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The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government established in a new charter drafted in the middle 1970s. Coincidentally, Randolph's first wife, Sanna Randolph, was a member of the city charter commission that created the job description that he exercised for twenty years.​ Alexandria's population shifted from a barely white city to a 55 percent black majority during Randolph's tenure and 57 percent in the 2010 census. Randolph worked with African-American community leaders, and many supported him in his mayoral campaigns. Randolph also had a close working relationship for his last five years as mayor with [[Clarence Fields]], the still-serving  black mayor of Pineville, which in the 2010 census was 70 percent white.

The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government established in a new charter drafted in the middle 1970s. Coincidentally, Randolph's first wife, Sanna Randolph, was a member of the city charter commission that created the job description that he exercised for twenty years.​ Alexandria's population shifted from a barely white city to a 55 percent black majority during Randolph's tenure and 57 percent in the 2010 census. Randolph worked with African-American community leaders, and many supported him in his mayoral campaigns. Randolph also had a close working relationship for his last five years as mayor with [[Clarence Fields]], the still-serving  black mayor of Pineville, which in the 2010 census was 70 percent white.

On April 5, 1997, Mayor Randolph ran unsuccessfully for a vacancy on the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit, based in [[Lake Charles]]. He polled 9,974 votes (28.5 percent) and finished second to fellow Democrat [[Elizabeth Pickett]], the daughter of a former state representative from  Many in Sabine Parish,  who received 15,322 votes (43.7 percent). A Republican, John Gutierrez McLure (born April 1946) of Woodworth,  received 9,738 (28.8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, April 5, 1997.</ref>​Randolph declined to pursue a runoff election against Pickett, who still holds the position for a term which expires in 2022.

On April 5, 1997, Mayor Randolph ran unsuccessfully for a vacancy on the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit, based in [[Lake Charles]]. He polled 9,974 votes (28.5 percent) and finished second to fellow Democrat [[Elizabeth Pickett]], the daughter of [[John S. Pickett, Jr.]], a former state representative from  Many in Sabine Parish,  who received 15,322 votes (43.7 percent). A Republican, John Gutierrez McLure (born April 1946) of Woodworth,  received 9,738 (28.8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, April 5, 1997.</ref>​Randolph declined to pursue a runoff election against Pickett, who still holds the position for a term which expires in 2022.

==Second bid for Congress, 1992==

==Second bid for Congress, 1992==