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In the mayoral runoff election held on May 17, 1969, Karst prevailed, 6,016 (53.7 percent) to Snyder's 5,188 (46.3 percent). With Karst's victory, Governor [[John J. McKeithen]] cancelled the general election scheduled for June because only Democrats had filed for the Alexandria municipal offices. Even in 2018, no Republican is seeking the office of mayor in Alexandria.

In the mayoral runoff election held on May 17, 1969, Karst prevailed, 6,016 (53.7 percent) to Snyder's 5,188 (46.3 percent). With Karst's victory, Governor [[John J. McKeithen]] cancelled the general election scheduled for June because only Democrats had filed for the Alexandria municipal offices. Even in 2018, no Republican is seeking the office of mayor in Alexandria.

Karst soon found himself at odds with two fellow Democratic council members under the commission form of municipal government, Streets and Parks Commissioner [[O'Hearn Mathews]] , a former city marshal, and Carroll Edwin Lanier (1926-2012), an electrician who won the since nonexistent post of finance and utilities commissioner. Mathews and Lanier had upset Commissioners William Henry "Bill" Lambdin, Sr. (1894–1980), and Leroy Wilson (1905–1978), respectively, both caught up in the anti-incumbent tide. Wilson's nephew, George I. Wilson (1935–1983), was the manager of the city utilities office and remained in place after the change of administration. Ray Robert Allen (1920-2010) remained as city secretary-treasurer under the Karst administration.<ref>"Ray Allen, former city of Alexandria finance director, dies at age of 89, ''The Alexandria Town Talk'', April 7, 2010; no link still available.</ref>

Karst soon found himself at odds with two fellow Democratic council members under the commission form of municipal government, Streets and Parks Commissioner [[O'Hearn Mathews]], a former city marshal, and Carroll Edwin Lanier (1926-2012), an electrician who won the since nonexistent post of finance and utilities commissioner. Mathews and Lanier had upset Commissioners William Henry "Bill" Lambdin, Sr. (1894–1980), and Leroy Wilson (1905–1978), respectively, both caught up in the anti-incumbent tide. Wilson's nephew, George I. Wilson (1935–1983), was the manager of the city utilities office and remained in place after the change of administration. Ray Robert Allen (1920-2010) remained as city secretary-treasurer under the Karst administration.<ref>"Ray Allen, former city of Alexandria finance director, dies at age of 89, ''The Alexandria Town Talk'', April 7, 2010; no link still available.</ref>

==''Karst v. Fryar''==

==''Karst v. Fryar''==