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Waddell resigned his house seat in 1990 upon his election as a judge. His interim House successor was [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Tommy Armstrong]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=June 22, 2020}}</ref> who had earlier served from 1987 to 1989 as the president of the Caddo Parish Commission, the parish governing board, formerly known as the police jury. Armstrong did not seek the District 4 seat in 1992, as the district lines were changed under the 1990 census so that a Republican had little likelihood of winning the seat. He therefore ran for the Louisiana State Senate and was narrowly defeated by  [[Ron Bean]], a [[Moderate Republican]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref>​ While on the bench, Waddell switched his own registration to Republican.<ref name=electedofficials/>

Waddell resigned his house seat in 1990 upon his election as a judge. His interim House successor was [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Tommy Armstrong]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=June 22, 2020}}</ref> who had earlier served from 1987 to 1989 as the president of the Caddo Parish Commission, the parish governing board, formerly known as the police jury. Armstrong did not seek the District 4 seat in 1992, as the district lines were changed under the 1990 census so that a Republican had little likelihood of winning the seat. He therefore ran for the Louisiana State Senate and was narrowly defeated by  [[Ron Bean]], a [[Moderate Republican]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref>​ While on the bench, Waddell switched his own registration to Republican.<ref name=electedofficials/>

Waddell has been active in fundraising for the museum of the former Mansfield Female College in Mansfield in De Soto Parish. In 1930, the female college merged into [[Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College  in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1106&dat=20051208&id=Y4s-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=NvYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2466,2534358|title="Mansfield Female College: Gala draws 128 to college museum fund drive"|date=December 8, 2005|publisher=''The Winn Parish Enterprise'' through google.com|accessdate=June 22, 2020}}</ref>​

Waddell has been active in fundraising for the museum of the former Mansfield Female College in Mansfield in DeSoto Parish, south of Shreveport. In 1930, the female college merged into [[Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College  in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1106&dat=20051208&id=Y4s-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=NvYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2466,2534358|title="Mansfield Female College: Gala draws 128 to college museum fund drive"|date=December 8, 2005|publisher=''The Winn Parish Enterprise'' through google.com|accessdate=June 22, 2020}}</ref>​

Waddell is the younger of two children of the late Billie McKinney, the first wife of Paul Kenneth Waddell (1916-2000) , a native of [[California]] who moved to Shreveport as a young boy and earned his livelihood as a postal inspector.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23283865/paul-kenneth-waddell|title=Paul Kenneth Waddell|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 22, 2020}}</ref> He graduated in 1970 from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. He and his wife, the former Sharon Roxanne Raines (born February 21, 1956), have three children, Robert Waddell, Jr., Sharon Elizabeth Waddell, and Erin Leigh Waddell.<ref>People Search & Background Check</ref>​

Waddell is the younger of two children of the late Billie McKinney, the first wife of Paul Kenneth Waddell (1916-2000) , a native of [[California]] who moved to Shreveport as a young boy and earned his livelihood as a postal inspector.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23283865/paul-kenneth-waddell|title=Paul Kenneth Waddell|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 22, 2020}}</ref> He graduated in 1970 from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. He and his wife, the former Sharon Roxanne Raines (born February 21, 1956), have three children, Robert Waddell, Jr., Sharon Elizabeth Waddell, and Erin Leigh Waddell.<ref>People Search & Background Check</ref>​