Elizabeth Swaine, known as Liz Swaine (born May 11, 1960), is an American journalist and former civil servant. Formerly a television anchorwoman with the ABC affiliate KTBS-TV, she ran unsuccessfully in 2006 for the office of mayor of Shreveport, the seat of Caddo Parish and the third largest city in Louisiana.
A native of Chipley in Washington County in the Florida Panhandle, Swaine was the daughter of Albert M. Swaine (1914-1983). She holds an ...
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Elizabeth Swaine, known as Liz Swaine (born May 11, 1960), is an American journalist and former civil servant. Formerly a television anchorwoman with the ABC affiliate KTBS-TV, she ran unsuccessfully in 2006 for the office of mayor of Shreveport, the seat of Caddo Parish and the third largest city in Louisiana.
A native of Chipley in Washington County in the Florida Panhandle, Swaine was the daughter of Albert M. Swaine (1914-1983). She holds an associate of arts degree in broadcast journalism from the University of West Florida in Pensacola, which she attended from 1978-1980. She was employed by WEAR-TV, which covers the Pensacola and Mobile, Alabama, media market. In 1981, she relocated to Shreveport and maintained employment at KTBS until she resigned in 1998 to become executive assistant to then Mayor Keith Hightower, who was subsequently term limited in 2006 after his consecutive elections in 1998 and 2002. Swaine’s annual salary as executive assistant was $108,526.56, only $1...
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