Political newcomer and Republican Sid Edwards received 34% of the vote for mayor-president of East Baton Rouge, while Democratic incumbent Sharon-Weston Broome garnered 31%. The two will face each other in a runoff election on Dec. 7. Ted James, a favorite to win in many late polling predictions, was eliminated after receiving 28% of votes.

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards ... Democrat Sharon Weston Broome is the incumbent and she is in a runoff with Republican Emile “Sid” Edwards. Broome got 31% of the vote and Edwards got 34% on Nov 5.

Ted James, the democratic candidate who was expected to win in the election's latest poll, has been knocked out of the race. Democrat incumbent Sharon Weston-Broome and "Coach" Sid Edwards will face off in December in a runoff election.

I apologize for getting off to such a slow start at the site today, but it was a very late night, and then I had radio and the Spectacle Podcast to record, and then I had an American Spectator column I had to write.

Former Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has endorsed Sharon Weston Broome as she seeks her third term as mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish.

President Sharon Weston Broome and former Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards are scheduled to be together at an 11 a.m. news conference on Wednesday, Nov. 13. The two Democrats are going to make “a special announcement,

Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome and former Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards are expected to make what officials are calling a special announcement on Wednesday, Nov. 13. The pair will address the community around 11 a.