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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).
Since 1991 he has been an adjunct professor of law at Southern University Law Center - Baton Rouge. [citation needed] He was a Member of the Baton Rouge Metro Council from District 2 from 1984 until 1988. He represented Louisiana State Representative from District 63 from 1988 until 2002. [2] He served as Louisiana State Senator from District ...
Mayors of Baton Rouge, Louisiana (10 P) Pages in category "Politicians from Baton Rouge, Louisiana" The following 103 pages are in this category, out of 103 total.
In 1996 Futrell was elected to the City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council, succeeding the incumbent Republican. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In 1999 Futrell was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives where he served on the Transportation Committee, House and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Local and Municipal ...
A map of Baton Rouge City Council partisanship. When the city and parish combined government, the city and parish councils consolidated to form the East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council. The Metropolitan Council is the legislative branch of the Baton Rouge government. Its 12 district council members are elected from single-member districts.
The children of a Black man killed by police in Louisiana’s capital city five years ago have accepted a $4.5 million settlement from the local government, the man's family and the city's mayor ...
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]
Edwards and Marcelle were colleagues on the Baton Rouge Metro Council; Edwards served on the council for six years. Both women were elected to the state House from districts in predominantly black North Baton Rouge. [2] Kip Holden, Broome's predecessor as Baton Rouge Mayor-President, said that Edwards "had a key concern for her constituents ...