William Atkins (Louisiana politician)
| William B. Atkins, Sr. | |
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| Louisiana State Senator for District 32 (Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, LaSalle, Rapides, and Tensas parishes) | |
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In office 1984–1988 |
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| Preceded by | Dan Richey |
| Succeeded by | Steve Thompson |
| Louisiana State Representative for District 21 (Catahoula, Concordia, and Tensas parishes) | |
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In office 1980–1984 |
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| Preceded by | Dan Richey |
| Succeeded by | Al Ater |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 20, 1947 Place of birth missing |
| Political party | Democratic |
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| Residence | Louisiana, USA |
| Alma mater | Northwestern State University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
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William B. Atkins, Sr. (born June 20, 1947), is a businessman from Jonesville in Catahoula Parish in northeastern Louisiana, who served for single terms, consecutively, in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1980 to 1984 and the Louisiana State Senate from 1984 to 1988.
A Democrat, Atkins succeeded District 21 Representative Dan Richey, then of Ferriday in Concordia Parish, who left the House after one term to run successfully for the District 32 seat in the state Senate. Then in the 1983 primary election Atkins unseated Richey after one term in the Senate by a huge margin, 28,724 (64.6 percent) to 15,776 (35.5 percent). This was the same election in which former Governor Edwin Edwards staged his comeback against Republican David C. Treen. Four years later, Steve D. Thompson, a real estate agent from Winnsboro in Franklin Parish then unseated Atkins after a single Senate term in the 1987 primary. Thompson received 21,576 votes (50.27 percent) in a four-candidate field. Atkins trailed with 15,988 (37.3 percent), nearly the same total that Richey had polled in 1983. No runoff election was required because Thompson received an outright majority of the votes cast.
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