Two days after the latest poll in the East Baton Rouge mayor-president election was released showing Ted James ahead by one point, Sharon Weston Broome’s campaign released a sixty-second radio ad that included secretly-recorded clips of James.

In the ad, which records James speaking at an event next to text reading “In His Own Words,” James is heard saying “Quite honestly, a white man, a white man, if he knows he got to deal with someone Black, he would rather deal with another man than a woman. It’s f—ed up, it’s screwed up and honestly, I get to take advantage of it.”

The ad also accuses James of changing his position on St. George, including recording of him saying “I’m a woke MAGA guy.”

Broome defended her ad in an interview with WAFB, saying candidates need to remain “consistent” throughout their campaign.

James’ campaign responded to the ad with a statement sent to WAFB, reading “The Sharon Weston Broome campaign has once again sunk to a new low by secretly recording, heavily editing and misrepresenting a conversation Ted had with Broome’s campaign manager, M.E. Cormier at her request. Ted was quoting something he was told by a third party in one segment, and ridiculing the Mayor’s attacks on him as a MAGA guy in another.”

James’ campaign also demanded that Broome’s team release an uncut version of the audio, threatening to sue Broome if it is not shared.

At a press conference Wednesday night, Broome addressed James’ statement, saying her campaign has no plans to take the ad down.