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Created page with "'''Martin Thomas Arceneaux, Jr.''', known as '''Tom Arceneaux''' (born 1950), is the new Republican mayor of the heavily Democrat..."
'''Martin Thomas Arceneaux, Jr.''', known as '''Tom Arceneaux''' (born 1950), is the new [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[mayor]] of the heavily [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] city of [[Shreveport]]], [[Louisiana]], the third largest city in his state.
An [[attorney]] for many years, Arceneaux previously served on the city council. In the December 10, 2022 runoff election, he surprisingly defeated the Democrat choice, state Senator [[Greg Tarver]], an [[African-American]] businessman. Arceneaux polled 20,724 votes (56 percent) to Tarver's 16,040 (44 percent). The turnout was only 30.3 percent of the number of registered voters in the city. Arceneaux had earlier led a multiple-candidate field in the [[primary]] held on November 8. Arceneaux bucked two fellow Republican state Senators, [[Page Cortez]] of [[Lafayette]] and [[Barrow Peacock]] of Shreveport, both of whom endorsed their Democrat colleague Tarver.
His election occurs amid a longstanding crime problem in Shreveport as well as economic issues.
An [[attorney]] for many years, Arceneaux previously served on the city council. In the December 10, 2022 runoff election, he surprisingly defeated the Democrat choice, state Senator [[Greg Tarver]], an [[African-American]] businessman. Arceneaux polled 20,724 votes (56 percent) to Tarver's 16,040 (44 percent). The turnout was only 30.3 percent of the number of registered voters in the city. Arceneaux had earlier led a multiple-candidate field in the [[primary]] held on November 8. Arceneaux bucked two fellow Republican state Senators, [[Page Cortez]] of [[Lafayette]] and [[Barrow Peacock]] of Shreveport, both of whom endorsed their Democrat colleague Tarver.
His election occurs amid a longstanding crime problem in Shreveport as well as economic issues.