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The 2014 Shreveport mayoral election resulted in the election of the Democrat Ollie Tyler as the first African-American female mayor of Shreveport. The nonpartisan blanket primary was held on November 4, 2014, and as no candidate obtained the required majority, the general election followed on December 6, 2014.

This highly contested election has been the subject of much controversy.

No Republican sought the position.

Mayor of Shreveport nonpartisan blanket primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ollie Tyler	26,063	43.70
	Independent	Victoria Provenza	15,218	25.52
	Democratic	Patrick C. Williams, District 4 member of the Louisiana House of Representatives	12,901	12.63
	Democratic	Sam Jenkins	2,570	4.31
	Independent	Anna Marie Arpino	1,431	2.40
	Independent	Jim Crowley	1,126	1.89
	Independent	Melvin Slack	332	0.56
Total votes			59,641	100

^ ^a ^b "Louisiana Secretary of State - Election Results". Louisiana Department of State. Retrieved 8 March 2015. Cite error: The named reference "electionresults" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

Mayor of Shreveport general election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ollie Tyler	34,261	63.30
	Independent	Victoria Provenza	19,860	36.70
Total votes			54,121	100

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 The '''2014 Shreveport mayoral election''' resulted in the election of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Ollie Tyler]] as the first [[African-American]] female [[List of mayors of Shreveport, Louisiana|mayor of Shreveport]]. The [[nonpartisan blanket primary]] was held on November 4, 2014, and as no candidate obtained the required majority, the [[general election]] followed on December 6, 2014.
+This highly contested election has been the subject of much controversy.
 No [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] sought the position.