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Alexander was the unsuccessful Republican candidate in the October 22, 2011, primary for Caddo Parish tax assessor. He polled 16,255 votes (34.9 percent), while the incumbent Democrat, Charles Russell Henington, Jr. (born September 1957), received 30,310 votes (65.1 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10222011/10222011_09.html|title=Louisiana election returns|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=October 22, 2011}}</ref> Henington last faced opposition in 1999, when he won the assessor's position by defeating an earlier Republican candidate, John W. Wessler, by a five-to-one margin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10231999/10231999_09.html|title=Louisiana primary election returns, October 23, 1999|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=October 13, 2011}}</ref> Henington's father, Charles Henington, Sr. (1936-1986), and his step-grandfather, Albert Galloway Hammett, Sr. (1881–1974), previously served as the Caddo Parish assessor, having kept that office within the reach of his family for seventy-eight years. A. G. Hammett was the assessor from 1933 to 1964.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65133352|title=Albert Galloway Hammett|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 27, 2011}}</ref>​

Alexander was the unsuccessful Republican candidate in the October 22, 2011, primary for Caddo Parish tax assessor. He polled 16,255 votes (34.9 percent), while the incumbent Democrat, Charles Russell Henington, Jr. (born September 1957), received 30,310 votes (65.1 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10222011/10222011_09.html|title=Louisiana election returns|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=October 22, 2011}}</ref> Henington last faced opposition in 1999, when he won the assessor's position by defeating an earlier Republican candidate, John W. Wessler, by a five-to-one margin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10231999/10231999_09.html|title=Louisiana primary election returns, October 23, 1999|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=October 13, 2011}}</ref> Henington's father, Charles Henington, Sr. (1936-1986), and his step-grandfather, Albert Galloway Hammett, Sr. (1881–1974), previously served as the Caddo Parish assessor, having kept that office within the reach of his family for seventy-eight years. A. G. Hammett was the assessor from 1933 to 1964.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65133352|title=Albert Galloway Hammett|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 27, 2011}}</ref>​

According to KTBS-TV, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in Shreveport, an independent survey of [[property tax]] rates around the state by the demographer Elliott Stonecipher concludes that Shreveport and Caddo Parish residents pay the highest such taxes of any metropolitan area in Louisiana. Alexander said that the assessments are inflated and had pledged had he been elected to reduce them. Alexander also accused Henington of not informing senior citizens that they retain the option of freezing their property taxes once they reach the age of sixty-five.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]]'', October 18, 2011.</ref>​

According to KTBS-TV, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in Shreveport, an independent survey of [[property tax]] rates around the state by the [[Demography|demographer]] [[Elliott Stonecipher]] concludes that Shreveport and Caddo Parish residents pay the highest such taxes of any metropolitan area in Louisiana. Alexander said that the assessments are inflated and had pledged had he been elected to reduce them. Alexander also accused Henington of not informing senior citizens that they retain the option of freezing their property taxes once they reach the age of sixty-five.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]]'', October 18, 2011.</ref>​

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