2024 Baton Rouge mayoral election

2024 Baton Rouge mayoral election
November 5, 2024 (first round)
December 7, 2024 (runoff)
 
Candidate Sid Edwards Sharon Weston Broome Ted James
Party Republican Democratic Democratic
First round 64,862
34.38%		 58,843
31.19%		 53,510
28.37%
Runoff 57,308
54.12%		 48,587
45.88%		 Eliminated
Results by precinct
Edwards:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Broome:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Mayor before election

Sharon Weston Broome
Democratic

 Elected mayor

Sid Edwards
Republican

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. Edwards defeated the incumbent Mayor Broome in the runoff election, becoming the first Republican elected mayor-president since 2000.

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