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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name= Kenneth Lee Volentine, Sr.
|name= Kenneth Lee Volentine, Sr.
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for<br> District 11 (Claiborne and parts of Bienville, Lincoln, and Union parishes)
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for District 11 (Claiborne and<br> parts of Bienville, Lincoln, and Union parishes)
|term_start=1988
|term_start=1988
|term_end=1992
|term_end=1992
From 1988 to 1992, during the administration of [[Governor]] [[Buddy Roemer]], Volentine served a single term in the state House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/h1812-2012.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=January 2, 2011}}</ref> Volentine was unseated in the [[general election]] held on November 16, 1991, by his fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Pinkie Wilkerson]], an [[African American]] [[attorney]] from Grambling in Lincoln Parish. Volentine's defeat occurred after [[redistricting]] and in the same election in which [[Edwin Edwards]] returned to the Louisiana governorship for his fourth term in a ringing defeat of the unendorsed [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, short-term state Representative [[David Duke]]. Volentine had led Wilkerson in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held in October 1991. He received 6,150 votes (46.9 percent) to Wilkerson’s 4,358 ballots (33.2 percent). Two other candidates held the remaining 20 percent of the vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> In the general election, Wilkerson unseated Volentine, 8,590 (51.8 percent) to 7,992 (48.2 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref>
From 1988 to 1992, during the administration of [[Governor]] [[Buddy Roemer]], Volentine served a single term in the state House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/h1812-2012.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=January 2, 2011}}</ref> Volentine was unseated in the [[general election]] held on November 16, 1991, by his fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Pinkie Wilkerson]], an [[African American]] [[attorney]] from Grambling in Lincoln Parish. Volentine's defeat occurred after [[redistricting]] and in the same election in which [[Edwin Edwards]] returned to the Louisiana governorship for his fourth term in a ringing defeat of the unendorsed [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, short-term state Representative [[David Duke]]. Volentine had led Wilkerson in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held in October 1991. He received 6,150 votes (46.9 percent) to Wilkerson’s 4,358 ballots (33.2 percent). Two other candidates held the remaining 20 percent of the vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> In the general election, Wilkerson unseated Volentine, 8,590 (51.8 percent) to 7,992 (48.2 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref>
==Sheriff Volentine==
==Sheriff Volentine==
In 1995, as Wilkerson won easy reelection to the legislature, Volentine secured the first of his two terms as Claiborne Parish sheriff. The office is based in the parish seat of Homer. Incumbent James R. "Snap" Oakes (1929-2014) retired, and in a two-candidate race Volentine defeated fellow Democrat Donald Ray "Chic" Ceccarelli (born 1965) of Homer, 3,760 votes (61.5 percent) to 2,350 votes (38.5 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 1995.</ref> In 1999, Ceccarelli ran again, this time as a "No Party" candidate. Volentine prevailed, 3,619 (69 percent) to 1,487 (28.4 percent). Another 141 ballots went a second "No Party" candidate.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 1999.</ref>
In 1995, as Wilkerson won easy reelection to the legislature, Volentine secured the first of his two terms as Claiborne Parish sheriff. The office is based in the parish seat of Homer. Incumbent James R. "Snap" Oakes (1929-2014) retired, and in a two-candidate race Volentine defeated fellow Democrat Donald Ray "Chic" Ceccarelli (born 1965) of Homer, 3,760 votes (61.5 percent) to 2,350 votes (38.5 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 1995.</ref> In 1999, Ceccarelli ran again, this time as a "No Party" candidate. Volentine prevailed, 3,619 (69 percent) to 1,487 (28.4 percent). Another 141 ballots went a second "No Party" candidate.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 1999.</ref>