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Melvin Lee "Kip" Holden (born August 12, 1952), is an American politician who served from 2005 to 2016 as the Democratic Mayor-President of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. The parish includes the state capital of Baton Rouge and smaller suburban cities such as Baker , Central City , and Zachary .
The office of Mayor-President of Baton Rouge, Louisiana was formally created in 1846 as the chief executive of the City of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, [1] which has been the state capital of Louisiana continuously since 1849 (except for a brief time during and after the Civil War when Opelousas, Shreveport, or New Orleans held that title).
The 2012 Baton Rouge mayoral election was held on November 6, 2012, to elect the mayor-president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor-president Kip Holden . Since Holden won an outright majority in the first round, no runoff was necessitated.
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Kip Holden Democratic. Elected mayor. Sharon Weston Broome Democratic. ... The 2016 Baton Rouge mayoral election was held on November 8 and December 10, 2016, ...
Mayor-President of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Pages in category "Mayors of Baton Rouge, Louisiana" ... Kip Holden; J. Leon Jastremski; L.
The 2004 Baton Rouge mayoral election was held on September 18 and November 2, 2004, to elect the mayor-president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It saw Democrat Kip Holden unseat Incumbent Republican Mayor Bobby Ray Simpson.
Baton Rouge state Sen. Cleo Fields is first out of the gate in the campaign for Louisiana's new majority Black 6th Congressional District, but others are also considering the race from the ...