alario is currently the President of the Louisiana State Senate, serving in that role since 2012; he is also a former two-term Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
He is the first politician in Louisiana history to hold both roles for two terms each, as well as the longest-serving legislator in state history.