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Swaine promised if elected to implement more stringent enforcement of the municipal code and to make city government more responsive to the residents. With 6,600 votes (13.1 percent), Swaine ran third in the primary, finishing behind Cedric Glover and attorney Jerry Jones, a Republican. After her municipal service, Swaine became communications director for Calumet Lubricants Company, an [[oil]] and [[natural gas]] concern which maintains a large plant in Cotton Valley in central Webster Parish. She has also engaged in podcasting and free-lance journalism.<ref name=swaine/>
Swaine promised if elected to implement more stringent enforcement of the municipal code and to make city government more responsive to the residents. With 6,600 votes (13.1 percent), Swaine ran third in the primary, finishing behind Cedric Glover and attorney Jerry Jones, a Republican. After her municipal service, Swaine became communications director for Calumet Lubricants Company, an [[oil]] and [[natural gas]] concern which maintains a large plant in Cotton Valley in central Webster Parish. She has also engaged in podcasting and free-lance journalism.<ref name=swaine/>
Swaine and her husband, Steve S. Culp (born 1954), reside in Shreveport. She is a [[motorcycle]] enthusiast and former triathlete. Swaine was named “Best Journalist in the Nation” by the ''American Journalism Review'' [[magazine]], then known as the ''Washington Journalism Review.''<ref name=swaine/> She is the first female to have emceed the [[Medal of Honor]] Convention. She was named winner of the VIP Award of the Shreveport [[Chamber of Commerce]].<ref name=swaine/>
Swaine and her husband, Steve S. Culp (born 1954), reside in Shreveport. She is a [[motorcycle]] enthusiast and former triathlete. Swaine was named “Best Journalist in the Nation” by the ''American Journalism Review'' [[magazine]], then known as the ''Washington Journalism Review.''<ref name=swaine/> She is the first female to have emceed the [[Medal of Honor]] Convention. She was named winner of the VIP Award of the Shreveport [[Chamber of Commerce]].<ref name=swaine/>
Swaine left the Calumet position in November 2010, to become the director of the Downtown Shreveport Development Authority, replacing Don Shea. Swaine formerly headed a citizens committee that examined whether Shreveport should pursue a bond issue in 2011. She also handles public relations duties for local [[nonprofit organization]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20101102/NEWS01/11020301/Swaine-takes-job-to-promote-downtown-Shreveport|author=Adam Kealoha Causey|title=Liz Swaine takes job to promote downtown Shreveport|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=November 2, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>
Swaine left the Calumet position in November 2010, to become the director of the Downtown Shreveport Development Authority, replacing Don Shea. Swaine formerly headed a citizens committee that examined whether Shreveport should pursue a bond issue in 2011. She also handles public relations duties for local [[nonprofit organization]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20101102/NEWS01/11020301/Swaine-takes-job-to-promote-downtown-Shreveport|author=Adam Kealoha Causey|title=Liz Swaine takes job to promote downtown Shreveport|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=November 2, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>