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'''Dewey Eldridge Burchett, Jr.''' (November 18, 1939 – November 20, 2009), was a jurist from Benton in Bossier Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]].
'''Dewey Eldridge Burchett, Jr.''' (November 18, 1939 – November 20, 2009), was a state court judge from Benton in Bossier Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]].
==Biography==
==Biography==
Burchett held the judgeship, unopposed until 2008, when he was narrowly unseated by the [[Republican Party|Republican]] former assistant district attorney Michael Craig, who polled 12,182 votes (51 percent) to Burchett's 11,683 (49 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10042008/10042008_MultiParish.html
Burchett held the judgeship, unopposed until 2008, when he was narrowly unseated by the [[Republican Party|Republican]] former assistant district attorney Michael Craig, who polled 12,182 votes (51 percent) to Burchett's 11,683 (49 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10042008/10042008_MultiParish.html
|title=Election Results|date=October 4, 2008|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=June 26, 2015}}</ref>
|title=Election Results|date=October 4, 2008|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=June 26, 2015}}</ref>
Craig prevailed by fewer than four hundred votes. Incumbent judges are rarely challenged, particularly in a controversial campaign. Craig called Burchett a [[liberal]] and cited cases in which he claimed the judge had rendered too lenient sentences. Burchett questioned a tax lien filed against Craig during the campaign by the [[Internal Revenue Service]] and issues relating to Craig's [[divorce]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ktbs.com/story/22340248/craig-defeats-incumbent-bossier-webster-judge|title=Craig defeats incumbent Bossier-Webster judge|publisher=KTBS-TV|date=October 5, 2008|accessdate=June 26, 2015}}</ref>
Craig prevailed by fewer than four hundred votes. Incumbent judges are rarely challenged, particularly in a controversial campaign. Craig called Burchett a [[liberal]] and cited cases in which he claimed the judge had rendered too lenient sentences. Burchett questioned a tax lien filed against Craig during the campaign by the [[Internal Revenue Service]] and issues relating to Craig's [[divorce]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ktbs.com/story/22340248/craig-defeats-incumbent-bossier-webster-judge|title=Craig defeats incumbent Bossier-Webster judge|publisher=KTBS-TV|date=October 5, 2008|accessdate=June 26, 2015}}</ref>
From his marriage to the former Patricia "Pat" Bolender (born May 1942), Burchett had two sons, [[insurance]] agent Dewey Burchett, III (born December 1967), and Edward Bolender Burchett (born (October 1972), both Republicans. Burchett died unexpectedly in a local hospital two days after his seventieth birthday. He was [[Cremation|cremated]]. His honorary pallbearers included the state Senator Robert Roy Adley, former Bossier City interim [[Mayor]] [[Frank Blackburn]], retired 26th Judicial District Judge [[Graydon K. Kitchens Jr.]], past judicial candidate Whitley Robert "Whit" Graves, and former Bossier City Judge [[Rogers M. Prestridge]].<ref name=obit/>
From his marriage to the former Patricia "Pat" Bolender (born May 1942), Burchett had two sons, [[insurance]] agent Dewey Burchett, III (born December 1967), and Edward Bolender Burchett (born (October 1972), both Republicans. Burchett died unexpectedly in a local hospital two days after his seventieth birthday. He was [[Cremation|cremated]]. His honorary pallbearers included the state Senator Robert Roy Adley, former Bossier City interim [[Mayor]] [[Frank Blackburn]], retired 26th Judicial District Judge [[Graydon K. Kitchens, Jr.]], past judicial candidate Whitley Robert "Whit" Graves, and former Bossier City Judge [[Rogers M. Prestridge]].<ref name=obit/>
[[Charles Scott]], the Caddo Parish district attorney who died in 2015, recalled Burchett as "... dedicated and hard-working ... very committed and very conscientious."<ref name=jdb>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveport.com/shrevetalk/viewupdate.php?id=1846|title=Former Bossier-Webster District Judge Dewey Burchett Jr. Dies at Age 70|publisher=Shreveport.com|date=November 22, 2009|accessdate=June 26, 2015}}</ref> Scott noted that he and Burchett formerly served on numerous judicial committees which addressed issues affecting all state judges.<ref name=jdb/>
[[Charles Scott]], the Caddo Parish district attorney who died in 2015, recalled Burchett as "... dedicated and hard-working ... very committed and very conscientious."<ref name=jdb>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveport.com/shrevetalk/viewupdate.php?id=1846|title=Former Bossier-Webster District Judge Dewey Burchett Jr. Dies at Age 70|publisher=Shreveport.com|date=November 22, 2009|accessdate=June 26, 2015}}</ref> Scott noted that he and Burchett formerly served on numerous judicial committees which addressed issues affecting all state judges.<ref name=jdb/>