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'''Martin Thomas Arceneaux, Jr.''', known as '''Tom Arceneaux''' (born 1950), is the new [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[mayor]] of the heavily [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] city of [[Shreveport]]], [[Louisiana]], the third largest city in his state.
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Martin Thomas "Tom" Arceneaux, Jr.
|image=Tom Arceneaux of LA.jpg
|office=[[Mayor]] of [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]
|term_start=December 2022
|term_end=December 2026 (pending)
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|birth_date=1950}}
'''Martin Thomas Arceneaux, Jr.''', known as '''Tom Arceneaux''' (born 1950), is the new [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[mayor]] of the heavily [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] city of [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], the third largest city in his state.
An [[attorney]] for many years, Arceneaux previously served on the city council. In the December 10, 2022 runoff election, he surprisingly defeated the Democrat choice, state Senator [[Greg Tarver]], an [[African-American]] businessman. Arceneaux polled 20,724 votes (56 percent) to Tarver's 16,040 (44 percent). The turnout was only 30.3 percent of the number of registered voters in the city. Arceneaux had earlier led a multiple-candidate field in the [[primary]] held on November 8. Arceneaux bucked two fellow Republican state Senators, [[Page Cortez]] of [[Lafayette]] and [[Barrow Peacock]] of Shreveport, both of whom endorsed their Democrat colleague Tarver.
An [[attorney]] for many years, Arceneaux previously served on the city council. In the December 10, 2022 runoff election, he surprisingly defeated the Democrat choice, state Senator [[Greg Tarver]], an [[African-American]] businessman. Arceneaux polled 20,724 votes (56 percent) to Tarver's 16,040 (44 percent). The turnout was only 30.3 percent of the number of registered voters in the city. Arceneaux had earlier led a multiple-candidate field in the [[primary]] held on November 8. Arceneaux bucked two fellow Republican state Senators, [[Page Cortez]] of [[Lafayette]] and [[Barrow Peacock]] of Shreveport, both of whom endorsed their Democrat colleague Tarver.
His election occurs amid a longstanding crime problem in Shreveport as well as economic issues.
His election occurs amid a longstanding crime problem in Shreveport as well as economic issues.