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==Mayoral candidate==
==Mayoral candidate==
In 2022, Tarver entered a crowded field for the office of Shreveport mayor. In first place in the November 8 primary was the sole
In 2022, Tarver entered a crowded field for the office of Shreveport mayor. In first place in the November 8 primary was the sole
Republican candidate, Tom Arceneaux, who received 14,637 votes (28 percent). Tarver trailed with 12,180 votes (24 percent), and No Party Mario C. Chavez, ran third with 9,397 votes (18 percent). Mayor Adrian Perkins, an African-American Democrat liberal, finished fourth with 9,054 votes (18 percent). In a major surprise, Arceneaux defeated Tarver in the December 10 runoff election, 20,724 votes (56 percent) to 16,040 (56 percent. Turnout was only 30.3 percent of the number of registered voters.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Caddo Parish), November 8, December 10, 2022.</ref>Until Arceneaux, no Republican had been elected mayor of Shreveport since 1994. Tarver carries the backing of Republican state Senator [[Barrow Peacock]] of Shreveport and the Senate President [[Page Cortez]] of [[Lafayette]], a [[Moderate Republican]], in the runoff election.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' December 5, 2022.</ref> Peacock and Cortez must now reconcile their Democrat support for mayor of Shreveport in light of Republican Arceneaux's victory.
Republican candidate, Tom Arceneaux, who received 14,637 votes (28 percent). Tarver trailed with 12,180 votes (24 percent), and No Party Mario C. Chavez, ran third with 9,397 votes (18 percent). Mayor Adrian Perkins, an African-American Democrat liberal, finished fourth with 9,054 votes (18 percent). In a major surprise, Arceneaux defeated Tarver in the December 10 runoff election, 20,724 votes (56 percent) to 16,040 (56 percent. Turnout was only 30.3 percent of the number of registered voters.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Caddo Parish), November 8, December 10, 2022.</ref>Until Arceneaux, no Republican had been elected mayor of Shreveport since 1994. Tarver carried the backing of Republican state Senator [[Barrow Peacock]] of Shreveport and the Senate President [[Page Cortez]] of [[Lafayette]], a [[Moderate Republican]].<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' December 5, 2022.</ref> Peacock and Cortez must now reconcile their Democrat support for mayor of Shreveport in light of Republican Arceneaux's victory.
==References==
==References==