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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>​

In 2003, Pineville won the state "Cleanest City" award for municipalities between 8,000 and 16,000 in population, an early highlight of the Fields administration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pineville.net/egov/docs/1236778755_347473.pdf|title=Pineville Wins State Cleanest City Contest|publisher=pineville.net|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref> From 2000 to 2003, Fields and then Alexandria Mayor Edward Gordon "Ned" Randolph, Jr. (1942-2016) joined with the Evangelical Pastor's Fellowship to host a "Minister's and Mayor's Prayer Breakfast".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pineville.net/egov/docs/1236778755_347473.pdf|title=United in Prayer|publisher=pineville.net|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref> In 2007, Fields was elected president of the Louisiana Municipal Association by his fellow mayors, the first Pineville mayor to hold that position. He was succeeded by the first vice president,  [[Bill Robertson]], then the longest-serving mayor of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]].<ref>''Minden Press-Herald'', August 10, 2008, p. 1.</ref> Fields remains a current member of the LMA board of directors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lma.org/LMA20/About/Board_of_Directors/LMA20/About_LMA/Board_Photos.aspx?hkey=e0dea89e-15aa-4b49-a253-4aba2dc7ead6|title=LMA Board of Directors|publisher=lma.org|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref> He is vice chairman of the Municipal Employees Retirement Board.​

In 2003, Pineville won the state "Cleanest City" award for municipalities between 8,000 and 16,000 in population, an early highlight of the Fields administration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pineville.net/egov/docs/1236778755_347473.pdf|title=Pineville Wins State Cleanest City Contest|publisher=pineville.net|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref> From 2000 to 2003, Fields and then Alexandria Mayor [[Ned Randolph]] joined with the Evangelical Pastor's Fellowship to host a "Minister's and Mayor's Prayer Breakfast".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pineville.net/egov/docs/1236778755_347473.pdf|title=United in Prayer|publisher=pineville.net|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref> In 2007, Fields was elected president of the Louisiana Municipal Association by his fellow mayors, the first Pineville mayor to hold that position. He was succeeded by the first vice president,  [[Bill Robertson]], then the longest-serving mayor of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]].<ref>''Minden Press-Herald'', August 10, 2008, p. 1.</ref> Fields remains a current member of the LMA board of directors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lma.org/LMA20/About/Board_of_Directors/LMA20/About_LMA/Board_Photos.aspx?hkey=e0dea89e-15aa-4b49-a253-4aba2dc7ead6|title=LMA Board of Directors|publisher=lma.org|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref> He is vice chairman of the Municipal Employees Retirement Board.​

In 2010, the city council approved Fields' choice of Donald "Don" Weatherford to succeed the retiring Terral Paul as the Pineville police chief. A veteran of the Alexandria Police Department, Weatherford reached the rank there of executive officer of criminal investigations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pinevillepd.com/chief-of-police/|title=Chief of Police|publisher=pinevillepd.com|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref>​

In 2010, the city council approved Fields' choice of Donald "Don" Weatherford to succeed the retiring Terral Paul as the Pineville police chief. A veteran of the Alexandria Police Department, Weatherford reached the rank there of executive officer of criminal investigations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pinevillepd.com/chief-of-police/|title=Chief of Police|publisher=pinevillepd.com|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref>​