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|term_end=1992
|term_end=1992
|preceded=William B. Atkins
|preceded=William B. Atkins
|succeeded=Bryant Hammett
|succeeded=[[Bryant Hammett]]
|office2=Acting Louisiana Secretary of State
|office2=Acting Louisiana Secretary of State
|term_start2=July 2005
|term_start2=July 2005
==Public office==
==Public office==
First elected at the age of twenty-nine in the 1983 nonpartisan blanket primary, Ater filled the House seat vacated by William B. Atkins, a freshman Democrat from Jonesville in Catahoula Parish. Atkins had defeated Democratic state Senator [[Dan Richey]] of Ferriday. Ater was unopposed for a second term in 1987 but did not run in the primary held in October 1991. He was succeeded by fellow Democrat Bryant Hammett, an [[engineer]], also from Ferriday.
First elected at the age of twenty-nine in the 1983 nonpartisan blanket primary, Ater filled the House seat vacated by William B. Atkins, a freshman Democrat from Jonesville in Catahoula Parish. Atkins had defeated Democratic state Senator [[Dan Richey]] of Ferriday. Ater was unopposed for a second term in 1987 but did not run in the primary held in October 1991. He was succeeded by fellow Democrat [[Bryant Hammett]], an [[engineer]], also from Ferriday.
In 2001, Ater became the first assistant in the office of Louisiana Secretary of State Walter Fox McKeithen (1946-2005), a Democrat-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] and his friend since their legislative days. Ater was influential in merging the elections department into the secretary of state’s office.<ref name=campaigns>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=101065|title=Our Campaigns: Ater, Al|publisher=ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=December 24, 2009}}</ref>
In 2001, Ater became the first assistant in the office of Louisiana Secretary of State Walter Fox McKeithen (1946-2005), a Democrat-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] and his friend since their legislative days. Ater was influential in merging the elections department into the secretary of state’s office.<ref name=campaigns>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=101065|title=Our Campaigns: Ater, Al|publisher=ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=December 24, 2009}}</ref>