Qualifying for the Nov. 8 election began Wednesday and lasts until 4:30 p.m. today. As of 3 p.m., the following candidates have qualified to run for Baton Rouge mayor, the Metro Council and races for Congress:
- Mayor
- Sharon Weston Broome, Democrat
- B.J. Amador, no party
- R.J. “Smokie” Bourgeois, Republican
- Rufus Craig, Libertarian
- John Delgado, Republican
- Braylon Hyde, Republican
- Grel LaFleur, Democrat
- C. Denise Marcelle, Democrat
- Byron Sharper, Democrat
- Darryl Gissel, no party
- Bodi White, Republican
- Cade Williams, other
- Metro Council District 1
- Trae Welch, Republican
- Metro Council District 2
- “Bones” Addison, Democrat
- Chauna Banks-Daniel, Democrat
- Gregory Handy, Sr., Democrat
- Metro Council District 3
- Chandler Loupe, Republican
- Rani Whitfield, Democrat
- Metro Council District 4
- Maranda White, Democrat
- Scott Wilson, Republican
- Metro Council District 5
- Daniel Banquel, Democrat
- Linda Dewey, Democrat
- “Ranger Joe” Dorsey, Republican
- Erika Green, Democrat
- Metro Council District 6
- Donna Collins-Lewis, Democrat
- Metro Council District 7
- Hazel Bradley-Averhart, Democrat
- Daniel Causey II, Libertarian
- LaMont Cole, Democrat
- Tyronn Thomas, Democrat
- Metro Council District 8
- Buddy Amoroso, Republican
- Antoine Pierce, Democrat
- William Roundtree, other
- Metro Council District 9
- Dwight Hudson, Republican
- “Jim” Mora, Democrat
- Metro Council District 10
- Terri Terrell Anderson, Democrat
- Lorri Burgess, Democrat
- Leah Cullins, Democrat
- Tara Wicker, Democrat
- Metro Council District 11
- Bonnie Budyach, Republican
- David Vincent, Republican
- Matt Watson, Republican
- Metro Council District 12
- Sal Christina Jr., Republican
- Scott Cornelius, no party
- Barbara Freiberg, Republican
- Corey Smith, Republican
- Rose Williams Carey, Democrat
- Shane Zanders, other
- U.S. Senate
- Beryl Billiot, no party
- Charles Boustany, Republican
- Foster Campbell, Democrat
- Joseph Cao, Republican
- Thomas Clements, Libertarian
- Donald Crawford, Republican
- David Duke, Republican
- Derrick Edwards, Democrat
- Caroline Fayard, Democrat
- John Fleming, Republican
- Le Roy Gilliam, Libertarian
- Troy Hebert, no party
- John Kennedy, Republican
- Gary Landrieu, Democrat
- William Robert “Bob” Lang, other
- Rob Maness, Republican
- Kaitlin Marone, no party
- Charles Marsala, Republican
- MV “Vinny” Mendoza, Democrat
- Abhey Patel, Republican
- Joshua Pellerin, Democrat
- Gregory Taylor Jr., other
- Arden Wells, no party
- Peter Williams, Democrat
- U.S. Representative, District 2
- Kenneth Cutno, Democrat
- Samuel Davenport, Libertarian
- Kip Holden, Democrat
- Cedric Richmond, Democrat
- U.S. Representative, District 6
- Robert Lamar Bell, Republican
- Richard Fontanesi, Libertarian
- Devin Lance Graham, other
- Garret Graves, Republican
- Richard Lieberman, Democrat
- Jermaine Sampson, Democrat
