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Hearn served by appointment on the Rapides Area Planning Commission.<ref name=obit/> On May 3, 1986, Hearn, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], won the first of two terms on the Pineville City Council from District 3, having defeated [[Republican Party|Republican]] Robert A. Corley, Jr., by a 57-43 percent margin.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns for Rapides Parish, May 3, 1986.</ref> On April 7, 1990, however, Hearn was unseated, 54-46 percent by the Republican Christian D. "Chris" Cunningham (born October 19, 1959). On March 26, 1994, Hearn won the District 3 council seat by a vote of 71-29 percent over fellow Democrat Arthur J. "Bud" Sweeney, Jr., to score a second nonconsecutive four-year term. In that same election, Cunningham was defeated in a race for mayor by Fred Baden, the last term that Baden would serve.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns: Rapides Parish, March 26, 1994.</ref>

Hearn served by appointment on the Rapides Area Planning Commission.<ref name=obit/> On May 3, 1986, Hearn, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], won the first of two terms on the Pineville City Council from District 3, having defeated [[Republican Party|Republican]] Robert A. Corley, Jr., by a 57-43 percent margin.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns for Rapides Parish, May 3, 1986.</ref> On April 7, 1990, however, Hearn was unseated, 54-46 percent by the Republican Christian D. "Chris" Cunningham (born October 19, 1959). On March 26, 1994, Hearn won the District 3 council seat by a vote of 71-29 percent over fellow Democrat Arthur J. "Bud" Sweeney, Jr., to score a second nonconsecutive four-year term. In that same election, Cunningham was defeated in a race for mayor by Fred Baden, the last term that Baden would serve.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns: Rapides Parish, March 26, 1994.</ref>

In 1998, Hearn was unseated, 55-45 percent, by Republican Carol Jeukens Cunningham, the wife of Chris Cunningham.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns: Rapides Parish, May 2, 1998.</ref> In 2000, Hearn unsuccessfully opposed, 66-32 percent, the Democrat Clarence R. Fields,<ref>Loouisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns: Rapides Parish, October 7, 2000.</ref> a former city council member who became mayor in 1999 and ran for the remainder of the term vacated by Fields' predecessor, Republican [[Leo Deslatte]]. Fields, an African American who is still the Pineville mayor, expressed regret on former rival Hearn's death and said that Hearn had "served the city well."<ref name=hearn>"George Hearn, former long-term LC professor and former Pineville coucilman, dies at the age of 83," ''The Alexandria Town Talk'', September 14, 2010.</ref>​

In 1998, Hearn was unseated, 55-45 percent, by Republican Carol Jeukens Cunningham, the wife of Chris Cunningham.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns: Rapides Parish, May 2, 1998.</ref> In 2000, Hearn unsuccessfully opposed, 66-32 percent, the Democrat [[Clarence Fields]],<ref>Loouisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns: Rapides Parish, October 7, 2000.</ref> a former city council member who became mayor in 1999 and ran for the remainder of the term vacated by Fields' predecessor, Republican [[Leo Deslatte]]. Fields, an African American, with nearly twenty years of service, is still the Pineville mayor. Fields expressed regret on former rival Hearn's death and said that Hearn had "served the city well."<ref name=hearn>"George Hearn, former long-term LC professor and former Pineville coucilman, dies at the age of 83," ''The Alexandria Town Talk'', September 14, 2010.</ref>​

==Death and legacy==

==Death and legacy==