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'''Kenneth Francis "Kenny" Bowen, Sr.''' (February 9, 1926 – May 2, 2002) was a three-term [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] mayor of [[Lafayette]], [[Louisiana]], the fourth largest city in the state. His tenure, which some assessed as distinguished and others as a failure, extended from 1972 to 1980 and again from 1992 to 1996.​

'''Kenneth Francis "Kenny" Bowen, Sr.''' (February 9, 1926 – May 2, 2002) was a three-term [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] mayor of [[Lafayette]], [[Louisiana]], the fourth largest city in the state. His tenure, which some assessed as distinguished and others as a failure, extended from 1972 to 1980 and again from 1992 to 1996.​

Bowen was Lafayette's first and last mayor under the city's mayor-council form of [[government]], which was used for the twenty-four years between 1972 and 1996.  He was elected mayor with 62 percent of the vote in the 1972 Democratic primary, in which he defeated three opponents, and he was elected again in 1976 and 1992. When Bowen left office in 1996, the City of Lafayette and [[Lafayette|Lafayette Parish]] combined their governments, much as [[Baton Rouge]] and East Baton Rouge Parish had done years earlier. The mayor then became the "president" of the combined government.​

Bowen was Lafayette's first and last mayor under the city's mayor-council form of [[government]], which was used for the twenty-four years between 1972 and 1996.  He was elected mayor with 62 percent of the vote in the 1972 Democratic primary, in which he defeated three opponents, and he was elected again in 1976 and 1992. When Bowen left office in 1996, the City of Lafayette and [[Lafayette|Lafayette Parish]] combined their governments, much as [[Baton Rouge]] and East Baton Rouge Parish had done years earlier. The mayor then assumed the new title of "Mayor-President" of the combined government.​

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