Istrouma High School football coach Sid Edwards defeated incumbent Sharon Weston Broome on Saturday to become East Baton Rouge’s first Republican mayor-president in two decades. Edwards not only was a political neophyte, but he eschewed politics in general. Voting records showed he hadn’t voted in 25 elections — over a period of more than eight […]
Source: Republican Flips Mayoral Seat in Deep Blue Baton Rouge