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Burrell formerly served on the Shreveport City Council.<ref name=pvs/> In 1994, he polled 3,659 votes (61.8 percent) in District G, compared to 2,263 (38.2 percent) for his intra-party opponent, Samuel Lee "Sam" Jenkins, Jr.,<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 1, 1994.</ref> formerly of [[Raleigh]], [[North Carolina]], with past affiliation with the Caddo Parish School Board and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/samuel-Jenkins/LA-Shreveport?middleName=%7E|title=Samuel Lee Jenkins|publisher=intelius.org|accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref> On the council, Burrell developed a plan for increased African-American participation in government contracts. He worked to revitalize inner city neighborhoods, actions which led to the establishment of the Shreveport Redevelopment Agency, the Citywide Community Development Corporation, the Model Block Housing Development Project, and the Shreveport Urban Renaissance Corporation. In his second term on the council and as a representative, Burrell developed a close working relationship and friendship with Democratic former [[Mayor]] Keith Hightower.<ref name=labi/>

Burrell formerly served on the Shreveport City Council.<ref name=pvs/> In 1994, he polled 3,659 votes (61.8 percent) in District G, compared to 2,263 (38.2 percent) for his intra-party opponent, Samuel Lee "Sam" Jenkins, Jr.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 1, 1994.</ref> On the council, Burrell developed a plan for increased African-American participation in government contracts. He worked to revitalize inner city neighborhoods, actions which led to the establishment of the Shreveport Redevelopment Agency, the Citywide Community Development Corporation, the Model Block Housing Development Project, and the Shreveport Urban Renaissance Corporation. In his second term on the council and as a representative, Burrell developed a close working relationship and friendship with Democratic former [[Mayor]] Keith Hightower.<ref name=labi/>

In 1998, Burrell easily won his second term on the city council when he defeated fellow Democrat Raymond Anthony Hicks (born May 1943), a former District 5 member of the Caddo Parish School Board, 3,796 votes (66.5 percent) to 1,912 votes (33.5 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Caddo Parish), October 3, 1998.</ref>​

In 1998, Burrell easily won his second term on the city council when he defeated fellow Democrat Raymond Anthony Hicks (born May 1943), a former District 5 member of the Caddo Parish School Board, 3,796 votes (66.5 percent) to 1,912 votes (33.5 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Caddo Parish), October 3, 1998.</ref>​