Central City News

Background: On Saturday, April 4, voters in Central, Baker, Zachary, and Sherwood Forest will go to the polls to elect a new District Judge to replace Judge Beau Higginbotham. Four Democrats and no Republicans are seeking the seat. CENTRAL — The Central City News is not in the habit of endorsing Democrats but sometimes a […]

Courthouse intrigue and Baton Rouge politics are playing out in the race for District Judge for Division M, which will be voted on in the so-called “northern judicial sub-district” in a special election Saturday, April 4. The northern sub-district includes Central, Baker, Zachary, and the Sherwood Forest area of Baton Rouge. The district has elected […]

Three Democratic candidates and one Republican made the case for their candidacies for Baton Rouge City Judge at the Candidates Forum held Jan. 28 by the Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge Parish. To watch, click your phone over the QR Code on page 12. The election to fill a vacancy on the court […]

 On April 4, voters in the northern part of East Baton Rouge Parish will go to the polls in a special election to choose a replacement for District Judge Beau Higginbotham. The person chosen will serve only a few months, because the seat will be filled for a full six-year term in the election on […]

Sen. Bodi White (R-Central), who was sworn in Monday for his third term in the Louisiana Senate, will be appointed chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee by newly-elected Senate President Page Cortez (R-Lafayette). Although White has long been an influential member of the upper body, this will be his first senior leadership position.   […]

On election night, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, Louisiana voters went to bed after learning Republicans had won huge majorities in the Louisiana Senate and House of Representatives. Final returns showed the new Senate would have 27 Republicans and 12 Democrats, while the House would have 68 Republicans, 35 Democrats, and two with no party affiliation. […]

 Conservatives have had working control of the Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish since 2012. Now their influence in the party has been extended for at least another four years. Almost the entire membership of the 17-member Republican Parish Executive Committee has been reelected without opposition. The committee, which is composed of conservatives, includes […]

  Republican gubernatorial candidate Eddie Rispone carried most of Louisiana in the Nov. 16 election, but incumbent Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards carried Orleans Parish by 100,000 votes and East Baton Rouge Parish by 50,000, thereby sealing a winning statewide margin of 40,000 votes. Despite a big victory in East Baton Rouge Parish, Gov. Edwards […]

Early voters are going to the polls in record numbers across the state this week as a preliminary to the Nov. 16 runoff.  A total of 162,368 voters cast ballots on Saturday, Nov. 2 and Monday, Nov. 4. This was far more than the 122,638 who voted in the first two days of early voting […]

Two statewide races will appear on the Nov. 16 election ballot. Besides governor, the other race is for Secretary of State. Republican incumbent Kyle Ardoin is facing the Democratic challenger Gwen Collins-Greenup. Ardoin led with 41 percent in the primary, followed by Collins-Greenup with 34 percent. Republican Thomas J. Kennedy followed with 19 percent. The Secretary of […]