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- ↑ "Office Of The Mayor-President Sid Edwards". brla.gov. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ↑ "Election results: Sid Edwards wins East Baton Rouge Parish mayoral race". BRProud.com. 2024-12-08. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
- ↑ Grant, Deasia (2024-12-28). "Sid Edwards Expands Transition Team Ahead of January Inauguration". The Weekly Press. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
- ↑ Sloan-Turner, Emma Discher, Patrick (2024-12-07). "Who is Coach Sid Edwards? Meet the new Baton Rouge mayor-president". The Advocate. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
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