1998 Shreveport mayoral election

1998 Shreveport mayoral election

Template:Country data Shreveport

October 3, 1998 (first round)

Candidate Keith Hightower Bo Williams Party Democratic Republican First round 20,294 41.89% 13,658 28.19% Runoff Winner by default Withdrew   Candidate Theron "TJ" Jackson Larry English Party Democratic Democratic First round 8,118 16.76% 5,226 10.79% Runoff Eliminated Eliminated

Mayor before election Robert W. "Bo" Williams Republican Elected Mayor Keith Hightower Democratic

Template:ElectionsLA The 1998 Shreveport mayoral election resulted in the defeat of Republican incumbent Robert W. "Bo" Williams by Democratic councilman Keith Hightower. As Hightower did not win at least 50% of the vote in the primary, he and mayor Williams were entitled to a run-off election. However, Williams declined to run in the second round making Hightower the mayor-elect after the first round of voting.

Results

1998 Mayor of Shreveport primary election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Keith Hightower	20,294	41.89%
	Republican	Robert W. "Bo" Williams	13,658	28.19%
	Democratic	Theron "TJ" Jackson	8,118	16.76%
	Democratic	Larry English	5,226	10.79%
	Republican	Ward Elmo Bryant, Jr.	1,151	2.38%
Total votes			48,447	100%

References

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