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|term_end2=January 2008
|term_end2=January 2008
|preceded2=
|preceded2=
|succeeded2=[[James E. Paxton]]
|succeeded2=[[James Paxton]]
|residence=Tallulah, Madison Parish
|residence=Tallulah, Madison Parish
}}
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Caldwell won his third term as district attorney in 1990, when in a low-turnout election he defeated fellow Democrat Samuel Thomas, 6,711 (61 percent) to 4,277 (39 percent).[8] He was unopposed in 1996. Caldwell secured a fifth term in 2002, when he defeated fellow Democrat Raymond "Ray" Cannon, 4,987 (56 percent) to 3,931 (44 percent) in another low-turnout election.[9]
Caldwell won his third term as district attorney in 1990, when in a low-turnout election he defeated fellow Democrat Samuel Thomas, 6,711 (61 percent) to 4,277 (39 percent).[8] He was unopposed in 1996. Caldwell secured a fifth term in 2002, when he defeated fellow Democrat Raymond "Ray" Cannon, 4,987 (56 percent) to 3,931 (44 percent) in another low-turnout election.[9]
While DA for multiple parishes, Caldwell repeatedly refused to investigate and indict family members. In repeated audit findings from the Louisiana Board of Ethics and Legislative Auditors, Carolyn and Ray Caldwell, as well as their children, other family members, and friends, were discovered to be inappropriately profiting from Madison's Office of Clerk of Court finances.[10] When he became state attorney general in 2008, Caldwell appointed his first assistant DA in the 6th District, James E. Paxton, a native of Madison Parish who resides in St. Joseph in Tensas Parish, as his successor as district attorney.[11]
While DA for multiple parishes, Caldwell repeatedly refused to investigate and indict family members. In repeated audit findings from the Louisiana Board of Ethics and Legislative Auditors, Carolyn and Ray Caldwell, as well as their children, other family members, and friends, were discovered to be inappropriately profiting from Madison's Office of Clerk of Court finances.[10] When he became state attorney general in 2008, Caldwell appointed his first assistant DA in the 6th District, [[James Paxton]], a native of Madison Parish who resides in St. Joseph in Tensas Parish, as his successor as district attorney.[11]
==Candidacy for attorney general==
==Candidacy for attorney general==