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On October 24, 1987, Dooley was unseated as sheriff by his former chief deputy, Larry Callaway Deen (born 1948) of Benton, a son of Jesse Claude Deen (1922-2015), a retired educator and then an outgoing state representative for Bossier Parish. Larry Deen polled 17,113 votes (62 percent) to Dooley's 7,973 (28.9 percent). Bill Gray, a third Democratic candidate, held the remaining 2,518 votes (9.1 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>
On October 24, 1987, Dooley was unseated as sheriff by his former chief deputy, Larry Callaway Deen (born 1948) of Benton, a son of Jesse Claude Deen (1922-2015), a retired educator and then an outgoing state representative for Bossier Parish. Larry Deen polled 17,113 votes (62 percent) to Dooley's 7,973 (28.9 percent). Bill Gray, a third Democratic candidate, held the remaining 2,518 votes (9.1 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Bossier Parish), October 24, 1987.</ref>
After he left the sheriff's department, Dooley worked in security for the Port of Shreveport.<ref name=shrtimes/><ref name=statepolice/> At some time after his term as sheriff ended, Dooley, despite his ties to Edwin Edwards, re-registered as a Republican, as did his successor, Larry Deen.<ref>The voter portal maintained by the Louisiana Secretary of State (then [[Tom Schedler]]) as of August 12, 2014, listed Dooley as a Republican voter and his month and year of birth as January 1927. The portal is kept up to date and upon death, usually within a week or even less of passing, a voter is struck from the listing. This prevents election fraud with "the dead" casting ballots.</ref> Sheriff Julius Whittington, elected in 2011, is also a Republican.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Bossier Parish), October 22, 2011.</ref>
After he left the sheriff's department, Dooley worked in security for the Port of Shreveport.<ref name=shrtimes/><ref name=statepolice/> At some time after his term as sheriff ended, Dooley, despite his ties to Edwin Edwards, re-registered as a Republican, as did his successor, Larry Deen.<ref>The voter portal maintained by the Louisiana Secretary of State (then [[Tom Schedler]]) as of August 12, 2014, listed Dooley as a Republican voter and his month and year of birth as January 1927. The portal is kept up to date and upon death, usually within a week or even less of passing, a voter is struck from the listing. This prevents election fraud with "the dead" casting ballots.</ref> Sheriff Julius Whittington, elected in 2011, is also a Republican.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Bossier Parish), October 22, 2011.</ref>