The mayor of New Orleans has won another term? The final results aren't in - but it looks like he's going to eke out a win over Mitch Landrieu. Honestly, I'm really surprised. And I'm wondering what Mitch is going to do next. Running for reelection as Lt. Governor in '07 is the obvious choice - but that's also a dangerous move given that the GOP is expected to do very well in next year's statewide races (including likely electing Bobby Jindal as the state's next governor).
In other race results it looks like the mother of the great actress Patricia Clarkson isn't going to win in her bid for an at-large seat on the City Council (she'd been on the Council before from a district-based seat).
Posted by armand at May 20, 2006 11:34 PM | TrackBack | Posted to PoliticsThe results are in and Nagin's won.
Interesting gender and politics trivia - if James Carter hadn't beaten Kristin Palmer tonight (by less than 1300 votes) to fill Jackie Clarkson's District C seat on the council, all 5 of the council members elected from district seats would have been women. Instead, it's only 4 out of 5, but that still means women will make up a majority of the city council (both of the at-large seats went to men).
Posted by: Armand at May 20, 2006 11:52 PM | PERMALINK