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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; no longer on-line.}}</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; 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; no longer on-line.}}</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; no longer on-line.}}</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; no longer on-line.}}</ref> defeated Hazel in a close runoff election on December 6 and succeeded Downs in January 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/12062014/12062014_40.html|title=Runoff election returns, December 6, 2014|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=December 8, 2014}}</ref> In 2018, Hazel won a special election for a judgeship on the 9th Judicial District Court.​

However, the winner of the race to succeed Downs was Phillip Terrell, Jr., a former city judge in Pineville with decades of legal experienc.<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; no longer on-line.}}</ref>Terrell defeated Hazel in a close runoff election on December 6 and succeeded Downs in January 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/12062014/12062014_40.html|title=Runoff election returns, December 6, 2014|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=December 8, 2014}}</ref> In 2018, Hazel won a special election for a judgeship on the 9th Judicial District Court.​

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