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(The Center Square) — Republican Sid Edwards has been elected Mayor-President of Baton Rouge, defeating Democratic incumbent Sharon Weston Broome in a decisive victory. Edwards, a first-time ...
The 2024 Baton Rouge mayoral election was held on November 5, 2024, with a runoff for December 7 to elect the mayor-president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.With no candidate receiving a majority of votes in the initial round of the election, a runoff election was held on December 7.
Emile "Sid" Edwards is an American politician who is the mayor-president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. [1] A Republican, he was elected mayor-president in a runoff election held on December 7, 2024, defeating incumbent Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome. [2] He would be sworn in on January 2, 2025. [3]
Major issues of the race were: crime, economic development, pandemic recovery, infrastructure, and education. Due to consistently lack-luster public support of incumbent Mayor-President Broome, the race drew seven total candidates, the most a mayoral incumbent in East Baton Rouge Parish had faced in nearly 30 years. [4]
In such a scenario, Democrats in Baton Rouge would be compelled to turn out for the mayoral runoff and get to vote in the LPSC runoff, while voters outside of Baton Rouge would be more likely to ...
Mayo, who served as mayor from 2001 to 2020, is currently seeking his former office. He was defeated by incumbent Friday Ellis in the July 11, 2020 primary. Follow Ian Robinson on Twitter ...
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).
Sharon Weston Broome (born October 1, 1956) is a Louisiana politician who served as mayor-president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana between 2017 and 2025. She was elected mayor-president in a runoff election held on December 10, 2016.