Patrick Williams (Louisiana politician)
| Patrick Charles Williams | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for District 4 (Caddo Parish) |
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Assumed office April 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Cedric Glover |
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| Born | November 1963 Place of birth missing |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Shreveport, Louisiana, USA |
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| Occupation | Businessman |
Dr. Patrick Charles Williams (born November 1963) is a small businessman from Shreveport, Louisiana, who is an African-American Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 4 in Caddo Parish in the northwestern corner of his state.
Williams received a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture from the historically black Southern University in Baton Rouge and a Master of Business Administration degree from the United Methodist-affiliated Centenary College of Shreveport.
Dr. Patrick Williams received his Doctoral degree in Applied Management & Decision Science Technology from Walden University in 2015.
Williams has also resided in Los Angeles, California; Swainsboro, and Georgia, dates unavailable.
In 2003, Williams ran unsuccessfully for the state House against fellow African-American Democrat Cedric Glover, who had been first elected in 1995. Glover prevailed in the nonpartisan blanket primary with 5,902 votes (62.3 percent) to Williams's 3,567 (37.7 percent). After Glover was elected mayor of Shreveport, Williams won the right to succeed him in the special election low-turnout runoff held on March 31, 2007. In this race, Williams, with 2,321 votes (65.7 percent) defeated fellow Democrat Larry Ferdinand, who polled 1,214 votes (34.3 percent). Seven months later, Williams won his first full term in the state House when he defeated still another Democrat, Billy Wayne, 7,009 (75.2 percent) to 2,311 (24.8 percent). Williams was unopposed for his second full term in the 2011 primary election.
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