Sharon Weston Broome

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Term-limited in the Senate, Broome was the first candidate to declare her intentions to run in 2016 to succeed Kip Holden as Mayor-President for East Baton Rouge Parish. [11] Several Republican candidates also ran; the Republican state Senator Bodi White in turn lost to Broome the runoff election held on December 10, 2016. White received 55,241 votes (48 percent) to Broome's 59,737 (52 percent). [12]

Broome was sworn into office on January 2, 2017. [13]

First Term

As Mayor-President, Broome in April 2017 appointed Troy Bell as the city-parish Chief administrative officer (CAO), but he resigned after less than a week in the $144,000 annual post after it was disclosed that he does not hold the master's degree in public administration that he had claimed in his resume. Broome tapped James Llorens of Baton Rouge as the interim CAO. Several human resources professionals claim that the Bell selection could have been avoided had Broome followed a different approach to vetting candidates for appointments. [14] Broome announced thereafter that she will spearhead the search for her next CAO selection to prevent problems like those that surfaced in the Bell case. [15]

In July 2017, calls were made for the Louisiana Legislative Auditor and the State Inspector General to investigate the Baton Rouge Area Violence Elimination Program (BRAVE) contracts being issued by the office of Mayor-President Sharon Weston-Broome. The questionable contracts first came to light as a result of public records requests by the 9NEWS Investigative Team. [16] In August 2017, Broome suspended all BRAVE contracts issued from mid-June to mid-July. [17]

In August 2017, Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore announced that he was seeking a list of confidential informant names that were erroneously released by Mayor-President Broom's office. [18]

In August 2018, Broome proposed a half-cent sales tax, rather than a property tax, to fund the proposed MoveBR roads program under consideration by the Metro Council. If approved by the council, the measure would then be placed on the December 8 ballot. Broome said that the sales tax is preferred so as not to place the entire burden on property owners. Many residents, she said, encouraged her to pursue the sales tax as "more equitable" than a property tax though sales taxes are regressive in nature. [19] Voters approved the half-cent sales tax on December 8, 2018, in what is viewed as a big victory for the mayor-president that demonstrates her being able to garner bipartisan support from the business community. [20]

2020 election

On November 3, 2020, it was determined that Broome would do another runoff, this time with former state senator Steve Carter, after receiving 48% percent of the vote in the general mayor election. [21] In a runoff which was held December 5, 2020, Broome would win a second term with 65,495 (57 percent) of the vote in another runoff. [22] [23]

Second Term

Broome championed a 2021 proposal for Housing for Heroes, a "36-unit affordable housing development for first responders" in the Scotlandville area of Baton Rouge. [24] [25] As of 2023, funding for the project had not been transferred from the federal government. [25]

Personal life

She is married to Marvin Alonzo Broome and they have three children. [1]

Notes

  1. ↑ The office of "Mayor-President" in the Baton Rouge area is an uncommon position in municipal governments that consolidates the executive offices of "Mayor of Baton Rouge" and "President of East Baton Rouge Parish". Though the City of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish have a consolidated government, this differs from a traditional consolidated city-county government, as the cities of Zachary, Baker, and Central operate their own individual city governments within East Baton Rouge Parish.

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Sharon Weston Broome
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Mayor-President of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish [lower-alpha 1]
Assumed office
January 2, 2017
Louisiana House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
from the 29th district
1992–2005		Succeeded by
Preceded by Speaker pro tempore of the Louisiana House of Representatives
2004–2005		Succeeded by
Louisiana State Senate
Preceded by Member of the Louisiana Senate
from the 15th district
2005–2016		Succeeded by
Preceded by President pro tempore of the Louisiana Senate
2008–2016		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Baton Rouge
2017–present		Incumbent
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