Kip Holden

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kip Holden
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Aug 12, 1952(1952-08-12)
Age	72
Birthplace	New Orleans
Country	United States
Birth City	New Orleans
Horoscope	Leo

Kip Holden Biography

Kip Holden is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on August 12, 1952 in New Orleans, New Orleans, United States. Holden is one of five children, two deceased, of the late Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Lee Holden, Sr. He has two sisters, Evelyn and Brenda Holden. His older brother, Curtis Holden, Jr. (1950-2013), a native of Woodville, Mississippi, was a retired employee of the Baton Rouge municipal public works department. Prior to his death from complications resulting from two strokes, Curtis Holden, Jr., had operated Holden’s Powerhouse, a family-owned bar in the Scotlandville neighborhood of Baton Rouge.

He was a Member of the Baton Rouge Metro Council from District 2 from 1984 until 1988. He represented Louisiana State Representative from District 63 from 1988 until 2002. He served as Louisiana State Senator from District 15 from 2002 until 2004

Since 1991 he has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Southern University Law Center – Baton Rouge.

He ran unsuccessfully for mayor-president of Baton Rouge in 1996 and 2000.

He also worked Louisiana Department of Labor as a Clerk in the Workers’ Compensation Office, at the Baton Rouge City Police as a Public information officer, at the United States Census Bureau as Public relations specialist. He also worked at WXOK Radi in Port Allen as a News director (in 1975 and 1977), at WWL Radio in New Orleans as a Reporter (in 1977 and 1978), and at WBRZ Channel 2, Baton Rouge as a Reporter (in 1978 and 1979).

Kip Holden Net Worth

Kip Holden is one of the richest Journalist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kip Holden 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Melvin Lee Holden, known as Kip Holden (born August 12, 1952), is an American politician who served from 2005 to 2016 as the Democratic Mayor-President of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA. The parish includes the state capital of Baton Rouge and smaller suburban cities such as Baker, Central City, and Zachary.

He studied at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in Journalism in 1974. He then studied at Southern University in Baton Rouge where he graduatd Master of Arts in Journalism in 1982. He ethen went to Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge where he graduated a Juris Doctor in 1985.

On taking office, Holden retained Walter Monsour, a Republican lawyer originally from Shreveport, as the chief administrative officer, even though Monsour had supported Simpson’s reelection. Monsour told Holden that he would take the position if Holden agreed to treat all areas of the parish equally whether or not those precincts voted for Holden. Monsour had held the same post twenty years earlier in 1985 under then Democratic Mayor-President Pat Screen and was credited with resolving fiscal problems that developed in Screen’s second term. Early in 2009, Monsour stepped down as CAO and was replaced by his assistant, former Republican State Representative Mike Futrell, a native of Baton Rouge. In 2012, Holden tapped a former mayoral rival from 2004, William Daniel, as the chief administrative officer, a position which Daniel still holds. Daniel is a petroleum engineer and a former state representative for District 68 in East Baton Rouge Parish.

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Holden handily won reelection in the nonpartisan blanket primary held in conjunction with the national election on November 6, 2012. One of his opponents, Republican J. Michael “Mike” Walker, Sr., a member of the Metro Council, questioned Holden and the city-parish for having provided security services for Louis Farrakhan when the Nation of Islam spokesman addressed a group on October 3 at Southern University. Walker’s advertisement includes a video of Farrakhan thanking Holden and the police chief for security services and Farrakhan’s escort to Baton Rouge from the airport in New Orleans.

Facts & Trivia

Kip Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Kip Holden celebrates birthday on August 12 of every year.

He was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate in the November 21, 2015 race for lieutenant governor. Victory went to the Republican Billy Nungesser.