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'''Martin Thomas Arceneaux, Jr.''', known as '''Tom Arceneaux''' (born March 9, 1950), is the 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.

'''Martin Thomas Arceneaux, Jr.''', known as '''Tom Arceneaux''' (born March 9, 1950), is the 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 with the Blanchard Walker firm, Arceneaux previously served on the city council in which position he revamped the municipal budget process to make priorities and decisions more understandable and more transparent. He was a constant advocate for the enforcement of property standards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tomforshreveport.com/meet-tom|title=Meet Tom|publisher=tomforshreveport.com|accessdate=December 12, 2022}}</ref> 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>  

An [[attorney]] for many years with the Blanchard Walker firm, Arceneaux previously served on the city council in which position he revamped the municipal budget process to make priorities and decisions more understandable and more transparent. He was a constant advocate for the enforcement of property standards to fight blight and urban decay.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tomforshreveport.com/meet-tom|title=Meet Tom|publisher=tomforshreveport.com|accessdate=December 12, 2022}}</ref> 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>

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>