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==Career==
==Career==
Prior to becoming mayor, Fields served on the Rapides Area Planning Commission and the board of directors of Rapides Senior Citizens. He became mayor when [[Leo Deslatte]], a [[Republican Party|Republican]] elected in 1998, proved unable to work with the city council and resigned after less than two years into his term. Deslatte said that the political pressure was too much to make the job worth keeping. The council then appointed Fields, one of its five members, as the interim mayor.<ref name=adtt>''The Alexandria Town Talk'', December 10, 1999.</ref> Fields was then elected to a partial term in October 2000.<ref name=lousecstate>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10072000/10072000_40.html|title=Election Results|date=October 7, 2000|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref> Unseated in 1998 by Deslatte, former Mayor Frederick Herman "Fred" Baden, Sr. (1934-2009), announced that he would challenge Fields for the partial term but subsequently withdrew from consideration,<ref name=adtt/> and [[George Hearn]], a [[Louisiana College]] [[psychology]] [[professor]] and former city council member, ran for mayor. Fields received 2,228 votes (65.7 percent) to Hearn's 1,102 (32.5 percent).<ref name=lousecstate/>
Prior to becoming mayor, Fields served on the Rapides Area Planning Commission and the board of directors of Rapides Senior Citizens. He became mayor when [[Leo Deslatte]], a [[Republican Party|Republican]] elected in 1998, proved unable to work with the city council and resigned after less than two years into his term. Deslatte said that the political pressure was too much to make the job worth keeping. The council then appointed Fields, one of its five members, as the interim mayor.<ref name=adtt>''The Alexandria Town Talk'', December 10, 1999.</ref> Fields was then elected to a partial term in October 2000.<ref name=lousecstate>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10072000/10072000_40.html|title=Election Results|date=October 7, 2000|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref> Unseated in 1998 by Deslatte, former Mayor [[Fred Baden]] announced that he would challenge Fields for the partial term but subsequently withdrew from consideration,<ref name=adtt/> and [[George Hearn]], a [[Louisiana College]] [[psychology]] [[professor]] and former city council member, ran for mayor. Fields received 2,228 votes (65.7 percent) to Hearn's 1,102 (32.5 percent).<ref name=lousecstate/>
In 2002, Fields defeated fellow Democrat Irving Wainwright, III, 2,373 votes (78.9 percent) to 636 (21.2 percent) for his first full term in office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/04062002/04062002_40.html|title=Election Results|date=April 6, 2002|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref> Fields was elected without opposition in 2006, 2010, and 2014.<ref>Jeff Matthews, Pineville Mayor Fields once again re-elected without opposition, ''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' accessed=July 17, 2015</ref>
In 2002, Fields defeated fellow Democrat Irving Wainwright, III, 2,373 votes (78.9 percent) to 636 (21.2 percent) for his first full term in office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/04062002/04062002_40.html|title=Election Results|date=April 6, 2002|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref> Fields was elected without opposition in 2006, 2010, and 2014.<ref>Jeff Matthews, Pineville Mayor Fields once again re-elected without opposition, ''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' accessed=July 17, 2015</ref>