Roy Allen Burrell is an American politician. He served as a Democratic member for the 2nd district of the

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. In 2004, Burrell won the election for the 2nd district of the

. He succeeded

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. In 2014, Burrell had made an appearance to the

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, in which he mentioned that Burrell would serve as mayor in

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. He withdrew his serving into becoming mayor for which his friend who was a former Democratic mayor in Shreveport, Louisiana and businessman

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had made it unfeasible for him to become mayor. It was that Burrell didn't want to be against with Hightower, if he decided to serve as mayor again, anticipated on his friendship with Hightower. In 2016, Burrell was succeeded by Samuel Jenkins Jr. for the 2nd district.

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