Changes

| term_start=November 5, 2013 ​

| term_start=November 5, 2013 ​

| term_end=December 27, 2018​

| term_end=December 27, 2018​

| preceded=Joe Cornelius, Sr. (interim mayor)​

| preceded=[[Joe Cornelius, Sr.]] (interim mayor)​

| succeeded=[[Terry Gardner]] ​

| succeeded=[[Terry Gardner]] ​

| office2=Minden City Council (District D)​

| office2=Minden City Council (District D)​

==2013 special mayoral election==

==2013 special mayoral election==

A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Davis handily won the [[special election]] held on October 19, 2013, when he unseated interim Mayor Joe Cornelius, Sr., an [[African American]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and the former Mayor Pro Tem and the former District A member of the Minden City Council. Cornelius had served since June 27 upon the death of Mayor Billy Henry "Bill" Robertson, the longest-serving mayor in Minden history. Robertson had assumed the office in January 1991.<ref name=mayorlist>City of Minden, List of Mayors Since 1888.</ref>​

A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Davis handily won the [[special election]] held on October 19, 2013, when he unseated interim Mayor [[Joe Cornelius, Sr.]], an [[African American]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and the former Mayor Pro Tem and District A member of the Minden City Council. Cornelius had served since June 27 upon the death of Mayor [[Bill Robertson]], the longest-serving mayorin Minden history. Robertson had assumed the office in January 1991.<ref name=mayorlist>City of Minden, List of Mayors Since 1888.</ref>​

Davis polled votes 2,254 votes (61 percent); Cornelius, 821 ballots (22 percent). A second African-American Democrat, Walter "Woo" Morgan, Jr. (born July 1970), a barber and hair stylist, received the remaining 646 votes (17 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lasos.blob.core.windows.net/graphical-prod/rss/10192013_Parish.xml|title=Webster: Mayor City of Minden, October 19, 2013|publisher=lasos.blob.core.windows.net|accessdate=October 19, 2013}}</ref> Of the 8,298 registered voters inside the city limits, 3,721 (44.8 percent) cast ballots. More than one thousand of those ballots were cast during early voting, which propelled Davis to a head start in the counting with 72 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7792:44-percent-of-registered-voters-cast-ballots-saturday&catid=34:local-news&Itemid=69|title=Less than half of registered voters cast ballot for Minden mayor|publisher=''Minden Press-Herald''|accessdate=October 23, 2013}}</ref>​

Davis polled votes 2,254 votes (61 percent); Cornelius, 821 ballots (22 percent). A second African-American Democrat, Walter "Woo" Morgan, Jr. (born July 1970), a barber and hair stylist, received the remaining 646 votes (17 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lasos.blob.core.windows.net/graphical-prod/rss/10192013_Parish.xml|title=Webster: Mayor City of Minden, October 19, 2013|publisher=lasos.blob.core.windows.net|accessdate=October 19, 2013}}</ref> Of the 8,298 registered voters inside the city limits, 3,721 (44.8 percent) cast ballots. More than one thousand of those ballots were cast during early voting, which propelled Davis to a head start in the counting with 72 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7792:44-percent-of-registered-voters-cast-ballots-saturday&catid=34:local-news&Itemid=69|title=Less than half of registered voters cast ballot for Minden mayor|publisher=''Minden Press-Herald''|accessdate=October 23, 2013}}</ref>​