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==The first campaign against Al Hortman, 2006==
==The first campaign against Al Hortman, 2006==
Robertson faced three challengers in his 2006 reelection bid. [[Photographer]] John Edward Quade (born 1947), a Democrat, was eliminated in the primary. He is a 1966 graduate of Minden High School, the son of Stanley B. and Elnora Davis Quade and the great-grandson of Webster Parish pioneer [[William G. Stewart]], a former president of the Webster Parish School Board for whom the former William G. Stewart Elementary School in Minden was named. Republican Al Hortman ran sufficiently strong to force Robertson into a second round of balloting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/09302006/09302006_60.html|title=Louisiana primary election returns, September 30, 2006|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=June 29, 2013}}</ref> Hortman (born 1941) graduated in 1959 from Minden High School. He resided over the years in [[Dallas]], [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], and [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]] but returned to Minden to care for his ailing mother,<ref name=hortman/> Katherine Marie Fish Hortman (1909–2003).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogybuff.com/la/la-webster-obits6.htm|title=Obituary of Katherine Fish Hortman|publisher=genealogybuff.com|accessdate=October 18, 2012}}</ref>
Robertson faced three challengers in his 2006 reelection bid. [[Photographer]] John Edward Quade (born 1947), a Democrat, was eliminated in the primary. He is a 1966 graduate of Minden High School, the son of Stanley B. and Elnora Davis Quade and the great-grandson of Webster Parish pioneer [[William G. Stewart]], a former president of the Webster Parish School Board for whom the former William G. Stewart Elementary School in Minden was named. Republican Al Hortman ran sufficiently strong to force Robertson into a second round of balloting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/09302006/09302006_60.html|title=Louisiana primary election returns, September 30, 2006|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=June 29, 2013}}</ref> Hortman (born 1941) graduated in 1959 from Minden High School. He resided over the years in [[Dallas]], [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], and [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]] but returned to Minden to care for his ailing mother,<ref name=hortman/> Katherine Marie Fish Hortman (1909–2003).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogybuff.com/la/la-webster-obits6.htm|title=Obituary of Katherine Fish Hortman|publisher=genealogybuff.com|accessdate=October 18, 2012}}</ref>
Hortman served in the [[U.S. Air Force]] as an intelligence operative. As part of his training, he attended [[Yale University]] in New Haven, [[Connecticut]], where he completed an intensive eight-month course in the Chinese language. He thereafter earned a bachelor's degree in [[mathematics]], with a minor in Chines], from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. He also received a master's degree from Louisiana Tech in education as well during the time of the mayoral campaign.<ref name=hortman>Hortman candidacy for mayor of Minden, ''Minden Press-Herald'', July 14, 2006, p. 1.</ref>
Hortman served in the [[U.S. Air Force]] as an intelligence operative. As part of his training, he attended [[Yale University]] in New Haven, [[Connecticut]], where he completed an intensive eight-month course in the Chinese language. He thereafter earned a bachelor's degree in [[mathematics]], with a minor in Chines], from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. He also received a master's degree from Louisiana Tech in education as well during the time of the mayoral campaign.<ref name=hortman>Hortman candidacy for mayor of Minden, ''Minden Press-Herald'', July 14, 2006, p. 1.</ref>
Hortman was the president of a group of citizens who drafted the Minden 2020 Visionaries Master Plan, a 20-year proposal for long-range community progress. The plan was developed over a two-year period prior to 2000. Some 150 Minden citizens worked on the project which Hortman spearheaded.<ref name=hortman/>
Hortman was the president of a group of citizens who drafted the Minden 2020 Visionaries Master Plan, a 20-year proposal for long-range community progress. The plan was developed over a two-year period prior to 2000. Some 150 Minden citizens worked on the project which Hortman spearheaded.<ref name=hortman/>