Original sentence: He instead ran once again for Minden city judge, the post that he had left twenty-four years earlier
Edited sentence: " According to his son, Drew particularly admired two legislative colleagues, Charles D." Katie Sims, who affectionately called Drew "Bubbie", said that her uncle was "the kindest, gentlest man I have ever known." Therefore, Drew, Sr., a Metairie Republican lawyer, and Democrat Forrest Dunn, a Shreveport businessman, who served in the legislature from 1972-1984., of Shreveport, June 23, July 5-9, 2006., ran once again for Minden city judge, the post that he had left twenty-four years earlier., recalled that his father often required attendance at AA as a condition of probation for those brought before his court for alcohol abuse: "He turned around countless folks via Alcoholics Anonymous., said of his father: "He made several lists of 'Outstanding Legislators'., said that his father was "sick of the [second] Edwards administration and its hayride mentality.Billy Hathorn, email exchange with Caldwell Drew Colvin and Judge R.Billy Hathorn, email interview with Drew's niece, Katie Carey Sims of Houma, June 22, 2006.Drew was a quiet, soft-spoken man who strived to help his friends, legislative constituents, and those appearing before his court whenever and wherever he could.Drew's niece, Katie Lucile Carey Sims (born 1948), a Houma (Terrebonne Parish) businesswoman, said that her uncle "spent his whole life helping others achieve sobriety.Drew, Jr.Each year, the AA held a dance at nearby Caney Lake.From what I can tell, he was universally admired as an honorable legislator.Harmon Drew, Jr.He did it the old-fashioned way: He read every bill and voted his conscience.He tried to temper justice with mercy in the court.Henry Fomby (1919-1978) did a lot with [Uncle Harmon] also.I think that he always felt Harmon saved his life, as did many [others].I was sworn in as city judge on November 1, 1985, thirty years to the day when my father stopped drinking.Judge Drew, Jr.Lancaster, Jr.[He] had forty-one years of sobriety when he died