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Tara Wicker
Tara Wicker (Democratic Party) was a member of the Baton Rouge Metro Council in Louisiana, representing District 10. Wicker assumed office in 2009. Wicker left office on December 31, 2020.
Wicker (Democratic Party) ran for election for Mayor of Baton Rouge in Louisiana. Wicker was disqualified from the primary scheduled on November 3, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: Mayoral election 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 Mayor of Baton Rouge
Incumbent Sharon Weston Broome defeated Steve Carter in the general election for Mayor of Baton Rouge on December 5, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sharon Weston Broome (D) | 56.5 | 65,495 |
| Steve Carter (R) | 43.5 | 50,353 | ||
| Total votes: 115,848 | |||
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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 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sharon Weston Broome (D) | 48.1 | 98,722 |
| ✔ | Steve Carter (R) | 19.9 | 40,757 | |
 | Matthew Watson (R) | 13.2 | 27,062 | |
| Jordan Piazza (R) | 9.8 | 20,012 | ||
 | Denise Marcelle (D) | 7.1 | 14,603 | |
| E Eric Guirard (Independent) | 1.4 | 2,968 | ||
| Frank Smith (R) | 0.5 | 978 | ||
| Total votes: 205,102 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tara Wicker (D)
2016
The city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, held elections for mayor and metropolitan council on December 10, 2016. A primary election took place on November 8, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was July 22, 2016. All 12 metropolitan council seats were up for election.[1][2] Incumbent Tara Wicker defeated Lorri Burgess in the Baton Rouge Metro District 10 general election.
| Baton Rouge Metro Council District 10, General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Tara Wicker Incumbent |
55.71% | 3,292 | |
| Democratic | Lorri Burgess | 44.29% | 2,617 | |
| Total Votes | 5,909 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," accessed December 21, 2016 | ||||
| Baton Rouge Metro Council District 10, Primary Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Tara Wicker Incumbent |
42.69% | 4,108 | |
| Democratic | Lorri Burgess |
24.93% | 2,399 | |
| Democratic | Leah Cullins | 16.83% | 1,619 | |
| Democratic | Terri Terrell Anderson | 8.90% | 856 | |
| Independent | Patricia Bennett-Briggs | 6.65% | 640 | |
| Total Votes | 9,622 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," accessed November 8, 2016 | ||||
Endorsements
Wicker 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.[3]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Tara Wicker did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2016 Elections," accessed January 21, 2016
- ↑ The Advocate, "Baton Rouge faces political shake-up with all 12 seats on Metro Council up for grabs this fall," January 19, 2016
- ↑ The Advocate, "Republican Delgado scores public safety union support in Baton Rouge mayor's race," September 30, 2016
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by - |
Baton Rouge Metro Council, District 10 2009 – 2021 |
Succeeded by Carolyn Coleman (D) |
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