Changes

In the primary held on April 4, 1998, Baden led the four-candidate field with 1,805 votes (44 percent). Republican Leo Deslatte trailed with 1,243 ballots (31 percent). A second Democrat, Barbara B. Gypin, polled 35 votes (1 percent). The "No Party" candidate was [[attorney]] Randal Bryan "Randy" Tannehill (born 1960), son of Fred Tannehill, a wealthy businessman who served  years earlier as a Democratic remember of the Louisiana State Board of Education (since renamed as the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Randal Tannehill received 977 votes (24 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Rapides Parish), April 4, 1998.</ref> The last campaign was bitter. In the [[general election]] on May 2, Deslatte prevailed with 2,304 votes (53 percent) to Baden's 2,062 (47 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, May 2, 1998.</ref> In 1999, Randy Tannehill ran unsuccessfully as a Republican in the District 27 state House election, having been defeated by the Democrat Rick Lamar Farrar (1960-2018).

In the primary held on April 4, 1998, Baden led the four-candidate field with 1,805 votes (44 percent). Republican Leo Deslatte trailed with 1,243 ballots (31 percent). A second Democrat, Barbara B. Gypin, polled 35 votes (1 percent). The "No Party" candidate was [[attorney]] Randal Bryan "Randy" Tannehill (born 1960), son of Fred Tannehill, a wealthy businessman who served  years earlier as a Democratic remember of the Louisiana State Board of Education (since renamed as the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Randal Tannehill received 977 votes (24 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Rapides Parish), April 4, 1998.</ref> The last campaign was bitter. In the [[general election]] on May 2, Deslatte prevailed with 2,304 votes (53 percent) to Baden's 2,062 (47 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, May 2, 1998.</ref> In 1999, Randy Tannehill ran unsuccessfully as a Republican in the District 27 state House election, having been defeated by the Democrat Rick Lamar Farrar (1960-2018).

==City financial audit==​

==City financial audit==

 

Mayor Deslatte invited the Louisiana legislative auditor, [[Dan Kyle]], a Republican, to inspect Pineville's municipal books. Kyle's office criticized the Baden administration for violations ranging from the illegal donation of thirty-one vehicles to other governmental entities as well as special leave benefits for Baden's wife, Roxan, when she became an employee in her husband's office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20091218/NEWS01/912180323/-1/NEWSFRONT2/7-term-Pineville-Mayor-Fred-Baden-remembered-for-big-heart|author=Bret H. McCormick|title=7-term Pineville Mayor Fred Baden remembered for 'big heart,'" December 18, 2009|publisher=''Alexandria  Town Talk''|accessdate=December 18, 2009}}</ref>​

Mayor Deslatte invited the Louisiana legislative auditor, [[Dan Kyle]], a Republican, to inspect Pineville's municipal books. Kyle's office criticized the Baden administration for violations ranging from the illegal donation of thirty-one vehicles to other governmental entities as well as special leave benefits for Baden's wife, Roxan, when she became an employee in her husband's office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20091218/NEWS01/912180323/-1/NEWSFRONT2/7-term-Pineville-Mayor-Fred-Baden-remembered-for-big-heart|author=Bret H. McCormick|title=7-term Pineville Mayor Fred Baden remembered for 'big heart,'" December 18, 2009|publisher=''Alexandria  Town Talk''|accessdate=December 18, 2009}}</ref>​