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Like his father, Downs is a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and a graduate of the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]]. Before his election as DA, Jam Downs had been an assistant district attorney. He is known for his interest in conservation, hunting, and enforcement of game laws. He was born in [[rural]] Cheneyville in south Rapides Parish but resides with his wife, the former Maureen Stewart, in a restored farmhouse nea Lecompte, also in Rapides Parish.<ref name=jamdowns>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222062258/http://www.lwaa.org/pdf/LGW_spring_2005%204.pdf|author=Rick Markway|title="The Prosecutor: District Attorney James Crawford 'Jam' Downs" |publisher=Lwaa.org |accessdate=June 27, 2013}}</ref>
Like his father, Downs is a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and a graduate of the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]]. Before his election as DA, Jam Downs had been an assistant district attorney. He is known for his interest in conservation, hunting, and enforcement of game laws. He was born in [[rural]] Cheneyville in south Rapides Parish but resides with his wife, the former Maureen Stewart, in a restored farmhouse nea Lecompte, also in Rapides Parish.<ref name=jamdowns>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222062258/http://www.lwaa.org/pdf/LGW_spring_2005%204.pdf|author=Rick Markway|title="The Prosecutor: District Attorney James Crawford 'Jam' Downs" |publisher=Lwaa.org |accessdate=June 27, 2013}}</ref>
"Jam" Downs is unrelated to the late John Harden Barnett Downs, known as Johnny Downs, a five-term member of the Alexandria City Council and the namesake of the Johnny Downs Sports Complex at 271 Vandenburg Drive in Alexandria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://otbelgard.com/pignut/pages/genealogy/f983.html|title=John Harden Barnett Downs|publisher=otbelgard.com|accessdate=July 5, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://plus.google.com/106880624859852578694/about?gl=us&hl=en|title=Johnny Downs Sports Complex|publisher=plus.google.com|accessdate=July 5, 2013}}</ref>
"Jam" Downs is unrelated to the late John Harden Barnett Downs, known as Johnny Downs, a five-term member of the Alexandria City Council and the namesake of the Johnny Downs Sports Complex at 271 Vandenburg Drive in Alexandria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://otbelgard.com/pignut/pages/genealogy/f983.html|title=John Harden Barnett Downs|publisher=otbelgard.com|accessdate=July 5, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://plus.google.com/106880624859852578694/about?gl=us&hl=en|title=Johnny Downs Sports Complex|publisher=plus.google.com|accessdate=July 5, 2013; no longer on-line.}}</ref>
Three candidates ran in the [[primary]] held on November 4, 2014, to choose a successor to Downs, who customarily ran without an opponent. One was then state Representative Christopher Lowell "Chris" Hazel, a [[Republican Party|Republican]] from Ball, Louisiana, and a former assistant DA under Downs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20140429/NEWS01/304290022/Boyce-businessman-Grant-announces-run-Congress-Hazel-won-t-run-seat|author=Jeff Matthews|title=Boyce businessman Grant announces run for Congress; Hazel won't run for [U.S. House] seat|date=April 28, 2014|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=April 29, 2014}}</ref> Democrat Christopher J. Roy, Jr., a Democratic former state representative and a brother of Jacques Roy, the former mayor of Alexandria, also sought the position.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20140219/NEWS01/140219001/Chris-Roy-Jr-run-Rapides-Parish-district-attorney|title=Chris Roy Jr. to run for Rapides Parish district attorney, February 19, 2014|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=April 29, 2014}}</ref> However, the winner of the race to succeed Downs was Phillip Terrell, Jr., a former city judge in Pineville with decades of legal experience.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20140404/NEWS01/140404003/Phillip-Terrell-former-Pineville-judge-enters-race-Rapides-Parish-district-attorney|title=Phillip Terrell, former Pineville judge, enters race for Rapides Parish district attorney, April 4, 2014|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=April 29, 2014}}</ref>
Three candidates ran in the [[primary]] held on November 4, 2014, to choose a successor to Downs, who customarily ran without an opponent. One was then state Representative Christopher Lowell "Chris" Hazel, a [[Republican Party|Republican]] from Ball, Louisiana, and a former assistant DA under Downs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20140429/NEWS01/304290022/Boyce-businessman-Grant-announces-run-Congress-Hazel-won-t-run-seat|author=Jeff Matthews|title=Boyce businessman Grant announces run for Congress; Hazel won't run for [U.S. House] seat|date=April 28, 2014|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=April 29, 2014}}</ref> Democrat Christopher J. Roy, Jr., a Democratic former state representative and a brother of Jacques Roy, the former mayor of Alexandria, also sought the position.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20140219/NEWS01/140219001/Chris-Roy-Jr-run-Rapides-Parish-district-attorney|title=Chris Roy Jr. to run for Rapides Parish district attorney, February 19, 2014|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=April 29, 2014}}</ref> However, the winner of the race to succeed Downs was Phillip Terrell, Jr., a former city judge in Pineville with decades of legal experience.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20140404/NEWS01/140404003/Phillip-Terrell-former-Pineville-judge-enters-race-Rapides-Parish-district-attorney|title=Phillip Terrell, former Pineville judge, enters race for Rapides Parish district attorney, April 4, 2014|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=April 29, 2014}}</ref>