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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Pete Heine
|image =
| office=[[Mayor]] of Baker, East Baton Rouge Parish, [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| term_start=1964
| term_end=1976
| preceded=Henry Grady Smith, Sr.
| succeeded=Michael A. "Mike" Cross
| term_start2=1981
| term_end2=1992
| preceded2=Michael A. "Mike" Cross
| succeeded2=Bobby Simpson
| office3=President of the Louisiana Municipal Association
| term_start3=1967
| term_end3=1968
| preceded3=John W. Perritt
| succeeded3=James G. Sherman
| birth_name=Norman E. Heine
| birth_date=December 4, 1928
| birth_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
| residence=Baker, Louisiana, U.S.
| alma_mater=Jefferson Military College
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
| occupation=Public official
| spouse=Georgia Lea Pilcher Heine (died 2006)
|children=Kathryn Earn Heine Overfield<br>
Steven Kerry Heine (deceased)<br>
Charles Norman "Chuck" Heine<br>
George Lee Heine<br>
James Donald "Scooter" Heine
| parents=Charles A. and Edna Cook Heine
}}
'''Norman E. Heine''', known as '''Pete Heine''' (born December 4, 1928), is a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former [[mayor]] of the East Baton Rouge Parish city of Baker, located east of the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], having served from 1964 to 1976 and again from 1981 to 1992.<ref name=stephens>Kathleen Stephens, List of Baker Mayors, City of Baker, kstephens@cityofbakerla.com</ref> Heine (pronounced HINEY) was the president of the Louisiana Municipal Association from 1967 to 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lma.org/LMA/AboutUs/PastPresidents.aspx|title=Pictures of past presidents of the Louisiana Municipal Association|publisher=lma.org|accessdate=August 2, 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120903124905/http://www.lma.org/LMA/AboutUs/PastPresidents.aspx|archivedate=September 3, 2012|df=}}</ref>
==Background==
Heine is the son of the Reverend A. Charles Heine (1900-1976) and the former Edna Cook (1902-1974), who are interred at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum in Baker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Heine&GSfn=Charles&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=43759094&df=all&|title=Rev. Charles A. Heine|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=March 6, 2016}}</ref> Charles Heine was a [[Baptist]] minister who helped to organize two churches in the Baton Rouge area and was the pastor of several others. An active layman in his denomination, Pete Heine was named in 2008 as the "Peoples Health Champion" in recognition of those over sixty-five who perform exceptional community service. In Heine’s case, he was honored for having coordinated the construction of a church in the Leland community.<ref name=demco/>
Heine was born in Baton Rouge and attended public schools there before enrolling at the defunct Jefferson Military College in Washington, [[Mississippi]]. He served in the [[United States Air Force]] from 1948 to 1952 as a staff sergeant, having participated in the [[Berlin Airlift]] and later was crew chief on an F-86 Sabre jet.<ref name=legis>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/01RS/CVT2/OUT/0000IOW3.PDF|title=House Resolution No. 72 by State Representative Melvin "Kip" Holden, 2001|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=December 3, 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224030622/http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/01RS/CVT2/OUT/0000IOW3.PDF|archivedate=February 24, 2012|df=}}</ref>
Heine is the widower of the former Georgia Lea Pilcher (September 2, 1926 – December 12, 2006), a [[pianist]] at the First Baptist Church of Baker. He was the father of Steven Kerry Heine (1956-2002), who was married to the former Mary Strahan, and four surviving children: Kathryn Earn Heine Overfield, herself a piano teacher in Zachary in East Baton Rouge Parish; Charles Norman "Chuck" Heine, George Lee Heine, and James Donald "Scooter" Heine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kathyskeyboards.com/aboutme.htm|title=Kathy’s Keyboards|publisher=kathyskeyboards.com|accessdate=November 27, 2009}}</ref> A Heine grandson, Steven Heine, II, died in 2016 at the age of thirty-four.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=steven-kerry-heine&pid=182362705&fhid=17421|title=Steven Kerry Heine, II, obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=November 6, 2016}}</ref>
==Political life==
Heine was an alderman and Mayor Pro Tem when he was elected mayor in 1964 to succeed the retiring Henry Grady Smith, Sr. (1921–2009), who served from 1956 to 1964.<ref name=stephens/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/74356952.html|title=Henry Smith dies, former Baker mayor|publisher=''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=November 27, 2009}}</ref> Only the fourth mayor in Baker history, Heine stepped down in 1976 to run unsuccessfully for the mayor-presidency of East Baton Rouge Parish, having lost to the [[incumbent]] Democrat, [[W.W. Dumas]]. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Mayor [[Jack Breaux]] of Zachary, finished third in that race.
As the Baker mayor, Heine was succeeded by Michael A. "Mike" Cross, who served until 1981, when he resigned the position to succeed state Senator Gaston Gerald, who had been expelled from the chamber in a 33-3 vote because of his conviction and imprisonment of [[extortion]] to receive a [[bribe]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922546,00.html|title=Pol in the Pen|publisher=''[[Time Magazine|Time]]'', June 8, 1981|accessdate=November 18, 2009 | date=June 8, 1981}}</ref> Heine then returned to the mayoralty post to succeed Cross. Heine served until 1992, when he declined to run again. The Baker mayoralty then went to the Republican Bobby Simpson, who subsequently became mayor-president for a single term in 2001.<ref name=stephens/>
In Heine's last campaign for mayor on March 8, 1988, he defeated another Democrat, Jewel E. "Duke" Welch, 2,244 (53.9 percent) to 1,923 (46.2 percent), a member of the East Baton Rouge Metro Council who was later elected as a state court [[judge]]. In that same election, the Democrat Sid J. Gautreaux, III, won the position of police chief in Baker. In 2007, Gautreaux was elected [[sheriff]] of East Baton Rouge Parish. Heine served as a mayor in East Baton Rouge Parish longer than any other person.<ref name=legis/>
From 1993 to 2000, Heine was the first parish manager for West Feliciana Parish in St. Francisville, north of Baton Rouge.<ref name=legis/><ref name=demco>{{cite web|url=http://www.demco.org/keepingyoupluggedin/pressreleases/?fuseaction=detail&id=365|title="Hope and Faith: Kathy Heine Overfield's music is an inspiration to all", January 5, 2009|publisher=demco.org|accessdate=November 27, 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918194952/http://demco.org/keepingyoupluggedin/pressreleases/?fuseaction=detail&id=365|archivedate=September 18, 2010|df=}}</ref>
Heine ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor in the 1971 Democratic closed [[primary]], the last of its kind held in the state prior to adoption of the nonpartisan blanket primary. The eventual winner was former New Orleans City Council member James E. Fitzmorris, Jr. In 1973, Heine was elected in a nonpartisan race as a delegate from East Baton Rouge Parish to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention, which drafted the current charter approved by voters statewide in 1974.<ref name=legis/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kathyskeyboards.com/noteables.htm |title=Constitution drafters meet, reminisce 33 years later |publisher=''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate'' |accessdate=November 27, 2009}}</ref>
In 1991, Heine forced Mike Cross, his first successor as mayor of Baker, into a [[general election]] runoff for Cross' Senate seat. Cross led with 19,650 votes (45 percent) to Heine’s 13,808 (31.8 percent). Two other Democratic candidates shared the remaining 23 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical
|title=Louisiana election returns|date=October 19, 1991|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 6, 2016}}</ref> In the second round of balloting, Cross prevailed, 28,234 votes (57.8 percent) to Heine’s 20,813 (42.4 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Louisiana election returns|date=November 16, 1991|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 6, 2016}}</ref>
After his mayoral tenure, Heine was elected to the Place 2 position on the Baker City Council. In his bid for reelection in the primary election held on March 5, 2016, Heine, polled 402 votes (47.8 percent) and was placed into a runoff with fellow Democrat Cleveland Thomas, who trailed with 219 votes (26.1 percent). Two other Democrats with a combined 26 percent of the vote were eliminated from further contention.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/03052016/03052016_17.html|title=Results for Election Date: East Baton Rouge Parish|date=March 5, 2016|accessdate=March 6, 2016}}</ref> Heine then defeated Thomas, 365 votes (60 percent) to 244 (40 percent), to retain his city council seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/static/#/2016-04-09/resultsRace/17|title=Election Returns|date=April 9, 2016|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 10, 2016}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heine, Pete}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Mayors]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:United States Air Force]]
| name=Pete Heine
|image =
| office=[[Mayor]] of Baker, East Baton Rouge Parish, [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| term_start=1964
| term_end=1976
| preceded=Henry Grady Smith, Sr.
| succeeded=Michael A. "Mike" Cross
| term_start2=1981
| term_end2=1992
| preceded2=Michael A. "Mike" Cross
| succeeded2=Bobby Simpson
| office3=President of the Louisiana Municipal Association
| term_start3=1967
| term_end3=1968
| preceded3=John W. Perritt
| succeeded3=James G. Sherman
| birth_name=Norman E. Heine
| birth_date=December 4, 1928
| birth_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
| residence=Baker, Louisiana, U.S.
| alma_mater=Jefferson Military College
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
| occupation=Public official
| spouse=Georgia Lea Pilcher Heine (died 2006)
|children=Kathryn Earn Heine Overfield<br>
Steven Kerry Heine (deceased)<br>
Charles Norman "Chuck" Heine<br>
George Lee Heine<br>
James Donald "Scooter" Heine
| parents=Charles A. and Edna Cook Heine
}}
'''Norman E. Heine''', known as '''Pete Heine''' (born December 4, 1928), is a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former [[mayor]] of the East Baton Rouge Parish city of Baker, located east of the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], having served from 1964 to 1976 and again from 1981 to 1992.<ref name=stephens>Kathleen Stephens, List of Baker Mayors, City of Baker, kstephens@cityofbakerla.com</ref> Heine (pronounced HINEY) was the president of the Louisiana Municipal Association from 1967 to 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lma.org/LMA/AboutUs/PastPresidents.aspx|title=Pictures of past presidents of the Louisiana Municipal Association|publisher=lma.org|accessdate=August 2, 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120903124905/http://www.lma.org/LMA/AboutUs/PastPresidents.aspx|archivedate=September 3, 2012|df=}}</ref>
==Background==
Heine is the son of the Reverend A. Charles Heine (1900-1976) and the former Edna Cook (1902-1974), who are interred at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum in Baker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Heine&GSfn=Charles&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=43759094&df=all&|title=Rev. Charles A. Heine|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=March 6, 2016}}</ref> Charles Heine was a [[Baptist]] minister who helped to organize two churches in the Baton Rouge area and was the pastor of several others. An active layman in his denomination, Pete Heine was named in 2008 as the "Peoples Health Champion" in recognition of those over sixty-five who perform exceptional community service. In Heine’s case, he was honored for having coordinated the construction of a church in the Leland community.<ref name=demco/>
Heine was born in Baton Rouge and attended public schools there before enrolling at the defunct Jefferson Military College in Washington, [[Mississippi]]. He served in the [[United States Air Force]] from 1948 to 1952 as a staff sergeant, having participated in the [[Berlin Airlift]] and later was crew chief on an F-86 Sabre jet.<ref name=legis>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/01RS/CVT2/OUT/0000IOW3.PDF|title=House Resolution No. 72 by State Representative Melvin "Kip" Holden, 2001|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=December 3, 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224030622/http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/01RS/CVT2/OUT/0000IOW3.PDF|archivedate=February 24, 2012|df=}}</ref>
Heine is the widower of the former Georgia Lea Pilcher (September 2, 1926 – December 12, 2006), a [[pianist]] at the First Baptist Church of Baker. He was the father of Steven Kerry Heine (1956-2002), who was married to the former Mary Strahan, and four surviving children: Kathryn Earn Heine Overfield, herself a piano teacher in Zachary in East Baton Rouge Parish; Charles Norman "Chuck" Heine, George Lee Heine, and James Donald "Scooter" Heine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kathyskeyboards.com/aboutme.htm|title=Kathy’s Keyboards|publisher=kathyskeyboards.com|accessdate=November 27, 2009}}</ref> A Heine grandson, Steven Heine, II, died in 2016 at the age of thirty-four.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=steven-kerry-heine&pid=182362705&fhid=17421|title=Steven Kerry Heine, II, obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=November 6, 2016}}</ref>
==Political life==
Heine was an alderman and Mayor Pro Tem when he was elected mayor in 1964 to succeed the retiring Henry Grady Smith, Sr. (1921–2009), who served from 1956 to 1964.<ref name=stephens/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/74356952.html|title=Henry Smith dies, former Baker mayor|publisher=''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=November 27, 2009}}</ref> Only the fourth mayor in Baker history, Heine stepped down in 1976 to run unsuccessfully for the mayor-presidency of East Baton Rouge Parish, having lost to the [[incumbent]] Democrat, [[W.W. Dumas]]. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Mayor [[Jack Breaux]] of Zachary, finished third in that race.
As the Baker mayor, Heine was succeeded by Michael A. "Mike" Cross, who served until 1981, when he resigned the position to succeed state Senator Gaston Gerald, who had been expelled from the chamber in a 33-3 vote because of his conviction and imprisonment of [[extortion]] to receive a [[bribe]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922546,00.html|title=Pol in the Pen|publisher=''[[Time Magazine|Time]]'', June 8, 1981|accessdate=November 18, 2009 | date=June 8, 1981}}</ref> Heine then returned to the mayoralty post to succeed Cross. Heine served until 1992, when he declined to run again. The Baker mayoralty then went to the Republican Bobby Simpson, who subsequently became mayor-president for a single term in 2001.<ref name=stephens/>
In Heine's last campaign for mayor on March 8, 1988, he defeated another Democrat, Jewel E. "Duke" Welch, 2,244 (53.9 percent) to 1,923 (46.2 percent), a member of the East Baton Rouge Metro Council who was later elected as a state court [[judge]]. In that same election, the Democrat Sid J. Gautreaux, III, won the position of police chief in Baker. In 2007, Gautreaux was elected [[sheriff]] of East Baton Rouge Parish. Heine served as a mayor in East Baton Rouge Parish longer than any other person.<ref name=legis/>
From 1993 to 2000, Heine was the first parish manager for West Feliciana Parish in St. Francisville, north of Baton Rouge.<ref name=legis/><ref name=demco>{{cite web|url=http://www.demco.org/keepingyoupluggedin/pressreleases/?fuseaction=detail&id=365|title="Hope and Faith: Kathy Heine Overfield's music is an inspiration to all", January 5, 2009|publisher=demco.org|accessdate=November 27, 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918194952/http://demco.org/keepingyoupluggedin/pressreleases/?fuseaction=detail&id=365|archivedate=September 18, 2010|df=}}</ref>
Heine ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor in the 1971 Democratic closed [[primary]], the last of its kind held in the state prior to adoption of the nonpartisan blanket primary. The eventual winner was former New Orleans City Council member James E. Fitzmorris, Jr. In 1973, Heine was elected in a nonpartisan race as a delegate from East Baton Rouge Parish to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention, which drafted the current charter approved by voters statewide in 1974.<ref name=legis/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kathyskeyboards.com/noteables.htm |title=Constitution drafters meet, reminisce 33 years later |publisher=''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate'' |accessdate=November 27, 2009}}</ref>
In 1991, Heine forced Mike Cross, his first successor as mayor of Baker, into a [[general election]] runoff for Cross' Senate seat. Cross led with 19,650 votes (45 percent) to Heine’s 13,808 (31.8 percent). Two other Democratic candidates shared the remaining 23 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical
|title=Louisiana election returns|date=October 19, 1991|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 6, 2016}}</ref> In the second round of balloting, Cross prevailed, 28,234 votes (57.8 percent) to Heine’s 20,813 (42.4 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Louisiana election returns|date=November 16, 1991|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 6, 2016}}</ref>
After his mayoral tenure, Heine was elected to the Place 2 position on the Baker City Council. In his bid for reelection in the primary election held on March 5, 2016, Heine, polled 402 votes (47.8 percent) and was placed into a runoff with fellow Democrat Cleveland Thomas, who trailed with 219 votes (26.1 percent). Two other Democrats with a combined 26 percent of the vote were eliminated from further contention.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/03052016/03052016_17.html|title=Results for Election Date: East Baton Rouge Parish|date=March 5, 2016|accessdate=March 6, 2016}}</ref> Heine then defeated Thomas, 365 votes (60 percent) to 244 (40 percent), to retain his city council seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/static/#/2016-04-09/resultsRace/17|title=Election Returns|date=April 9, 2016|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 10, 2016}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heine, Pete}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Mayors]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:United States Air Force]]