Where do the Metro Council candidates stand on the issues?

225 has all you need to know about Metro Council candidates and where they stand on the issues affecting Baton Rouge. Find out whether your district’s candidates support or oppose the $989 million bond proposal and where they stand on the city’s drinking ordinances, diversity, at-large districts and more. It’s the city’s most comprehensive look at the Metro Council candidates. Just click on a candidate’s name below. Not all candidates replied to the 225 questionnaire; however, check back for updates in case responses trickle in.

District 1

Brenda Bennett Carter

Pat Fuller

J.E. “Trae” Welch

District 2

Ulysses “Bones” Addison (incumbent)

Gerald Handy

Vincent Jemison (withdrew from the election)

Melanie Smith-Johnson

District 3

Chandler Loupe

M. Scott Wilson

Merritt E. McDonald

Rebecca Pero

District 4

Scott Wilson

Wayne N. Messina

District 5

Thelma Ginn Brown

Ronnie Edwards

Milton Lee

Herbert A. Pate

Johnnie Brown

District 6

Martha Jane Tassin (incumbent)

Donna Collins Lewis

Sarah Holliday

District 7

Byron Sharper (incumbent)

Paul Brumfield

Kim Dunn

Suchitra S. Dyer

C. Denise Marcelle

Isaiah Marshall

Andrew Danna

District 8

Mike Walker (incumbent)

Tiffany Foxworth

District 9

Joel Boé

David Fa-Kouri

District 10

Angela Bird

Val Lowery

Michael Samuel

Larry Selders

Tara Wicker

District 11

Alison Gibbs Cascio

Scott E. Lemoine

Donald Hodge

Matt Watson

District 12

Jim Benham

R.J. “Smokie” Bourgeois

Donna Grodner (withdrew from the election)

Kim Robin Watts

Brett Jackson

–compiled by Rebecca Breeden