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'''Elizabeth Swaine Culp''', known as '''Liz Swaine''' (born May 11, 1960),<ref>Liz Swaine mayoral campaign personal data disclosure.</ref> is an [[United States|American]] [[journalist]], former civil servant, and a [[television]] anchorwoman with the [[ABC]] affiliate KTBS-TV in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], she ran unsuccessfully in 2006 for the office of [[mayor]] of Shreveport.
'''Elizabeth Swaine Culp''', known as '''Liz Swaine''' (born May 11, 1960),<ref>Liz Swaine mayoral campaign personal data disclosure.</ref> is an [[United States|American]] [[journalist]], former civil servant, and a [[television]] anchorwoman with the [[ABC]] affiliate KTBS-TV in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], she ran unsuccessfully in 2006 for the office of [[mayor]] of Shreveport.
A native of Chipley in Washington County in the [[Florida]] Panhandle, Swaine was the daughter of Albert M. Swaine (1914-1983). She holds an Associate of Arts degree in broadcast journalism from the University of West Florida in Pensacola, which she attended from 1978 to 1980.<ref name=swaine>{{cite web|url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/liz-swaine/7/b77/438|title=Liz Swaine|publisher=Linkedin.com|accessdate=June 14, 2009}}</ref> She was employed by WEAR-TV, which covers the media market of Pensacola and [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], [[Alabama]].
A native of Chipley in Washington County in the [[Florida]] Panhandle, Swaine was the daughter of Albert M. Swaine (1914-1983). She holds an Associate of Arts degree in broadcast journalism from the University of West Florida in Pensacola, which she attended from 1978 to 1980.<ref name=swaine>{{cite web|url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/liz-swaine/7/b77/438|title=Liz Swaine|publisher=Linkedin.com|accessdate=June 14, 2009}}</ref> She was employed by WEAR-TV, which covers the media market of Pensacola and [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], [[Alabama]].
In 1981, the 21-year-old relocated to Shreveport to join the KTBS news department, having been personally recruited for the position by station manager Edwin Wray, who saw her on WEAR-TV while he was vacationing in the area. She remained at KTBS, having worked alongside such journalists as Al Pierce and Ed Baswell<ref>Joey White, "Liz Swaine tames Minden Lions," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' July 31, 1987, p. 2A.</ref> until she resigned in 1998 to become executive assistant to then Shreveport Mayor Keith Hightower, who was subsequently term limited in 2006 after consecutive elections in 1998 and 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arkansastvnewswatch.blogspot.com/2005_08_01_archive.html|title=Where Are They Now?|publisher=Arkansastvnewswatch|accessdate=June 14, 2009}}</ref> Swaine’s annual salary as executive assistant was $108,526.56, only $1,100 less than Hightower’s $109,623.84.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://itsallpolitics.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html|title=It’s All Politics|publisher=Itsallpolitics.blogspot.com|accessdate=June 14, 2009}}</ref>
In 1981, the 21-year-old relocated to Shreveport to join the KTBS news department, having been personally recruited for the position by station manager Edwin Wray, who saw her on WEAR-TV while he was vacationing in the area. She remained at KTBS, having worked alongside such journalists as Al Pierce and Ed Baswell<ref>Joey White, "Liz Swaine tames Minden Lions," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' July 31, 1987, p. 2A.</ref> until she resigned in 1998 to become executive assistant to then Shreveport Mayor Keith Hightower, who was subsequently term limited in 2006 after consecutive elections in 1998 and 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arkansastvnewswatch.blogspot.com/2005_08_01_archive.html|title=Where Are They Now?|publisher=Arkansastvnewswatch|accessdate=September 30, 2019}}</ref> Swaine’s annual salary as executive assistant was $108,526.56, only $1,100 less than Hightower’s $109,623.84.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://itsallpolitics.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html|title=It’s All Politics|publisher=Itsallpolitics.blogspot.com|accessdate=June 14, 2009}}</ref>
Swaine sought to succeed Hightower in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on September 30, 2006, against ten opponents, including fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and eventual winner, Cedric Glover, an [[African American]] and a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, a position to which Glover returned after his mayoral tenure. Other mayoral candidates included Ed Bradley, former vice president and general manager of KSLA-TV, [[business]]woman Arlena Acree, retiree Vernon Adams, and outgoing [[Republican Party|Republican]] state Senator Max T. Malone.
Swaine sought to succeed Hightower in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on September 30, 2006, against ten opponents, including fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and eventual winner, Cedric Glover, an [[African American]] and a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, a position to which Glover returned after his mayoral tenure. Other mayoral candidates included Ed Bradley, former vice president and general manager of KSLA-TV, [[business]]woman Arlena Acree, retiree Vernon Adams, and outgoing [[Republican Party|Republican]] state Senator Max T. Malone.