By james art BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPRUD) — It’s the last full week of the campaign and the top candidates in the East Baton Rouge mayoral race are out in full force.
Incumbent Mayor Sharon Weston Broome is spending the last week of the campaign pressing the flesh. The same can be said for her opponent, Ted James, as they build support and try to reach undecided voters.
“I was out early this morning in an area of the community going door to door. I will continue to do this. “I’ll make phone calls,” Broome said.
“You know, for us it’s about driving the message home. We are still reaching out to undecided voters. We talk about the power of unity,” James said.
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James has raised over $1.1 million while Broome has raised over $611,000, but what difference will the election make?
“We raised more money in this campaign than we have in the past, so money is not an obstacle to victory,” Broome said.
“I think it shows the high level of support we have, when over half of our donors are under $200, it shows we have grassroots support,” James said.
Polls show three main contenders in the EBR mayor-president race. Broome, James and political newcomer Sid Edwards. Edwards also emphasizes crime fighting.
“Our police respond to incidents. I don’t think they can really do community policing like they want to, which is why they need to hire more officers,” Edwards said.
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Those polls show James and Broome in a tight race that will likely lead to a runoff election in December.
“The final vote for me is Nov. 5, and so I don’t live and run my campaign by polls,” Broome said.
“The polls don’t matter at this point, do they? This is the candidate who will work the hardest,” James said.
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