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|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

|occupation=[[Attorney]]

|occupation=[[Attorney]]

|birth_date=1950

|birth_date=March 9, 1950

|alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]]<br> (Bachelor's in Business, [[Juris Doctor]])}}

|alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]]<br> (Bachelor's in Business, [[Juris Doctor]])}}

'''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.

'''Martin Thomas Arceneaux, Jr.''', known as '''Tom Arceneaux''' (born March 9, 1950), is the new incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[mayor]] of the heavily [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] city of [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], the third largest city in his state with a 2020 population of 187,593. The city is 56 percent [[African- American]] and 35 percent Anglo.

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.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 8 and December 10, 2022.</ref> Arceneaux bucked two fellow Republican state Senators, [[Page Cortez]] of [[Lafayette]] and [[Barrow Peacock]] of Shreveport, both of whom endorsed his Democrat colleague Tarver. Tarver also carried the backing of Democratic [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]]. Offsetting the defection of Cortez and Peacock, Arceneaux was endorsed by outgoing Democrat Mayor Adrian Perkins, who ran fourth in the primary, and two African-American former mayors, Cedric Glover and Ollie Tyler.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ktalnews.com/news/election/your-local-election-hq/perkins-glover-announce-endorsement-of-tom-arceneaux/|title=Perkins, Glover, Tyler endorse Tom Arceneaux for next mayor of Shreveport|author=Emily Greer|publisher=KTAL-TV ([[NBC]] in Shreveport)|date=November 22, 2022|accessdate=December 12, 2022}}</ref>

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.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 8 and December 10, 2022.</ref>  

 

Arceneaux bucked two fellow Republican state Senators, [[Page Cortez]] of [[Lafayette]] and [[Barrow Peacock]] of Shreveport, both of whom endorsed his Democrat colleague Tarver. Tarver also carried the backing of Democratic [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]]. Offsetting the defection of Cortez and Peacock, Arceneaux was endorsed by outgoing Democrat Mayor Adrian Perkins, who ran fourth in the primary, and two African-American former mayors, Cedric Glover and Ollie Tyler.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ktalnews.com/news/election/your-local-election-hq/perkins-glover-announce-endorsement-of-tom-arceneaux/|title=Perkins, Glover, Tyler endorse Tom Arceneaux for next mayor of Shreveport|author=Emily Greer|publisher=KTAL-TV ([[NBC]] in Shreveport)|date=November 22, 2022|accessdate=December 12, 2022}}</ref>

His election occurs amid a longstanding crime problem in Shreveport as well as economic issues.

His election occurs amid a longstanding crime problem in Shreveport as well as economic issues.