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|preceded=Don Hathaway

|preceded=Donald Edgar Hathaway

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|birth_place=Clarksville<br>Montgomery County<br>[[Tennessee]]

|birth_place=Clarksville<br>Montgomery County<br>[[Tennessee]]

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'''Stephen Wayne Prator, Sr.''', known as '''Steve Prator''' (born September 25, 1951),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voterportal.sos.la.gov/voter.aspx|title=Click Stephen Prator, September 1951|publisher=voterportal.sos.la.gov|accessdate=February 4, 2014}}</ref> of [[Shreveport]] is the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] since [[Reconstruction]] to serve as [[sheriff]] of Caddo Parish in far northwestern [[Louisiana]].

'''Stephen Wayne Prator, Sr.''', known as '''Steve Prator''' (born September 25, 1951),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voterportal.sos.la.gov/voter.aspx|title=Click Stephen Prator, September 1951|publisher=voterportal.sos.la.gov|accessdate=February 4, 2014}}</ref> of [[Shreveport]] is the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] since [[Reconstruction]] to serve as [[sheriff]] of Caddo Parish in far northwestern [[Louisiana]]. He begins his sixth term in the office in the summer of 2020.

==Background==

==Background==

|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]||accessdate=September 16, 2018}}</ref>

|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]||accessdate=September 16, 2018}}</ref>

Prator is the lone Republican candidate for a sixth term as Caddo Parish sheriff in the nonpartisan blanket primary on October 12, 2019. He faces opposition from two Democrats, George Eric Hatfield and the African-American, Hersy Jones, Jr. Two other contenders carry no party affiliation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/candidateinquiry|title=Candidate Inquiry|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=August 9, 2019}}</ref> Hatfield (born January 28,1972) has been questioned for living out-of-wedlock with Amy Seen so that he can sign up his children for [[Medicaid]] though Hatfield is a high-earning businessman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://recallhatfield.com/f/why-should-eric-hatfield-and-his-baby-momma-get-a-free-ride|title=The Truth About Eric Hatfield in Unedited Public Records: Recall Hatfield|publisher=Recallhatfield.com|accessdate=August 9, 2019}}</ref>

In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019. Prator led a four-candidate field with 39,140 votes (65 percent). He defeated two Democrats, George Eric Hatfield, who polled 12,724 votes (21 percent), and the African-American, Hersy Jones, Jr., who drew 6,887 votes (11 percent). A No Party candidate, Glen Cornell, ran fourth with 1,523 votes (3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref> In the campaign, Hatfield (born January 28, 1972) has been questioned for living out-of-wedlock with Amy Seen so that he can sign up his children for [[Medicaid]] even though Hatfield is a high-earning [[business]]man.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://recallhatfield.com/f/why-should-eric-hatfield-and-his-baby-momma-get-a-free-ride|title=The Truth About Eric Hatfield in Unedited Public Records: Recall Hatfield|publisher=Recallhatfield.com|accessdate=August 9, 2019}}</ref>

==References==

==References==