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==Political life==

==Political life==

Williams worked as a counselor for the office of the state attorney general and as an assistant to the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney. He was the director of the Baton Rouge Substance Abuse Clinic and administrator for the Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse for Region II. He ran unsuccessfully for the District 61 House seat in 1999. From 2003 to 2005, Williams was a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/35572/alfred-williams#.VTqFH8stEqQ|title=Alfred C. Williams' Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=November 22, 2015}}</ref> He vacated the school board position in 2005 to join the administration of Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden, another African-American. He also operated a consulting business, The Conrad Group, which specializes in aiding minority businesses in obtaining contracts with public and private agencies.<ref name=obit/>

Williams worked as a counselor for the office of the state attorney general and as an assistant to the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney. He was the director of the Baton Rouge Substance Abuse Clinic and administrator for the Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse for Region II. He ran unsuccessfully for the District 61 House seat in 1999. From 2003 to 2005, Williams was a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/35572/alfred-williams#.VTqFH8stEqQ|title=Alfred C. Williams' Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=November 22, 2015}}</ref> He vacated the school board position in 2005 to join the administration of Baton Rouge Mayor-President Melvin "Kip" Holden (1952-2025), another African-American. He also operated a consulting business, The Conrad Group, which specializes in aiding minority businesses in obtaining contracts with public and private agencies.<ref name=obit/>

In 2011, he won the [[general election]], a low-turnout contest, for the same seat over fellow Democrat, C. Denise Marcelle, 2,052 votes (52.8 percent) to 1,836 (46.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11192011/11192011_Legislative.html|title=Election Results|date=November 19, 2011|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 24, 2015}}</ref> He succeeded African-American Democrat Michael L. Jackson, who ran unsuccessfully in 2008 for the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Louisiana's 6th congressional district; the victor was later [[U.S. Senator]] [[Bill Cassidy]], a [[Republican Party|Republican]].

In 2011, he won the [[general election]], a low-turnout contest, for the same seat over fellow Democrat, C. Denise Marcelle, 2,052 votes (52.8 percent) to 1,836 (46.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11192011/11192011_Legislative.html|title=Election Results|date=November 19, 2011|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 24, 2015}}</ref> He succeeded African-American Democrat Michael L. Jackson, who ran unsuccessfully in 2008 for the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Louisiana's 6th congressional district; the victor was later [[U.S. Senator]] [[Bill Cassidy]], a [[Republican Party|Republican]].