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|office2=[[Mayor]] of Montgomery, Grant Parish, Louisiana
|office2=[[Mayor]] of Montgomery, Grant Parish, Louisiana
|term_start2=October 2002
|term_start2=October 2002
|term_end2=October 2010
|term_end2=October 2010
|preceded2=John Timothy "Tim" Coolman
|preceded2=John Timothy "Tim" Coolman
|succeeded2=Vera "Susie" Waters
|succeeded2=Vera "Susie" Waters
|term_start3=November 2018
|term_start3=November 2018
|preceded3=Vera "Susie" Waters
|preceded3=Vera "Susie" Waters
|birth_date=May 12, 1946}
|birth_date=May 12, 1946}
On October 5, 2002, Gunn was elected Montgomery mayor in the primary without opposition. He succeeded the Democrat Tim T. Coolman (born 1962), with whom he had served on the council in 1991.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 5, 2002.</ref> On November 2, 2004, Montgomery approved a one-cent town [[sales tax]], which Gunn said would allow his community to meet rising fuel and insurance costs. The tax won handily, 194-91.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 2, 2004.</ref> Gunn won a second term as mayor by a wide margin in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on September 30, 2006. He defeated the Democrat Leo Floyd Davis, 180-38 votes. The town council then consisted of two Independents, two Democrats, and one Republican, Joann B. Lary (born 1939).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, September 30, 2006.</ref> Since 2014, no Democrats have served on the town council; the current makeup is three Republicans and two Independents.
On October 5, 2002, Gunn was elected Montgomery mayor in the primary without opposition. He succeeded the Democrat Tim T. Coolman (born 1962), with whom he had served on the council in 1991.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 5, 2002.</ref> On November 2, 2004, Montgomery approved a one-cent town [[sales tax]], which Gunn said would allow his community to meet rising fuel and insurance costs. The tax won handily, 194-91.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 2, 2004.</ref> Gunn won a second term as mayor by a wide margin in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on September 30, 2006. He defeated the Democrat Leo Floyd Davis, 180-38 votes. The town council then consisted of two Independents, two Democrats, and one Republican, Joann B. Lary (born 1939).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, September 30, 2006.</ref> Since 2014, no Democrats have served on the town council; the current makeup is three Republicans and two Independents.
Mayor Gunn had sought construction of a bridge atop the Red River at Montgomery to link the town directly to Natchitoches to the west. A ferry once used to cross the river at Montgomery ceased operating in 1960. He not seek reelection as mayor in the primary held on October 2, 2010. The Democrat Vera "Susie" Waters, who received 168 votes (80 percent), was elected to succeed him, and then unseated by Gunn four years later.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Grant Parish), October 2, 2010.</ref>
Mayor Gunn had sought construction of a bridge atop the Red River at Montgomery to link the town directly to Natchitoches to the west. A ferry once used to cross the river at Montgomery ceased operating in 1960. He not seek reelection as mayor in the primary held on October 2, 2010. The Democrat Vera "Susie" Waters, who received 168 votes (80 percent), was elected to succeed him, and was thereafater unseated by Gunn four years later.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Grant Parish), October 2, 2010.</ref>
Early in 2016, Gunn told the Louisiana radio broadcaster [[Moon Griffon]] that he opposed [[U.S. President]] [[Barack Obama]]'s [[executive order]] to enhance gun control and supported [[Donald Trump]] in the 2016 presidential election and another Republican, retired Air Force Colonel [[Rob Maness]] for the [[United States Senate]] seat vacated by [[David Vitter]], whom Gunn had also backed for governor in 2015 in the unsuccessful race against the Democrat [[John Bel Edwards]]. Gunn was also critical of state Republican lawmakers, with whose ranks he had been loosely aligned while a legislator, for having supported Edwards' unsuccessful choice for [[Speaker]] though the Republican [[Taylor Barras]] of New Iberia was finally elected as Speaker.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 5, 2016.</ref>
Early in 2016, Gunn told the Louisiana radio broadcaster [[Moon Griffon]] that he opposed [[U.S. President]] [[Barack Obama]]'s [[executive order]] to enhance gun control and supported [[Donald Trump]] in the 2016 presidential election and another Republican, retired Air Force Colonel [[Rob Maness]] for the [[United States Senate]] seat vacated by [[David Vitter]], whom Gunn had also backed for governor in 2015 in the unsuccessful race against the Democrat [[John Bel Edwards]]. Gunn was also critical of state Republican lawmakers, with whose ranks he had been loosely aligned while a legislator, for having supported Edwards' unsuccessful choice for [[Speaker]] though the Republican [[Taylor Barras]] of New Iberia was finally elected as Speaker.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 5, 2016.</ref>