2024 Baton Rouge mayoral election

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2024 Baton Rouge mayoral election
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←  2020 November 5, 2024 (first round)
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  3x4.svg Sharon Weston Broome (cropped).jpg Ted James (cropped).webp
Candidate Sid Edwards Sharon Weston Broome Ted James
Party Republican Democratic Democratic
First round64,862
34.38%		58,843
31.19%		53,510
28.37%
Runoff57,308
54.12%		48,587
45.88%		Eliminated
2024 Baton Rouge Mayor-President runoff.svg
Results by precinct:
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]

Contents

Candidates

Advanced to runoff

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Results

2024 Baton Rouge mayoral election 1st round [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sid Edwards 64,862 34.38%
Democratic Sharon Weston Broome (incumbent) 58,843 31.19%
Democratic Ted James 53,51028.37%
Republican Steve Myers4,5412.41%
Republican Tammy Cook (withdrawn)2,5871.37%
Republican Nathaniel Hearn2,1201.12%
Independent Ryan Carter1,5270.81%
Independent Champagne Roundtree6560.35%
Total votes188,646 100.00%

Runoff Results

2024 Baton Rouge mayoral election runoff [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sid Edwards 57,308 54.12%
Democratic Sharon Weston Broome (incumbent)48,58745.88%
Total votes105,895 100.00%

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 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.
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