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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 web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922546,00.html|title=Pol in the Pen|publisher=''Time Magazine''|date=June 8, 1981|accessdate=November 18, 2009}}</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/>

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 web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922546,00.html|title=Pol in the Pen|publisher=''Time Magazine''|date=June 8, 1981|accessdate=November 18, 2009}}</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/>​

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 won a [[special election]] as [[sheriff]] of East Baton Rouge Parish to fill the seat vacated by Republican [[Elmer Litchfield]]. Thus far, Heine has 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=

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=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918194952/http://demco.org/keepingyoupluggedin/pressreleases/?fuseaction=detail&id=365|title="Hope and Faith: Kathy Heine Overfield's music is an inspiration to all"|date=January 5, 2009|publisher=Demco.org|accessdate=November 27, 2009}}</ref>​

https://web.archive.org/web/20100918194952/http://demco.org/keepingyoupluggedin/pressreleases/?fuseaction=detail&id=365|title="Hope and Faith: Kathy Heine Overfield's music is an inspiration to all"|date=January 5, 2009|publisher=Demco.org|accessdate=November 27, 2009}}</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>​

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>​