Central City News

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 […]

GOP candidate Eddie Rispone is hoping for a large voter turnout in the City of Central in his quest to oust incumbent Gov. John Bel Edwards in the election on Saturday, Nov. 16. Central is one of several conservative voting areas in the state that Rispone needs to win big. Edwards is the only Democrat […]

Two races, which the Oct. 12 primary left unresolved, will appear on the ballot in Central in the election planned for Saturday, Nov. 16.  The first will fill a seat from District 6 on the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) currently held by Kathy Edmonson (R) of Ascension Parish. The other race […]

The Central City News, Capital City News, and Istrouma Journal have endorsed two additional candidates: Dr. Leah Cullins in House District 67 and Barbara Freiberg in House District 69. Editor Woody Jenkins said, “Both candidates are individuals of high integrity with much to offer.

The night of Saturday, Oct. 12 was a watershed moment for Republicans in East Baton Rouge Parish. They hold four of six parishwide offices, and a majority of the Metro Council and the parish school board, along with the city governments and school boards in Central and Zachary. But could they hold those offices through […]

On Nov. 8, 2016, Donald Trump carried Louisiana with 58 percent of the vote — a landslide by any measure. However, in East Baton Rouge Parish, the results were very different, as Hillary Clinton carried the parish by more than 18,000 votes. Political observers could see that the parish’s politics were finally catching up with […]

For the first time in history, Central has its own Early Voting location, and Central area voters have taken full advantage of the opportunity to vote early close to home. Early voting for the Oct. 12 election began on Saturday, Sept. 28 and will continue through Saturday, Oct. 5. After the first four days of […]

The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish has endorsed Baton Rouge businessman Eddie Rispone for Governor in the Oct. 12 primary.  The move was a surprise because the state GOP endorsed both Rispone and Congressman Ralph Abraham (R-Ado), the two major Republican candidates running to replace Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards. Parish Republican chairman […]

 The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish has issued the following statement regarding the proposed City of St. George: “More than 14,000 voters in the southeast portion of East Baton Rouge Parish have signed petitions proposing to incorporate their area into a new municipality called the City of St. George.” “The Republican Party commends […]