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'''Marvin Thomas Davis''', known as '''Tommy Davis''' (born September 29, 1942), is the former [[mayor]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. Sworn into office on November 5, 2013,<ref name=swearingin>Tommy Davis sworn in as Minden's mayor", ''The Minden Press-Herald'', November 6, 2013, p. 1.</ref> he was elected to a full term on December 6, 2014.<ref name=reelection>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/12062014/12062014_60.html|title=Election results, December 6, 2014|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=December 6, 2014}}</ref>
'''Marvin Thomas Davis''', known as '''Tommy Davis''' (born September 29, 1942), is the former [[mayor]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. Sworn into office on November 5, 2013,<ref name=swearingin>Tommy Davis sworn in as Minden's mayor", ''The Minden Press-Herald'', November 6, 2013, p. 1.</ref> he was elected to a full term on December 6, 2014.<ref name=reelection>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/12062014/12062014_60.html|title=Election results|date= December 6, 2014|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=December 6, 2014}}</ref>
==2013 special mayoral election==
==2013 special mayoral election==
A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Davis handily won the [[special election]] held on October 19, 2013, when he unseated interim Mayor Joe Cornelius, Sr., an [[African American]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and the former Mayor Pro Tem and the former District A member of the Minden City Council. Cornelius had served since June 27 upon the death of Mayor Billy Henry "Bill" Robertson, the longest-serving mayor in Minden history. Robertson had assumed the office in January 1991.<ref name=mayorlist>City of Minden, List of Mayors Since 1888.</ref>
A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Davis handily won the [[special election]] held on October 19, 2013, when he unseated interim Mayor Joe Cornelius, Sr., an [[African American]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and the former Mayor Pro Tem and the former District A member of the Minden City Council. Cornelius had served since June 27 upon the death of Mayor Billy Henry "Bill" Robertson, the longest-serving mayor in Minden history. Robertson had assumed the office in January 1991.<ref name=mayorlist>City of Minden, List of Mayors Since 1888.</ref>