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As the Baker mayor, Heine was succeeded by [[Mike Cross (Louisiana politician)|Michael A. "Mike" Cross]], who served until 1981, when he resigned the position to succeed state Senator [[Gaston Gerald]], who had been expelled from the chamber in a 33-3 vote because of his conviction and imprisonment of [[extortion]] to receive a [[bribe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922546,00.html|title=Pol in the Pen|publisher=''Time Magazine''|date=June 8, 1981|accessdate=November 18, 2009}}</ref> Heine then returned to the mayoralty post to succeed Cross. Heine served until 1992, when he declined to run again. The Baker mayoralty then went to the Republican [[Bobby Simpson]], who subsequently became mayor-president for a single term in 2001.<ref name=stephens/>

As the Baker mayor, Heine was succeeded by [[Mike Cross (Louisiana politician)|Michael A. "Mike" Cross]], who served until 1981, when he resigned the position to succeed state Senator [[Gaston Gerald]], who had been expelled from the chamber in a 33-3 vote because of his conviction and imprisonment of [[extortion]] to receive a [[bribe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922546,00.html|title=Pol in the Pen|publisher=''Time Magazine''|date=June 8, 1981|accessdate=November 18, 2009}}</ref> Heine then returned to the mayoralty post to succeed Cross. Heine served until 1992, when he declined to run again. The Baker mayoralty then went to the Republican [[Bobby Simpson]], who subsequently became mayor-president for a single term in 2001.<ref name=stephens/>

In Heine's last campaign for mayor on March 8, 1988, he defeated another Democrat, Jewel E. "Duke" Welch, 2,244 (53.9 percent) to 1,923 (46.2 percent), a member of the East Baton Rouge Metro Council who was later elected as a state court [[judge]]. In that same election, the Democrat Sid J. Gautreaux, III, won the position of police chief in Baker.  In 2007, Gautreaux won a [[special election]] as [[sheriff]] of East Baton Rouge Parish to fill the seat vacated by Republican [[Elmer Litchfield]]. Thus far, Heine has served as a mayor in East Baton Rouge Parish longer than any other person.<ref name=legis/>​

In Heine's last campaign for mayor on March 8, 1988, he defeated another Democrat, Jewel E. "Duke" Welch, 2,244 (53.9 percent) to 1,923 (46.2 percent), a member of the East Baton Rouge Metro Council who was later elected as a state court [[judge]]. In that same election, the Democrat Sid J. Gautreaux, III, won the position of police chief in Baker.  In 2007, Gautreaux won a [[special election]] as [[sheriff]] of East Baton Rouge Parish to fill the seat vacated by Republican [[Elmer Litchfield]]. Heine served as a mayor in East Baton Rouge Parish longer than any other person.<ref name=legis/>​

From 1993 to 2000, Heine was the first parish manager for West Feliciana Parish in St. Francisville, north of Baton Rouge.<ref name=legis/><ref name=demco>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918194952/http://demco.org/keepingyoupluggedin/pressreleases/?fuseaction=detail&id=365|title="Hope and Faith: Kathy Heine Overfield's music is an inspiration to all"|date=January 5, 2009|publisher=Demco.org|accessdate=November 27, 2009}}</ref>​

His last political post was as parish manager for West Feliciana Parish in St. Francisville, north of Baton Rouge. He held the office first after it was created.<ref name=legis/><ref name=demco>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918194952/http://demco.org/keepingyoupluggedin/pressreleases/?fuseaction=detail&id=365|title="Hope and Faith: Kathy Heine Overfield's music is an inspiration to all"|date=January 5, 2009|publisher=Demco.org|accessdate=November 27, 2009}}</ref>​

Heine ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor in the 1971 Democratic closed [[primary]], the last of its kind held in the state prior to adoption of the nonpartisan blanket primary in 1975. The eventual winner was former New Orleans City Council member [[Jimmy Fitzmorris|James  E. Fitzmorris, Jr.]] In 1973, Heine was elected in a nonpartisan race as a delegate from East Baton Rouge Parish to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention, which drafted the current charter approved by voters statewide in 1974.<ref name=legis/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kathyskeyboards.com/noteables.htm |title=Constitution drafters meet, reminisce 33 years later |publisher=''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate'' |accessdate=November 27, 2009}}</ref>​

Heine ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor in the 1971 Democratic closed [[primary]], the last of its kind held in the state prior to adoption of the nonpartisan blanket primary in 1975. The eventual winner was former New Orleans City Council member [[Jimmy Fitzmorris|James  E. Fitzmorris, Jr.]] In 1973, Heine was elected in a nonpartisan race as a delegate from East Baton Rouge Parish to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention, which drafted the current charter approved by voters statewide in 1974.<ref name=legis/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kathyskeyboards.com/noteables.htm |title=Constitution drafters meet, reminisce 33 years later |publisher=''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate'' |accessdate=November 27, 2009}}</ref>​