1990 Shreveport mayoral election

1990 Shreveport mayoral election

← 1986 October 6, 1990 (first round)
November 6, 1990 (runoff)
1994 →
 
Candidate Hazel Beard C. O. Simpkins Bill Bush
Party Republican Democratic Democratic
First round 15,234
22.89%
21,242
31.92%
7,566
11.37%
Runoff 38,683
59.48%
26,367
40.54%
Eliminated

 
Candidate Ron Bean Carolyn Whitehurst Gary Childress
Party Republican Republican Republican
First round 5,064
7.61%
5,005
7.52%
3,969
5.96%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated Eliminated

 
Candidate Doug Remmer
Party Republican
First round 3,824
5.75%
Runoff Eliminated

Mayor before election

John Brennan Hussey
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Hazel Beard
Republican

The 1990 Shreveport mayoral election resulted in the election of Republican councilwoman Hazel Beard in the race to succeed the term limited incumbent, John Brennan Hussey. The primary election was held on October 6, 1990. Beard and C. O. Simpkins, a dentist and civil rights activist, advanced to the general election held on November 6, 1994. Beard became the first woman, and the first Republican since Reconstruction, to serve as mayor of Shreveport.


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