The East Baton Rouge Democratic Parish
Executive Committee (EBR DPEC) finalized its endorsements of local and statewide candidates following the Candidate Endorsement Social, last week, where members and the public heard presentations from each of the Democratic candidate.
The committee has endorsed:
Governor
John Bel Edwards
Lieutenant Governor
Melvin L. ‘Kip’ Holden
Secretary of State
‘Chris’ Tyson
Attorney General
Geraldine ‘Geri’ Broussard Baloney
Commissioner of Ag and Forestry
‘Charlie’ Greer
Commissioner of Insurance
Charlotte C. McDaniel McGehee
BESE, District 8
Carolyn Hill
State Senator, District 15
Regina Barrow
State Representative, District 29
Ronnie Edwards
Edmond Jordan
Vereta T. Lee
State Representative, District 61
Donna Collins-Lewis
C. Denise Marcelle
State Representative, District 63
Barbara West Carpenter
Dean ‘Deaneaux’ Vicknair
State Representative, District 66
Antoine Pierce
State Representative, District 68
Patty Merrick
State Representative, District 69
Mark Holden
State Representative, District 70
‘Shamaka’ Schumake
City Judge, At-Large
Tarvald Smith
Election day is October 24. Early voting is October 10-17. “We look forward to working closely with our endorsed candidates to have a successful election day,” said Dawn Collins, EBR DPEC chair.