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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.
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).
Baton Rouge city, Louisiana – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 [70] Pop 2010 [71] Pop 2020 [72 ...
Sharon Weston Broome (born October 1, 1956) is the mayor-president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.She was elected mayor-president in a runoff election held on December 10, 2016. [1] [2] Broome is the first African-American woman to serve as mayor-president.
(The Center Square) – House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has unveiled the text of a Continuing Resolution that would fund the federal government before it shuts down Friday. The spending measure ...
Queen City of the South [12] The Queen of the Mississippi [12] [13] Saint City [12] Super Bowl City [12] Ponchatoula – Strawberry Capital of the World [20] [21] Rayne – Frog Capital of the World [4] [22] Shreveport – Ratchet City [23] Slidell – The Camellia City (official), The Dell; St. Martinville – Birthplace of Acadiana [24]
A ceasefire between Turkey and the U.S.-backed Kurdish Syrian forces (SDF) around the northern Syrian city of Manbij has been extended until the end of this week, State Department spokesperson ...