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Mayoral election in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2024)

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2024 Baton Rouge elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: July 19, 2024
Primary election: November 5, 2024
General election: December 7, 2024
Election stats
Offices up: Mayor
Total seats up: 1 (click here for other city elections)
Election type: Partisan
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The city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, held a primary for mayor on November 5, 2024. A general election was scheduled for December 7, 2024. The filing deadline for this election was July 19, 2024.

As of 2024, Baton Rouge had term limits for the position of mayor. Mayors could serve three consecutive four-year terms and could run again after a four year break.

Elections

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Candidates and results


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 Mayor of Baton Rouge

Emile Edwards defeated incumbent Sharon Weston Broome in the general election for Mayor of Baton Rouge on December 7, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Emile Edwards (R)
 
54.1
 
57,308
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Sharon Weston Broome (D)
 
45.9
 
48,587

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Total votes: 105,895
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Baton Rouge

The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of Baton Rouge on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Emile Edwards (R)
 
34.4
 
64,862
✔
Image of Sharon Weston Broome
Sharon Weston Broome (D)
 
31.2
 
58,844
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Edward James (D)
 
28.4
 
53,510
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Steve Myers (R)
 
2.4
 
4,541
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Tambra Cook (R)
 
1.4
 
2,587
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Nathaniel Hearn (R)
 
1.1
 
2,120
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Ryan Carter (Independent)
 
0.8
 
1,527
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William Roundtree (Independent)
 
0.3
 
656

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Total votes: 188,647
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Mayoral partisanship

See also: Partisanship in United States municipal elections (2024)

Thirty-four of the 100 largest cities held mayoral elections in 2024. Once mayors elected in 2024, assumed office Democrats held 65 top-100 mayoral offices, Republicans 25, Libertarians held one, independents held two, and nonpartisan mayors held four. Three mayors' partisan affiliations were unknown.

The following top 100 cities saw a change in mayoral partisan affiliation in 2024:[1]


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About the city

See also: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge is a city in Louisiana. Since 1947, its government has been consolidated with that of East Baton Rouge Parish.[3] As of 2020, its population was 227,470.

City government

See also: Mayor-council government

The city of Baton Rouge uses a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body while the mayor serves as the city's chief executive.[3][4]

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge Louisiana
Population 227,470 4,657,757
Land area (sq mi) 86 43,210
Race and ethnicity**
White 38.1% 61.2%
Black/African American 53.5% 32.2%
Asian 3.7% 1.7%
Native American 0.3% 0.6%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0%
Other (single race) N/A 1.6%
Multiple 2.3% 2.7%
Hispanic/Latino 4.1% 5.2%
Education
High school graduation rate 87.4% 85.9%
College graduation rate 34.9% 24.9%
Income
Median household income $44,177 $50,800
Persons below poverty level 24.4% 18.6%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


See also

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Louisiana Municipal government Other local coverage
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Footnotes

  1. ↑ As of January 7, 2025, the party affiliation of one mayor elected in 2024 was unknown. Ballotpedia contacted El Paso Mayor Renard Johnson's campaign in December to inquire about his party affiliation and had not yet received a reply. As incumbent Oscar Leeser was a Democrat, this decreased the net gain for Democrats from two to one.
  2. ↑ [San Antonio Express-News, "‘I’m a Democrat’: Mayor Ron Nirenberg campaigns for Kamala Harris, embraces party label," September 14, 2024]
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 City of Baton Rouge, "Plan of Government," accessed October 28, 2014
  4. ↑ City of Baton Rouge, "Our City-Parish Government," accessed October 28, 2014
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