Buddy Amoroso
Buddy Amoroso was a Republican member of the Baton Rouge Metro Council in Louisiana, representing District 8 from 2013 to 2018.[1] Amoroso died in a bicycle crash in June 2018.[2]
Amoroso was a 2015 special election Republican candidate for District 66 of the Louisiana House of Representatives.[3]
Campaign themes
2016
Amoroso's campaign website listed the following themes for 2016:
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Moving Traffic If Baton Rouge is to reach its full potential, the traffic crisis in the Capital City must be addressed. Since taking office, Councilman Buddy Amoroso has made transportation a priority. When his first term began, O’Neal Lane was in the fourth year of a project that was slated to take only two years. He immediately worked with parish officials to get that project out of the rut it was in and get construction moving. Councilman Amoroso has worked closely with Congressman Garret Graves and State Representative Steve Carter concerning federal and state roads in East Baton Rouge Parish. He has been actively involved in the I-110 corridor study, which will lead to necessary improvements in areas that seem to be the cause of many of our traffic problems—such as the Washington Street exit. This is imperative, because as all residents of Baton Rouge know, if the bridge stops, everything stops. In District 8, he has met with local business owners and residents to gain their valuable input on minimizing adverse economic and safety impacts while expansion of Jones Creek Road and O’Neal Lane continues. As Councilman for District 8, Buddy Amoroso intends to continue his work within the parish to build a comprehensive plan aimed at fixing traffic in Baton Rouge. Reducing Crime Buddy Amoroso has worked with both law enforcement and homeowners’ associations to take on crime in the Capital City. Families need to feel safe in their homes and in their neighborhoods. Buddy Amoroso has been an integral part in organizing warrant sweeps designed to take those with outstanding arrest warrants off the street. Councilman Amoroso has been a strong advocate for body cameras on police officers, serving as a member of the East Baton Rouge Police Camera Committee. He also feels that increasing the pay for our law enforcement officers and first responders is of the utmost importance. Growing Small Businesses Having owned his own businesses, Buddy Amoroso is well aware of the problems small business ownersfaces. He has stood against harsh regulations, and advocated for a simpler, streamlined permit process, especially building permits. His goal is to see the application process for these permits moved online, freeing employees to issue these permits in a timely manner. Councilman Amoroso has worked closely with building contractors and the various associations that represent them, allowing him to see how a more streamlined process would be beneficial to Baton Rouge. Prioritizing Government Spending Buddy Amoroso has long advocated for taxpayers, feeling that the citizens of East Baton Rouge are over-taxed. He was a founding member of Tax Busters, and desires to see each dollar used in the most efficient manner. Time and again he has voted against rolling forward taxes, seeing them as an unjust tax levied on a public that did not receive a vote. He has fought against taxes that he thought were wasteful, such as the downtown library. He will continue to be a voice for the taxpayer as both a councilman and a citizen. [4] |
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| —Buddy Amoroso (2016), [5] | ||
Elections
2016
| Baton Rouge Metro Council District 8, Primary Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Buddy Amoroso Incumbent |
66.28% | 8,489 | |
| Democratic | Antoine Pierce | 22.82% | 2,922 | |
| Democratic | Wendell Piper | 10.90% | 1,396 | |
| Total Votes | 12,807 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," accessed November 8, 2016 | ||||
2015
A special election for the position of Louisiana House of Representatives District 66 was called for February 21, with a runoff, if necessary, on March 28. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was January 9.[6]
Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
The seat was vacant following Hunter Greene's (R) election as a family court judge.[7]
Buddy Amoroso (R), Richard "Rick" Bond (R), Darrell Ourso (R) and Susan Nelson (Nonpartisan) faced off in the special election on February 21.[8] Because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Amoroso and Ourso, met in a runoff election on March 28, which Ourso won.[9][3]
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 66, Special Runoff Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Darrell Ourso |
50.9% | 1,958 | |
| Republican | Buddy Amoroso | 49.1% | 1,886 | |
| Total Votes | 3,844 | |||
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 66, Special Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Buddy Amoroso |
35.6% | 1,512 | |
| Republican | Darrell Ourso |
34.8% | 1,477 | |
| Republican | Richard "Rick" Bond | 18.2% | 771 | |
| Nonpartisan | Susan Nelson | 11.4% | 483 | |
| Total Votes | 4,243 | |||
Endorsements
2016
Amoroso received the endorsement of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC) in September 2016. BRAC endorsed candidates focused on improvements to transportation, crime reduction, workforce education, economic growth, government efficiency, and city beautification efforts.[10]
Recent news
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See also
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Cities in Louisiana
- State legislative special elections, 2015
- Louisiana House of Representatives
- Louisiana House of Representatives District 66
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ City of Baton-Rouge, "Amoroso," accessed January 13, 2015
- ↑ The Advocate, "Baton Rouge Councilman Buddy Amoroso killed in West Feliciana crash; man arrested," June 30, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results Results for Election Date: 3/28/2015," April 8, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Buddy Amoroso, "Buddy's Platform," accessed September 6, 2016
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Get Election Information," accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ The New Orleans Advocate, "Republican candidates for open House seat participate in GOP forum," January 16, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed January 28, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Election results," accessed March 18, 2015
- ↑ The Advocate, "Republican Delgado scores public safety union support in Baton Rouge mayor's race," September 30, 2016
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