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| term_end=June 28, 2022 (death)  

| term_end=June 28, 2022 (death)  

| preceded=[[Tommy Davis]]

| preceded=[[Tommy Davis]]

| succeeded=Tommy Davis (interim)

| succeeded=Tommy Davis (interim)<br>

Nick Cox (full-term)

| birth_place=[[Shreveport]], Louisiana

| birth_place=[[Shreveport]], Louisiana

| birth_date=May 18, 1954

| birth_date=May 18, 1954

Minden Chief Steve Cropper recalled that when Gardner was elected mayor, "I think it was the proudest I’ve ever seen him. He was probably the biggest fan of the city of Minden than anybody I’ve ever met in my life. He loved Minden.”<ref name=ktal/>

Minden Chief Steve Cropper recalled that when Gardner was elected mayor, "I think it was the proudest I’ve ever seen him. He was probably the biggest fan of the city of Minden than anybody I’ve ever met in my life. He loved Minden.”<ref name=ktal/>

Three candidates are competing in the nonpartisan blanket primary for mayor on November 8, 2022. They are African-American Democrat Terika “Reek” Walker and two white men, Independent Nick Cox and Republican Billy Mills. Unless one of the candidates surpasses 50 percent in the primary, the two top vote-getters will compete in a December runoff election. The term begins on January 1, 2023.  

Three candidates competed in the nonpartisan blanket primary for mayor on November 8, 2022. Independent Nick Cox won the race outright with 2,121 votes, followed by the African-American Democrat Terika “Reek” Walker and Republican Billy Mills, who received 312 votes (9 percent). The term begins on January 1, 2023.  

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