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| | | nationality=[[United States|American]] | | | nationality=[[United States|American]] |
| | | office=[[Mayor]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], [[Louisiana]] | | | office=[[Mayor]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], [[Louisiana]] |
| − | | party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] | + | | party=[[Republican Party|Republican]] |
| | | term_start=December 27, 2018 | | | term_start=December 27, 2018 |
| − | | term_end= | + | | term_end=June 28, 2022 (death) |
| | | preceded=[[Tommy Davis]] | | | preceded=[[Tommy Davis]] |
| | | succeeded= | | | succeeded= |
| | | birth_place=[[Shreveport]], Louisiana | | | birth_place=[[Shreveport]], Louisiana |
| | | birth_date=May 18, 1954 | | | birth_date=May 18, 1954 |
| − | | death_date= | + | | death_date=June 28, 2022 (aged 68) |
| − | | death_cause= | + | | death_cause=[[Cancer]] |
| | | resting_place= | | | resting_place= |
| | | death_place= | | | death_place= |
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| | In a campaign characterized primarily by the aggressive display of yard signs, Gardner emerged victorious over Newer, 2,164 to 2,127. Turnout was 53.7 percent of registered voters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 28, 2018}}</ref> | | In a campaign characterized primarily by the aggressive display of yard signs, Gardner emerged victorious over Newer, 2,164 to 2,127. Turnout was 53.7 percent of registered voters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 28, 2018}}</ref> |
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| − | Gardner is married to the former Deborah Ann "Debbie" Walker (born May 19, 1957).<ref name=tgg>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/gardner-announces-minden-mayoral-bid/|title=Gardner announces Minden mayoral bid|publisher=''The Minden Press-Herald''|date=July 16, 2018|accessdate=July 18, 2018}}</ref> | + | Gardner was married to the former Deborah Ann "Debbie" Walker (born May 19, 1957).<ref name=tgg>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/gardner-announces-minden-mayoral-bid/|title=Gardner announces Minden mayoral bid|publisher=''The Minden Press-Herald''|date=July 16, 2018|accessdate=July 18, 2018}}</ref> |
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| | + | Gardner died suddenly of [[cancer]] at the age of sixty-eight. The illness had been recently diagnosed. |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |