On election day Saturday, East Baton Rouge Rouge voters will choose a new judge for both a city court and state court and vote up or down on three funding propositions.

The polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.

The judgeships came open this year after a resignation and a job change.

In City Court, two Republicans — Brenden Craig and Calli Boudreaux — are running to fill the vacancy left when Judge Carson Carcantel resigned in February.

In the 19th Judicial District Court, a state court that serves East Baton Rouge Parish, four Democrats are seeking the seat left empty in March after Judge Wilson Fields moved to the state's 1st Circuit Court of Appeal.

The candidates are Dele Adebamiji, Elzie Alford Jr., Vicky Jones and Vernon Thomas.

Runoffs in the two races, if needed, will be

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