Changes

==Political races==

==Political races==

Haynes entered the Democratic primary held on December 7, 1963, in opposition to the  incumbent Sheriff [[J. D. Batton]], the older brother of later [[Mayor]] [[Jack Batton]]. Another candidate was [[Royce L. McMahen|Royce L. "Doc" McMahen]], a veterinarian and a member of the city council in Springhill in northern Webster Parish, and Lawrence Harold Gilbert (1911-1995), the Minden municipal police chief. On the night before the primary election, Haynes's son, Fred, quarterbacked his Minden High School football team to the state championship in a home game against a team from Cutoff in Lafourche Parish.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=grfQzpojKc4C&pg=PT216&lpg=PT216&dq=J.+D.+Batton&source=bl&ots=4nHeyHMBdu&sig=ff5fMvEbDjxTuYeEMoQGFDR3ADg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=U94EVOecIcjf8AGK3IDgBA&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=J.%20D.%20Batton&f=false|title=Minden: Perseverance and Pride|author=John Agan|date=2002|publisher=Arcadia Publishing Company|location=Charleston, South Carolina|isbn=9781439630532|accessdate=September 1, 2014}}</ref> Haynes trailed Batton by 722 votes in the primary, 1,993 to 2,719 votes.<ref>"Batton and Haynes Paired in Runoff for Sheriff's Post," ''Minden Press,'' December 9, 1963, p. 1.</ref>

Haynes entered the Democratic primary held on December 7, 1963, in opposition to the  incumbent Sheriff [[J. D. Batton]], the older brother of later [[Mayor]] [[Jack Batton]]. Another candidate was [[Royce L. McMahen|Royce L. "Doc" McMahen]], a veterinarian and a member of the city council in Springhill in northern Webster Parish, and Lawrence Harold Gilbert (1911-1995), the Minden municipal police chief. On the night before the primary election, Haynes's son, Fred, quarterbacked his Minden High School football team to the state championship in a home game against a team from Cutoff in Lafourche Parish.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=grfQzpojKc4C&pg=PT216&lpg=PT216&dq=J.+D.+Batton&source=bl&ots=4nHeyHMBdu&sig=ff5fMvEbDjxTuYeEMoQGFDR3ADg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=U94EVOecIcjf8AGK3IDgBA&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=J.%20D.%20Batton&f=false|title=Minden: Perseverance and Pride|author=John Agan|date=2002|publisher=Arcadia Publishing Company|location=Charleston, South Carolina|isbn=9781439630532|accessdate=July 28, 2020}}</ref> Haynes trailed Batton by 722 votes in the primary, 1,993 to 2,719 votes.<ref>"Batton and Haynes Paired in Runoff for Sheriff's Post," ''Minden Press,'' December 9, 1963, p. 1.</ref>

McMahen ran a strong third with 1,484 votes in the primary. In the runoff contest, he endorsed Haynes, who then announced that McMahen would be his chief deputy. In the showdown with Batton, Haynes ran a newspaper advertisement in which he vowed to bring "capable, conscientious, and sober leadership" to the sheriff's department. He claimed that the issue was not any lack of physical equipment or the training of deputies but leadership skills of the individual elected as sheriff.<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'' January 6, 1964.</ref> In the January 11 runoff, Haynes prevailed, 5,190 votes (53.4 percent) to Batton's 4,523 (46.6 percent).<ref>''Minden Press,'' January 13, 1964, p. 1.</ref><ref>"Haynes Defeats Batton in Webster Runoff Vote," ''The Shreveport Times,'' January 12, 1964, p. 1.</ref>

McMahen ran a strong third with 1,484 votes in the primary. In the runoff contest, he endorsed Haynes, who then announced that McMahen would be his chief deputy. In the showdown with Batton, Haynes ran a newspaper advertisement in which he vowed to bring "capable, conscientious, and sober leadership" to the sheriff's department. He claimed that the issue was not any lack of physical equipment or the training of deputies but leadership skills of the individual elected as sheriff.<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'' January 6, 1964.</ref> In the January 11 runoff, Haynes prevailed, 5,190 votes (53.4 percent) to Batton's 4,523 (46.6 percent).<ref>''Minden Press,'' January 13, 1964, p. 1.</ref><ref>"Haynes Defeats Batton in Webster Runoff Vote," ''The Shreveport Times,'' January 12, 1964, p. 1.</ref>