Emile Edwards

Emile Edwards

Republican Party

Mayor of Baton Rouge

Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

0

Predecessor

Sharon Weston Broome

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Elections and appointments

Last elected

December 7, 2024

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Dean of students

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Emile Edwards (Republican Party) (also known as Sid) is the Mayor of Baton Rouge in Louisiana. Edwards assumed office on January 1, 2025. Edwards' current term ends on December 31, 2028.

Edwards (Republican Party) ran for election for Mayor of Baton Rouge in Louisiana. Edwards won in the general election on December 7, 2024.

Biography

Emile Edwards' career experience includes working as the head coach and dean of students at Istrouma High.

Elections

2024

See also: Mayoral election 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 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
✔		Emile Edwards (R)	54.1	57,308
		Sharon Weston Broome (D)	45.9	48,587

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	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
✔		Emile Edwards (R)	34.4	64,862
✔		Sharon Weston Broome (D)	31.2	58,843
		Edward James (D)	28.4	53,510
	Submit photo	Steve Myers (R)	2.4	4,541
	Submit photo	Tambra Cook (R)	1.4	2,587
	Submit photo	Nathaniel Hearn (R)	1.1	2,120
	Submit photo	Ryan Carter (Independent)	0.8	1,527
	Submit photo	William Roundtree (Independent)	0.3	656

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 188,646
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Gregory Taylor (Independent)

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Edwards in this election.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Preceded by Sharon Weston Broome (D)	Mayor of Baton Rouge 2025-Present	Succeeded by -