While in Baton Rouge to complete his Master of Arts degree in journalism, Strother was a night reporter and photographer for the Associated Press.
[2] Strother's first campaign management role was on behalf of the Democrat Mary Evelyn Parker, who was elected for the first time on February 6, 1968, as the Louisiana state treasurer in a lopsided race against the Republican candidate Allison Kolb.
He worked for gubernatorial candidates Bill Clinton of Arkansas, John McKeithen, Edwin Edwards, and Buddy Roemer of Louisiana, Mark Wells White of Texas, Bill O'Neil of Connecticut, Rudy Perpich of Minnesota, and Roy Barnes of Georgia.
Strother then worked on the Super Tuesday states in 1988 for Al Gore, who ran well only in parts of the American South.
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An exhibit depicting his life was installed in the Hall of Notable People at the Museum of the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur, Texas.
[4] In 2000, Strother was an analyst on the Public Broadcasting Service for the Cheney-Lieberman vice presidential debate.