2014 Shreveport mayoral election

Shreveport mayoral election, 2014

November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04)

Party Democratic Independent Popular vote 26,063 19,860 Percentage 63.30 36.70

Mayor before election Cedric Glover Democratic Elected mayor Ollie Tyler Democratic

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.

No Republican sought the position.

Results

Mayor of Shreveport nonpartisan blanket primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ollie Tyler	26,063	43.70
	Independent	Victoria Provenza	15,218	25.52
	Democratic	Patrick C. Williams	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

Mayor of Shreveport general election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ollie Tyler	34,261	63.30
	Independent	Victoria Provenza	19,860	36.70
Total votes			54,121	100