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Race for Baton Rouge mayor is neck and neck, early results show

The race for East Baton Rouge Parish mayor-president appears to be neck-and-neck between three candidates who all are within a few hundred votes of each other, according to early election returns.

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The race for East Baton Rouge Parish mayor-president appears to be neck-and-neck between three candidates who all are within a few hundred votes of each other, according to early election returns. With 269 out of 331 precincts and early voting reporting: Sharon Weston Broome had 53,031 votes, or 31% Sid Edwards had 58,199 voters, or 34% Ted James had 47,934 votes, or 28% Broome, the incumbent, has sparred fiercely with James, a former state representative and fellow Democrat. Edwards has rallied the Republican vote in a parish that has steadily turned more blue over the past decade.

If no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, the top two candidates will go to a runoff. To see up-to-the-minute returns, click here. To see full coverage of tonight's elections, click here .

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