Gillis James Pinac, known as Gil Pinac (born November 29, 1957), is a former 12-year Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Crowley in Acadia Parish. He switched his affiliation to Republican a week before announcing his candidacy for the Louisiana Public Service Commission in the special election held on April 4, 2009.Pinac ran third in the election. As he conceded defeated on election night, Pinac endorsed his fellow Republican, former U.S. Representative Clyde C.