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]