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Lafayette has a consolidated city–parish government, known as the Lafayette Consolidated Government; [123] parish voters agreed to consolidation of the city and parish governments in 1996. [ 38 ] [ 42 ] Lafayette's chief executive was initially called the city-parish president, but is now known as the mayor-president for the Lafayette ...
Elected in 2003, [1] he became the second Republican mayor of his city and the second person elected as "City-Parish president" of the combined City of Lafayette and Lafayette Parish government. Before entering politics, Durel was a businessman. [1] [2] He based his 2003 campaign on his status as a political outsider. [3]
Lafayette Parish (French: Paroisse de Lafayette) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the parish had a population of 241,753, [1] up from 221,578 at the 2010 United States census. [2] The parish seat and largest city is Lafayette. [3] The parish was founded in 1823. [4]
Voters chose Monique Blanco Boulet over incumbent Josh Guillory in a close race for Lafayette Parish mayor-president in the runoff election Saturday. Boulet defeated Guillory 52% to 48% (22,134 ...
Mayor-President Monique Boulet in Lafayette Parish said they're preparing for the worst in her region. She joined Scripps News Morning Rush to urge Louisianans to prepare now for the storm.
The city of Lafayette may soon regain its control in the parish as the Parish Council considers making a third district majority city residents.
This amended city charter remained in place until 1914, when the citizens of Lafayette voted in favor of discarding the mayor-council government to be replaced by a city commission, the first of three members, the Commissioner of Public Safety, would serve as an ex-officio mayor.
The 2019 Lafayette mayoral election was held on November 16, 2019. It saw the election of Josh Guillory, a Republican attorney. [8] Joel Robideaux, the incumbent mayor-president, did not seek reelection. A total of 5 candidates participated in the election. A primary election was held on October 12 to decide the two candidates on the general ...