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Eugene Collins
Eugene Collins (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Baton Rouge Metro Council to represent District 2 in Louisiana. Collins lost in the general election on December 7, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: City elections in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2024)
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent 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.
General election
General election for East Baton Rouge Metro Council District 2
Anthony Kenney defeated Eugene Collins in the general election for East Baton Rouge Metro Council District 2 on December 7, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Anthony Kenney (D)  | 51.7 | 3,986 |
 | Eugene Collins (D) | 48.3 | 3,731 | |
| Total votes: 7,717 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for East Baton Rouge Metro Council District 2
Eugene Collins and Anthony Kenney defeated Dina Johnson and Tia Mills in the primary for East Baton Rouge Metro Council District 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eugene Collins (D) | 34.3 | 4,598 |
| ✔ | | Anthony Kenney (D) | 30.7 | 4,120 |
| Dina Johnson (D) | 17.7 | 2,375 | ||
 | Tia Mills (D) | 17.4 | 2,329 | |
| Total votes: 13,422 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Collins in this election.
2020
See also: City elections in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2020)
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent 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.
General election
General election for East Baton Rouge Metro Council District 10
Carolyn Coleman defeated Jay Gaudet in the general election for East Baton Rouge Metro Council District 10 on December 5, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Carolyn Coleman (D) | 62.9 | 3,567 | |
| Jay Gaudet (D) | 37.1 | 2,102 | ||
| Total votes: 5,669 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for East Baton Rouge Metro Council District 10
The following candidates ran in the primary for East Baton Rouge Metro Council District 10 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Carolyn Coleman (D) | 27.4 | 2,796 | |
| ✔ | Jay Gaudet (D) | 18.5 | 1,884 | |
 | Quentin Anthony Anderson (D) | 17.4 | 1,778 | |
| Eugene Collins (D) | 16.9 | 1,727 | |
 | Davante Lewis (D) | 12.5 | 1,274 | |
| Andrea Cosey (D) | 5.8 | 589 | ||
| Markeda Cottonham (D) | 1.5 | 155 | ||
| Total votes: 10,203 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Will Chatman Sr. (D)
2016
| Baton Rouge Metro Council District 9, Primary Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Dwight Hudson |
36.58% | 6,509 | |
| Republican | Kenneth Perret |
31.36% | 5,580 | |
| Democratic | Jim Mora | 18.71% | 3,330 | |
| Democratic | Eugene Collins | 11.25% | 2,002 | |
| Democratic | Kennedy Ugbo | 2.10% | 374 | |
| Total Votes | 17,795 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," accessed November 8, 2016 | ||||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Eugene Collins did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Eugene Collins did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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