2024 Baton Rouge mayoral election
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November 5, 2024 (first round)
December 7, 2024 (runoff) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by precinct Edwards: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Broome: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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]
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Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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| Republican | Tammy Cook (withdrawn) | 2,587 | 1.37% | |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% | ||