Tagged: Elections 2012

Kip Holden is running for a third term as mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish. Among Holden's challengers is small businessman Gordon Mese. Mese is hoping to win a mandate to rewrite and enforce the Unified Development Code, which sets the rules for land use in the city parish.

In the first in a series of conversations with the mayoral candidates, Mese tells WRKF's Amy Jeffries the code is the key to everything that ails Baton Rouge... starting with taxes.

For the first installment of our series of conversations with the 6th Congressional District candidates WRKF's Ashley Westerman spoke with independent candidate Richard P. Torregano.

Torregano is an electrical technician here in Baton Rouge. And a unique aspect of Torregano's run for office is a portion of his platform he calls "50+1".

Torregano told me it means he wants to see more religiously affiliated people elected to congress. Not just to address social issues but to help tackle the economic and healthcare policy issues dominating debate in Washington.

Louisiana Republican Party Chairman Roger Villere and former Democratic state lawmaker Tony Guarrisco discuss how the election is stacking up.

Peta Lindsay, who is running for president as the nominee of the Party for Socialism & Liberation, stops by.

Republican Mike Chittum and Democrat Michael Jackson offer differing perspectives on the 2012 presidential election.

Musician Martin Flanagan says he is the illegitimate son of the legendary Hank Williams.