{{Short description|American politician}} <!-- Please do not remove or change this AfD message until the discussion has been closed. --> {{Article for deletion/dated|page=Sid Edwards|timestamp=20260527065518|year=2026|month=May|day=27|substed=yes}} <!-- Once discussion is closed, please place on talk page: {{Old AfD multi|page=Sid Edwards|date=27 May 2026|result='''keep'''}} --> <!-- End of AfD message, feel free to edit beyond this point --> {{Notability|biographies|date=May 2026}} {{More citations needed|date=May 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Sid Edwards | image = | caption = Official portrait, 2025 | office = 65th Mayor-President of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish | term_start = January 2, 2025 | term_end = | predecessor = Sharon Weston Broome | successor = | birth_name = Emile Bryan Edwards | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|1|5}}{{cn|date=May 2026}} | birth_place = Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.{{cn|date=May 2026}} | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | spouse = | children = 4 | education = Nicholls State University (BA){{cn|date=May 2026}} }} '''Emile Bryan "Sid" Edwards''' is an American politician who is the mayor-president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brla.gov/588/Mayor-President|title=Office Of The Mayor-President Sid Edwards|website=City of Baton Rouge|accessdate=January 2, 2025}}</ref> A Republican, he was elected in the 2024 Baton Rouge mayoral election after defeating the incumbent mayor-president Sharon Weston Broome in a runoff election held on December 7, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Avery|last2=Simmons|first1=Keymonte|first2=Emma|date=December 8, 2024|title=Election results: Sid Edwards wins East Baton Rouge Parish mayoral race |url=https://www.louisianafirstnews.com/news/political-news/election-results-emile-sid-edwards-wins-east-baton-rouge-parish-mayoral-race|access-date=December 18, 2024|website=Louisiana First News}}</ref> He was sworn in on January 2, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Grant|first=Deasia |title=Sid Edwards Expands Transition Team Ahead of January Inauguration |url=https://www.brweeklypress.com/sid-edwards-expands-transition-team-ahead-of-january-inauguration|access-date=January 1, 2025|newspaper=The Weekly Press|date=December 28, 2024}}</ref>

Edwards was the head football coach and dean of students of Istrouma High School. He previously taught at Catholic High School, Redemptorist High School, Jesuit High School, and Central High School. At the time he was elected, he had not cast a ballot in over eight years.<ref>{{Cite web |last2=Sloan-Turner |first1=Emma|last1=Discher|first2=Patrick |date=December 7, 2024|title=Who is Coach Sid Edwards? Meet the new Baton Rouge mayor-president. |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/elections/emile-sid-edwards-baton-rouge-mayor-president/article_fe8f5130-b512-11ef-b4ed-132ad8cba3c7.html|access-date=December 18, 2024|website=The Advocate}}</ref>

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