Bill Robertson (Louisiana Politician)
Billy Henry Robertson (born May 5, 1938), known as Bill Robertson, is the mayor of the small city of Minden, the seat of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, United States, having served since his initial election on November 6, 1990. On August 9, 2008, Robertson was elected president of the Louisiana Municipal Association at the group's annual convention in Lafayette. He succeeded outgoing LMA President Clarence R. Fields, the mayor of Pineville.
A Democrat, Robertson won his sixth consecutive four-year term on October 2, 2010. He polled 1,885 votes (53 percent) against the Republican candidate, Alton Monroe "Al" Hortman, Jr., who also ran in 2006, and two "No Party" candidates, Deric Tate and Larry Botzong. Hortman fnished with 737 votes; Tate, 749 (both 21 percent), and Botzong, 170 (5 percent).
In the 2006 general election, Robertson polled 2,054 votes (56 percent) and carried nine of the city's fifteen precincts. Hortman then trailed with 1,596 ballots (44 percent) and led in the six other precincts. Hortman hence received less than half the support in 2010 as he had in 2006.
Read more about Bill Robertson (Louisiana Politician): Background, Early Political Activities, Losing Mayoral Campaign, 1989, Toppling Paul Brown, 1990, Defeating Benjamin Wright, The First Campaign Against Al Hortman, Robertson As Mayor
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