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In 1975, he earned a master's degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://abettershreveport.blogspot.com/2011/11/lydia-jackson-v-greg-tarver-population.html|title=A Better Shreveport|publisher=abettershreveport.blogspot.com|accessdate=August 4, 2021}}</ref>

In 1975, he earned a master's degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://abettershreveport.blogspot.com/2011/11/lydia-jackson-v-greg-tarver-population.html|title=A Better Shreveport|publisher=abettershreveport.blogspot.com|accessdate=August 4, 2021}}</ref>

Stonecipher was briefly married the former Shari Robertson (born 1949). Prior to their divorce, they had a son, Ryan Lindsey Stonecipher (born 1977) of Carnation, [[Washington]]. She was subsequently married for thirty-one years to Darrell Felix Norberg (1943-2011), a consulting engineer who relocated to Shreveport from [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=darrell-norberg&pid=149159196#fbLoggedOut|title=Darrel Norberg obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'''|accessdate=August 4, 2021}}</ref>

Stonecipher was briefly married the former Shari Robertson (born 1949). Prior to their divorce, they had a son, Ryan Lindsey Stonecipher (born 1977) of Carnation, [[Washington]]. She was subsequently married to Darrell Felix Norberg (1943-2011), a consulting engineer who relocated to Shreveport from [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=darrell-norberg&pid=149159196#fbLoggedOut|title=Darrel Norberg obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'''|accessdate=August 4, 2021}}</ref>

==Career==

==Career==

Briefly a schoolteacher, Stonecipher at the age of twenty-five took a position in Baton Rouge with the Louisiana Department of Education during the first term of superintendent [[J. Kelly Nix]], a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]. He had worked on Nix's campaign in the 1975 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]].  Nix named Stonechipher as the director of the state teacher certification.<ref name=jimleslie>{{cite web|url=http://forward-now.com/2012/07/05/lessons-from-the-murder-of-jim-leslie/|title=Lessons from the Murder of Jim Leslie|publisher=forward-now.com|date=July 5, 2012|author=Elliott Stonecipher|accessdate=August 4, 2021}}</ref>

Briefly a schoolteacher, Stonecipher at the age of twenty-five took a position in Baton Rouge with the Louisiana Department of Education during the first term of superintendent [[J. Kelly Nix]], a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]. He had worked on Nix's campaign in the 1975 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]].  Nix named Stonechipher as the director of the state teacher certification.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forward-now.com/2012/07/05/lessons-from-the-murder-of-jim-leslie/|title=Lessons from the Murder of Jim Leslie|publisher=forward-now.com|date=July 5, 2012|author=Elliott Stonecipher|accessdate=August 4, 2021}}</ref>

After three years with Nix, Stonecipher established his own firm to become a campaign consultant and pollster. His firm specializes in demographic analyses for clients in the financial services industry. Stonecipher and his company also provide research in regard to change-of-venue issues in criminal cases, particularly those involving capital [[murder]].<ref name=bio/>

After three years with Nix, Stonecipher established his own firm to become a campaign consultant and pollster. His firm specializes in demographic analyses for clients in the financial services industry. Stonecipher and his company also provide research in regard to change-of-venue issues in criminal cases, particularly those involving capital [[murder]].<ref name=bio/>