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| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| term_start=2005
| term_start=2005
| term_end=
| term_end=2021
| preceded=George Elyott Dement
| preceded=George Elyott Dement
| succeeded=Tommy Chandler
| birth_date=September 26, 1933
| birth_date=September 26, 1933
| birth_place=[[Shreveport]], Louisiana
| birth_place=[[Shreveport]], Louisiana
'''Lorenz James Walker''', known as '''Lo Walker''' (born September 26, 1933), is the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] to serve as the [[mayor]] of [[Bossier City]] in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. First elected in 2005, he is the fifteenth<ref>Some sources count Lorenz Walker as the fourteenth mayor because they omit [[Frank Blackburn|Frank Barnett Blackburn]], the interim mayor from 1983 to 1984.</ref> person to hold the position since [[Ewald Max Hoyer]] was appointed in 1907 by [[Governor]] Newton Crain Blanchard (1849-1922) when Bossier City was a [[village]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bossiercity.org/Bossier-City-History/|title=Bossier City History|author=Louise Stinson|accessdate=January 2, 2015; material no longer on-line}}</ref>
'''Lorenz James Walker''', known as '''Lo Walker''' (born September 26, 1933), is the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] to serve as the [[mayor]] of [[Bossier City]] in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. First elected in 2005, he is the fifteenth<ref>Some sources count Lorenz Walker as the fourteenth mayor because they omit [[Frank Blackburn|Frank Barnett Blackburn]], the interim mayor from 1983 to 1984.</ref> person to hold the position since [[Ewald Max Hoyer]] was appointed in 1907 by [[Governor]] Newton Crain Blanchard (1849-1922) when Bossier City was a [[village]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bossiercity.org/Bossier-City-History/|title=Bossier City History|author=Louise Stinson|accessdate=January 2, 2015; material no longer on-line}}</ref>
Walker was unseated in his bid for a fifth term in the primary election held on March 20, 2021, by another Republican, "Tommy" Chandler, 4,623 (56 percent) to 3,603 (44 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 20, 2021.</ref>
==Background==
==Background==