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EBR Mayor's Race

2008-10-07
	Our Views: No holiday from politics The thrill of victory was sweet for Mayor-President Kip Holden, who led the ballot in East Baton Rouge Parish and won a thumping re-election over three opponents. And while other winners celebrated and losers fielded condolence calls, politics by no means takes off for a holiday.


2008-10-06
	Holden jabs challengers A day after winning re-election by one of the widest margins of victory in the history of East Baton Rouge Parish, Mayor-President Kip Holden could not resist taking a final barb at his three opponents in the race.


2008-10-05
	Holden re-elected Incumbent Mayor-President Kip Holden won re-election Saturday by nearly a 3-1 margin over his three opponents Saturday. Voter turnout was 39 percent. With all 314 precincts reporting, Holden had 75,450 votes, or 71 percent of the votes counted, according to complete and unofficial returns from the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office.


	Holden thrilled to be re-elected Mayor-President Kip Holden expressed his gratitude to the voters of East Baton Rouge Parish after being re-elected on Saturday.


	Carter talks after losing election Mayoral candidate Wayne Carter spoke Saturday night after losing the election.


	Holden speaks after Saturday re-election East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Kip Holden addressed his supporters after being projected as the winner of Saturday's election.


2008-10-04
	Mayor-president race on today’s ballot East Baton Rouge Parish residents will go to the polls today to vote in a primary election that includes mayor-president, the 12 Metro Council members, district attorney and several judges. The polls open 6 a.m. and close 8 p.m.


2008-10-03
	Holden challengers strapped Strapped for contributions, Mayor Kip Holden’s three opponents are relying mostly on signs and forums to woo voters for the Saturday’s primary. Meanwhile, Holden has hit the airwaves in recent days with a series of slick television commercials funded by his six-figure campaign war chest.


2008-10-02
	Mayoral hopeful urges tax relief East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President candidate Ron Johnson on Wednesday called for sales tax relief and possibly tax rebates for residents trying to rebuild after Hurricane Gustav.


2008-10-01
	Democrats announce endorsements The East Baton Rouge Parish Democratic Party Executive Committee has issued its endorsements for the upcoming local, area and federal elections, a news release says.


2008-09-28
	Hopefuls talk tolerance


2008-09-26
	Rhetorical punches thrown For two hours Thursday, Mayor Kip Holden and his three challengers exchanged some serious punches during a debate at Southern University. The quartet not only traded jabs on major issues, but landed some personal blows.


2008-09-24
	Candidates offer ideas on traffic; Holden absent Mayor-President Kip Holden missed a candidates’ forum on transportation issues Tuesday night at LSU, but the three men running for office against him offered some new ideas about how to keep traffic moving in East Baton Rouge Parish.


2008-09-23
	Holden war chest 20 times more than foes’ Mayor-President Kip Holden’s campaign war chest was 20 times larger than the total of his three opponents’ combined, according to the latest campaign finance reports.


2008-09-22
	Kyle talks about mayoral run We're less than two weeks away from Election Day. Mayoral candidate Dan Kyle joined us on 2une In to talk about his run for office.


	Mayor: Bid is about unity Mayor-President Kip Holden says his re-election bid is all about bringing people together, and claims his three opponents are trying to divide voters based on race and party in the upcoming Oct. 4 primary.


2008-09-18
	Panel votes to ax tax vote A Metro Council panel stacked with critics of Mayor-President Kip Holden on Wednesday recommended canceling the mayor’s Nov. 4 tax election so it can be revamped to include hurricane-related improvements and sent to voters at a later date.


2008-09-16
	Holden, rivals debate storm Mayor-President Kip Holden’s opponents had a lot of suggestions Monday about how to improve the city-parish’s recent response to Hurricane Gustav. Metro Councilman Wayne Carter said that every gas station in Baton Rouge should have had a generator in order to cut down on the lengthy gas lines that clogged traffic in the days immediately after the storm.


	Man: Flier, not pizza, sparked flap Metro Councilman Byron Sharper’s brother denied allegations Monday that he was disturbing the peace outside the East Baton Rouge Parish Emergency Operations Center earlier this month.


2008-09-15
	Mayoral candidates square off The four candidates for mayor of Baton Rouge took the gloves off Monday, taking shots at each other during a question and answer forum. The biggest swing was taken at the city's pocketbook.


2008-09-14
	Mayor's Race '08 All three candidates challenging Mayor-President Kip Holden this fall have opened fire on his proposed $989 million tax proposal, claiming it is ill-timed and too large a burden for many East Baton Rouge Parish residents.


	Holden, opponents split on fees, budget Mayor-President Kip Holden’s two Republican opponents both like to refer to him as a “tax-and-spend liberal” because he’s raised garbage fees, impact fees and casino boarding fees.


2008-09-11
	Carter wants reason for overtime Councilman Wayne Carter wants an explanation for overtime for the mayor's bodyguards.


2008-09-07
	BR loop issue in Mayor's race During his first term in office, Mayor-President Kip Holden has breathed life into a proposed Baton Rouge area loop. Last year, Holden got the ball rolling by persuading the Metro Council to allocate $2 million in surplus city-parish funds to help develop an implementation plan for the loop.


2008-08-31
	Bodyguards an issue in mayor race Most East Baton Rouge Parish residents don’t have the luxury of a police bodyguard to keep them safe from crime. But for the past three and a half years, Mayor-President Kip Holden has almost always been accompanied by at least one police bodyguard while performing his official duties.


2008-08-26
	EBR tax, millage proposal vital to future, groups told Mayor-President Kip Holden was on the stump Monday, but not to garner votes for his Oct. 4 re-election bid. Instead, Holden was pushing three groups to support his $989 million capital improvement proposal, which is slated to go before voters Nov. 4.


2008-08-24
	Challengers question Holden’s contract with chamber President Kip Holden’s opponents in the upcoming election say they have concerns about a deal he made that pays the Baton Rouge Area Chamber $500,000 a year to function as the city’s economic development department. “I’m not 100 percent sure that the money going to the chamber isn’t in violation of the state constitution because it involves putting public money into a private association,” said Republican Dan Kyle, a former state legislative auditor and candidate for mayor.


	EBR GOP snubs 2 hopefuls Mike Walker and Martha Jane Tassin are the only incumbent Republican Metro Council members seeking re-election this fall, but they’ve been snubbed by the East Baton Rouge Republican Party for supporting Mayor-President Kip Holden, who is a Democrat. Walker and Tassin were not included among the endorsements released by the East Baton Rouge Republican Party last week.


	Holden touts his travel on behalf of BR In his inaugural address nearly four years ago, Mayor-President Kip Holden acknowledged his reputation as the most-traveled member of the Louisiana Legislature, and vowed to continue hitting the road to sell Baton Rouge. “I said that I would go anywhere to promote Baton Rouge, and I’ve done just that,” Holden said. Two of Holden’s opponents in the mayor’s race have submitted public records requests for his travel vouchers, which total about $50,000 during his first three-and-a-half years as mayor.


2008-08-14
	Council rejects Holden probe An attempt by Metro Councilman Byron Sharper to launch a council investigation into Mayor-President Kip Holden’s police bodyguards fizzled Wednesday. Only Sharper and Councilman Wayne Carter — who is running against Holden for mayor — voted in favor of launching a probe based on allegations in a mysterious flier that began appearing in East Baton Rouge mailboxes last month.


	Republican group supports Holden’s re-election A group of Republican elected officials, business leaders and party activists, including a former executive director of the Republican Party of Louisiana, pledged their support Wednesday to East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Kip Holden, a Democrat, in his bid for a second term.


2008-08-05
	GOP activist says he sent Holden mailers A self-described Republican activist acknowledged Monday he sent out a political mailer smearing Mayor-President Kip Holden, but refused to say who paid him to do it.


2008-08-03
	Mayor spells out details More than two weeks after Mayor-President Kip Holden’s office released details about his proposed $989 million capital improvement program, there’s still confusion about the timetable for some of the projects.


2008-08-01
	Holden wants investigation into mailer Mayor-President Kip Holden on Friday said he is calling for a criminal investigation into a political mailer that alleges he had an affair with a married woman and was beaten up by her husband. The mailer was in the form of a letter signed by the Rev. Charles Matthews, who Holden said does not exist.