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Prior to becoming mayor, Fields served on the Rapides Area Planning Commission and the board of directors of Rapides Senior Citizens. He became mayor when [[Leo Deslatte]], a [[Republican Party|Republican]] elected in 1998, proved unable to work with the city council and resigned after less than two years into his term. Deslatte said that the political pressure was too much to make the job worth keeping. The council then appointed Fields, one of its five members, as the interim mayor.<ref name=adtt>''The Alexandria Town Talk'', December 10, 1999.</ref> Fields was then elected to a partial term in October 2000.<ref name=lousecstate>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10072000/10072000_40.html|title=Election Results|date=October 7, 2000|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref> Unseated in 1998 by Deslatte, former Mayor Frederick Herman "Fred" Baden, Sr. (1934-2009), announced that he would challenge Fields for the partial term but subsequently withdrew from consideration,<ref name=adtt/> and [[George Hearn]], a [[Louisiana College]] [[psychology]] [[professor]] and former city council member, ran for mayor. Fields received 2,228 votes (65.7 percent) to Hearn's 1,102 (32.5 percent).<ref name=lousecstate/>
Prior to becoming mayor, Fields served on the Rapides Area Planning Commission and the board of directors of Rapides Senior Citizens. He became mayor when [[Leo Deslatte]], a [[Republican Party|Republican]] elected in 1998, proved unable to work with the city council and resigned after less than two years into his term. Deslatte said that the political pressure was too much to make the job worth keeping. The council then appointed Fields, one of its five members, as the interim mayor.<ref name=adtt>''The Alexandria Town Talk'', December 10, 1999.</ref> Fields was then elected to a partial term in October 2000.<ref name=lousecstate>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10072000/10072000_40.html|title=Election Results|date=October 7, 2000|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref> Unseated in 1998 by Deslatte, former Mayor Frederick Herman "Fred" Baden, Sr. (1934-2009), announced that he would challenge Fields for the partial term but subsequently withdrew from consideration,<ref name=adtt/> and [[George Hearn]], a [[Louisiana College]] [[psychology]] [[professor]] and former city council member, ran for mayor. Fields received 2,228 votes (65.7 percent) to Hearn's 1,102 (32.5 percent).<ref name=lousecstate/>
In 2002, Fields defeated fellow Democrat Irving Wainwright, III, 2,373 votes (78.9 percent) to 636 (21.2 percent) for his first full term in office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/04062002/04062002_40.html|title=Election Results|date=April 6, 2002|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref> Fields was elected without opposition in 2006, 2010, and 2014.<ref>Jeff Matthews, Pineville Mayor Fields once again re-elected without opposition, ''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref>
In 2002, Fields defeated fellow Democrat Irving Wainwright, III, 2,373 votes (78.9 percent) to 636 (21.2 percent) for his first full term in office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/04062002/04062002_40.html|title=Election Results|date=April 6, 2002|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref> Fields was elected without opposition in 2006, 2010, and 2014.<ref>Jeff Matthews, Pineville Mayor Fields once again re-elected without opposition, ''The Alexandria Town T,alk,'' accessed=July 17, 2015</ref>
In 2003, Pineville won the state "Cleanest City" award for municipalities between 8,000 and 16,000 in population, an early highlight of the Fields administration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pineville.net/egov/docs/1236778755_347473.pdf|title=Pineville Wins State Cleanest City Contest|publisher=pineville.net|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref> From 2000 to 2003, Fields and then Alexandria Mayor Edward Gordon "Ned" Randolph, Jr. (1942-2016) joined with the Evangelical Pastor's Fellowship to host a "Minister's and Mayor's Prayer Breakfast".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pineville.net/egov/docs/1236778755_347473.pdf|title=United in Prayer|publisher=pineville.net|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref> In 2007, Fields was elected president of the Louisiana Municipal Association by his fellow mayors, the first Pineville mayor to hold that position. He was succeeded by the first vice president, [[Bill Robertson]], then the longest-serving mayor of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]].<ref>''Minden Press-Herald'', August 10, 2008, p. 1.</ref> Fields remains a current member of the LMA board of directors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lma.org/LMA20/About/Board_of_Directors/LMA20/About_LMA/Board_Photos.aspx?hkey=e0dea89e-15aa-4b49-a253-4aba2dc7ead6|title=LMA Board of Directors|publisher=lma.org|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref> He is vice chairman of the Municipal Employees Retirement Board.
In 2003, Pineville won the state "Cleanest City" award for municipalities between 8,000 and 16,000 in population, an early highlight of the Fields administration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pineville.net/egov/docs/1236778755_347473.pdf|title=Pineville Wins State Cleanest City Contest|publisher=pineville.net|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref> From 2000 to 2003, Fields and then Alexandria Mayor Edward Gordon "Ned" Randolph, Jr. (1942-2016) joined with the Evangelical Pastor's Fellowship to host a "Minister's and Mayor's Prayer Breakfast".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pineville.net/egov/docs/1236778755_347473.pdf|title=United in Prayer|publisher=pineville.net|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref> In 2007, Fields was elected president of the Louisiana Municipal Association by his fellow mayors, the first Pineville mayor to hold that position. He was succeeded by the first vice president, [[Bill Robertson]], then the longest-serving mayor of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]].<ref>''Minden Press-Herald'', August 10, 2008, p. 1.</ref> Fields remains a current member of the LMA board of directors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lma.org/LMA20/About/Board_of_Directors/LMA20/About_LMA/Board_Photos.aspx?hkey=e0dea89e-15aa-4b49-a253-4aba2dc7ead6|title=LMA Board of Directors|publisher=lma.org|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref> He is vice chairman of the Municipal Employees Retirement Board.