A native of New Jersey, Field moved to Baton Rouge as a young child and graduated thereafter from University High School.

Field was admitted to the bar in 1966 and specialized in real estate, public utility, commercial, and labor/employment law.

[1] His District 2 represents nearly one million inhabitants in portions of East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston St. Martin, and West Baton Rouge parishes as well as all of East Feliciana, Iberia, Lafayette, Lafourche, St. Mary, Terrebonne, and West Feliciana parishes.

"[2] PSC chairman Foster Campbell, a Democrat from Bossier City, said that Field "always had the consumers in mind.

The runaway winner in the race was former lieutenant governor Scott Angelle of Breaux Bridge, who finished with 213,485 votes (57.2 percent) and carried all thirteen parishes in District 2.