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In 2003, Riser was handily unseated by his fellow Democrat and former deputy, Gary Steven Sexton<ref>KTBS-TV, October 21, 2003.</ref> (born April 1953) of Shongaloo in central Webster Parish. Sexton received 8,610 votes (64.2 percent) to Riser's 4,814 (35.9 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10042003/10042003_60.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/4/2003: Webster Parish|publisher=stateicresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=September 18, 2014}}</ref> After four terms, Sexton will step down as sheriff in July 2020.
In 2003, Riser was handily unseated by his fellow Democrat and former deputy, Gary Steven Sexton<ref>KTBS-TV, October 21, 2003.</ref> (born April 1953) of Shongaloo in central Webster Parish. Sexton received 8,610 votes (64.2 percent) to Riser's 4,814 (35.9 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10042003/10042003_60.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/4/2003: Webster Parish|publisher=stateicresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=September 18, 2014}}</ref> After four terms, Sexton will step down as sheriff in July 2020.
In 2009, Riser was hired as a part-time deputy by Sheriff Charles Mahier McDonald, Jr. (born December 1954), a Democrat from Richland Parish in northeastern Louisiana]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://domino.ethics.state.la.us/EthicRu2.nsf/ecfd553acd8f6446862567f9006e60b6/57a4f99d627cbbbd862574f200550737?OpenDocument|title=Larkin T. "Ted" Riser, Jr.: Ethics Board Docket No. 2008-658|publisher=domino.ethics.state.la.us|date=October 30, 2008|accessdate=September 18, 2014}}</ref> based in Rayville, ninety-six miles from Riser's home in Sibley. In March 2012, then Governor [[Bobby Jindal]] reappointed Riser as an at-large member of the board of directors of the Correctional Facilities Corporation Board.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=3353|title=Governor Bobby Jindal Announces the Reappointments to the Correctional Facilities Corporation Board of Directors
In 2009, Riser was hired as a part-time deputy by Sheriff Charles Mahier McDonald, Jr. (born December 1954), a Democrat from Richland Parish in northeastern Louisiana]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://domino.ethics.state.la.us/EthicRu2.nsf/ecfd553acd8f6446862567f9006e60b6/57a4f99d627cbbbd862574f200550737?OpenDocument|title=Larkin T. "Ted" Riser, Jr.: Ethics Board Docket No. 2008-658|publisher=domino.ethics.state.la.us|date=October 30, 2008|accessdate=September 18, 2014}}</ref> based in Rayville, ninety-six miles from Riser's home in Sibley. In March 2012, then Governor [[Bobby Jindal]] reappointed Riser as an at-large member of the board of directors of the Correctional Facilities Corporation Board.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=3353|title=Governor Bobby Jindal Announces the Reappointments to the Correctional Facilities Corporation Board of Directors
|date=March 22, 2012|publisher=gov.louisiana.gov|accessdate=September 18, 2014}}</ref> Established by the legislature in 1985 to build and equip prisons for lease to the state, the corporation raises funds through revenue bonds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/s/#!search/profile/person?personId=38045906&targetid=profile|title=Riser named to board of prison corporation|publisher=zoominfo.com|accessdate=September 18, 2014}}</ref>
|date=March 22, 2012|publisher=gov.louisiana.gov|accessdate=September 18, 2014}}</ref> Established by the legislature in 1985 to build and equip prisons for lease to the state, the corporation raises funds through revenue bonds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/s/#!search/profile/person?personId=38045906&targetid=profile|title=Riser named to board of prison corporation|publisher=zoominfo.com|accessdate=September 18, 2014}}</ref>