Political newcomer Sid Edwards, a high school football coach, pulled off an incredible upset by unseating a two-term Democratic mayor.
The Republican candidate defeated incumbent Sharon Weston Broome in the race for East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President.
BREAKING: Sid Edwards, the Republican mayoral candidate in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a majority black city, just pulled off a massive upset by beating Sharon Broome, the two-term black female mayor.
Edwards: 54%
Broome: 46%
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Edwards only raised $80k, while she had $600k
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“I know a lot of people are in disbelief, none more than me,” the 61-year-old told supporters Saturday evening, according to WAFB.
“We’re not saying that everything has been bad in Baton Rouge, we never said that, but
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