2024 Baton Rouge mayoral election

2024 Baton Rouge mayoral election

←  2020 November 5, 2024 (first round) December 7, 2024 (runoff) 2028 →

Candidate Sid Edwards Sharon Weston Broome Ted James Party Republican Democratic Democratic First round 64,862 34.38% 58,843 31.19% 53,510 28.37% Runoff 57,308 54.12% 48,587 45.88% Eliminated

Results by precinct Edwards:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Broome:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%

Mayor before election Sharon Weston Broome Democratic Elected mayor Sid Edwards Republican

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. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Sharon Weston Broome was seeking re-election to a third term and placed second in the first round behind Republican Sid Edwards. ^[1] Edwards defeated the incumbent Mayor Broome in the runoff election, becoming the first Republican elected mayor-president since 2000. ^[2]

Candidates

Advanced to runoff

• Sharon Weston Broome (Democratic), incumbent mayor ^[1]
• Sid Edwards (Republican), Istrouma High School head football coach ^[3]

Eliminated in primary

• Ryan Carter (Independent), IT worker ^[4]
• Nathaniel Hearn (Republican), actor ^[4]
• Ted James (Democratic), former regional administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration (2022–2024) and former state representative from the 101st district (2011–2022) ^[5]
• Steve Myers (Republican), perennial candidate ^[4]
• Champagne Roundtree (Independent), property manager ^[4]

Withdrawn

• Tammy Cook (Republican), realtor (remained on ballot) ^{[6] [7]}

Results

2024 Baton Rouge mayoral election 1st round ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sid Edwards	64,862	34.38%
	Democratic	Sharon Weston Broome (incumbent)	58,843	31.19%
	Democratic	Ted James	53,510	28.37%
	Republican	Steve Myers	4,541	2.41%
	Republican	Tammy Cook (withdrawn)	2,587	1.37%
	Republican	Nathaniel Hearn	2,120	1.12%
	Independent	Ryan Carter	1,527	0.81%
	Independent	Champagne Roundtree	656	0.35%
Total votes			188,646	100.00%

Runoff results

2024 Baton Rouge mayoral election runoff ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sid Edwards	57,308	54.12%
	Democratic	Sharon Weston Broome (incumbent)	48,587	45.88%
Total votes			105,895	100.00%

References

1. "Broome Kicks Off Re-Election Campaign in Baton Rouge". WeeklyPress. February 10, 2024. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
2. Keymonte Avery; Emma Simmons (December 7, 2024). "Election results: Sid Edwards wins East Baton Rouge Parish mayoral race". BR Proud.
3. Wray, Mary-Patricia (September 10, 2024). "Sid Edwards, Mary-Patricia Wray". WRKF .
4. Thornton, Shannon (August 10, 2024). "Career politicians, coaches & a former homeless man: Meet the candidates for East Baton Rouge parish mayor-president" . Retrieved November 6, 2024.
5. "Ex-state lawmaker Ted James challenges Sharon Weston Broome in mayor-president's race". WBRZ-TV . February 29, 2024. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
6. Hays, Robb (July 18, 2024). "Republican enters Baton Rouge mayoral race". WAFB . Retrieved November 6, 2024.
7. Burruss, Adam (August 2, 2024). "Tammy Cook, a Republican running for EBR Mayor-President, drops out of race; leaves 7 candidates". WBRZ-TV . Retrieved November 6, 2024.
8. "Election 2024: Mayor-president race in East Baton Rouge Parish heads to a runoff". Yahoo News. November 6, 2024. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
9. "Dec. 7 Election Results: East Baton Rouge mayor-president, key parish races and propositions". Louisiana First News. December 6, 2024. Retrieved February 9, 2025.

External links

• Sharon Weston Brooke (D) for Mayor
• Sid Edwards (R) for Mayor
• Ted James (D) for Mayor