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| | | nationality=[[African-American]] | | | nationality=[[African-American]] |
| | | office= [[Mayor]] of [[Pineville, Louisiana]] | | | office= [[Mayor]] of [[Pineville, Louisiana]] |
| − | | party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] | + | | party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]] |
| | | term_start=December 14, 1999 | | | term_start=December 14, 1999 |
| − | | term_end= | + | | term_end=June 2022 |
| | | preceded=[[Leo Deslatte]] | | | preceded=[[Leo Deslatte]] |
| | + | | succeeded=Rich Dupree |
| | | office2=Pineville City Council<br> member for District 2 | | | office2=Pineville City Council<br> member for District 2 |
| | | term_start2=July 1, 1998 | | | term_start2=July 1, 1998 |
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| | In 2020, Mayor Fields was among six political figures inducted into the Winnfield-based [[Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2020/01/14/louisianas-latest-political-legends-named-for-hall-fame-induction/4464284002/|title=Meet Louisiana's latest political legends to be enshrined in Hall of Fame|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|publisher=''[[Monroe News Star]]''|date=January 14, 2020|accessdate=May 22, 2020}}</ref> | | In 2020, Mayor Fields was among six political figures inducted into the Winnfield-based [[Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2020/01/14/louisianas-latest-political-legends-named-for-hall-fame-induction/4464284002/|title=Meet Louisiana's latest political legends to be enshrined in Hall of Fame|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|publisher=''[[Monroe News Star]]''|date=January 14, 2020|accessdate=May 22, 2020}}</ref> |
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| | + | Fields did not seek reelection in the spring of 2022. His successor is a Republican, Rich Dupree, who defeated by five votes another Republican candidate, James R. Rachal, in the April 30 municipal election. Ony 31 percent of registered voters came to the polls. |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |