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In 2004, Ater joined the Department of Insurance under commissioner J. Robert Wooley, a Democrat. In March 2005, he returned to McKeithen's office as first assistant. Four months later, upon McKeithen's untimely death from an accidental fall earlier in the year, Ater was appointed as the interim secretary of state.<ref name=campaigns/>
In 2004, Ater joined the Department of Insurance under commissioner J. Robert Wooley, a Democrat. In March 2005, he returned to McKeithen's office as first assistant. Four months later, upon McKeithen's untimely death from an accidental fall earlier in the year, Ater was appointed as the interim secretary of state.<ref name=campaigns/>
===Effects of Hurricane Katrina===
===Effects of Hurricane Katrina===
As secretary of state, Ater was called upon to monitor the municipal elections in [[New Orleans]] held some eight months after [[Hurricane Katrina]], when the city was still struggling to recover and had many former residents living elsewhere. The primary election was to have been conducted on February 4, 2006. Newspaperman Sam Hanna, Jr. (born 1969), of the ''Ouachita Citizen'' in West Monroe, said that Ater
As secretary of state, Ater was called upon to monitor the municipal elections in [[New Orleans]] held some eight months after [[Hurricane Katrina]], when the city was still struggling to recover and had many former residents living elsewhere. The primary election was to have been conducted on February 4, 2006. Newspaperman Sam Hanna, Jr. (born 1969), of the ''Ouachita Citizen'' in West Monroe, said that Ater
Ater served until November 2006, when he was succeeded by [[Moderate Republican]] John Leigh "Jay" Dardenne, Jr., the winner of the [[special election]] to fill the vacancy left by McKeithen. Ater was not a candidate in the special election.
Ater served until November 2006, when he was succeeded by [[Moderate Republican]] John Leigh "Jay" Dardenne, Jr., the winner of the [[special election]] to fill the vacancy left by McKeithen. Ater was not a candidate in the special election.
==Farming==
==Farming==
Al Ater farmed [[corn]], [[cotton]], and [[soybean]]s through his Lakeland Planting Company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/al-ater/a/55b/58b|title=Al Ater|publisher=linkedin.com|accessdate=December 23, 2009}}</ref> He served on the board of the Concordia Parish Farm Bureau and Catalyst Energy in Vidalia.<ref name=campaigns/> He has also farmed near Waterproof in southern Tensas Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/elec-WATERPROOF-LA.html|title=Waterproof, Louisiana, Political Contributions by Individuals|publisher=city-data.com|accessdate=December 23, 2009}}</ref>
Al Ater farmed [[corn]], [[cotton]], and [[soybean]]s through his Lakeland Planting Company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/al-ater/a/55b/58b|title=Al Ater|publisher=linkedin.com|accessdate=December 23, 2009}}</ref> He served on the board of the Concordia Parish Farm Bureau and Catalyst Energy in Vidalia.<ref name=campaigns/> He has also farmed near Waterproof in southern Tensas Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/elec-WATERPROOF-LA.html|title=Waterproof, Louisiana, Political Contributions by Individuals|publisher=city-data.com|accessdate=December 23, 2009}}</ref>