New Orleans Elections (63)
New Orleans Elections: News articles about the New Orleans elections and New Orleans Mayor's race, New Orleans Mayor race
BREAKING: New Orleans Mayor's Race: Charbonnet suddenly opts out from Voice PAC forum
Written by Stephen Sabludowsky
5:26 PM...One of the leading candidates for New Orleans Mayor has suddenly decided to pull out of the forum tonight being held at Loyola University organized by a new Super Pac led by New Orleans business person and personality Sidney Torres.
VoicePAC Poll: Should New Orleans Mayor pick next Superintendent of Police, or voters?
Written by Bayoubuzz Staff
Should the New Orleans voters elect the Superintendent of Police similar to the way other large communities do, such as Jefferson Parish Sheriff or should the Mayor continue to select that person?
Prior to hosting a forum of the candidates for Mayor, VoicePac, the organization led by New Orleans business person, Sidney Torres announced its own findings.
Leading New Orleans Mayor Candidates talk police manpower, consent decree
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For many people, the New Orleans crime problem has been and is, the greatest challenge for the city, particularly for the next Mayor of the city who will be replacing the current city chief executive, Mitch Landrieu. The prominence of the issue gets even more apparent as the voters face the New Orleans election and the New Orleans Mayor’s race.
PUNCHING the New Orleans Mayor race, City Council elections with laughs
Written by Stephen Sabludowsky
If you like your New Orleans Politics with a twist of humor, going into directions that even a crack-meteroligist can’t forecast, then you need to join Jeff Crouere and me at our next Politics with a Punch, this Thursday night.
New Orleans Mayor's Race: Gambit Weekly picks Latoya Cantrell due to experience as Councilwoman
Written by Bayoubuzz Staff
The Gambit Weekly, always a desired endorsement, has chosen LaToya Cantrell as its preferred candidate for the upcoming New Orleans mayor.
The Gambit Weekly, always a desired endorsement, has chosen LaToya Cantrell as its preferred candidate for the upcoming New Orleans mayor.In particular, the Gambit said, “Every one of those is a make-or-break challenge. New Orleans cannot afford a mayor who faces a learning curve. Our next mayor will have to hit the ground running on Day One. We think the best person to do that is someone who has already dealt with those issues extensively, first-hand, from the ground-up as a neighborhood leader and as a proven coalition builder at City Hall. LaToya Cantrell is the only mayoral candidate who has done that — and she continues to do it every day, while the others merely talk about it. That’s the critical difference between Cantrell and her opponents.
New Orleans Mayor's Race: Charbonnet, Cantrell, Bagneris--the young and GOP vote
Written by Stephen Sabludowsky
Who makes the runoff in the New Orleans Mayor's race might come down to who wins the young vote.
This is a topic Christopher Tidmore, political writer from the Louisiana Weekly and radio talk show host from WRNO, discussed in the second part of his Facebook Live discussion with me Wednesday afternoon.
Tidmore: New Orleans Mayor's race in virtual tie, large uncertain vote
Written by Stephen Sabludowsky
If you’re looking for a good summary of the candidates, the background players, the organizations, the New Orleans election history, just contact political reporter, Christopher Tidmore.
On Wednesday, via Facebook Live, I discussed the New Orleans Mayor’s race and New Orleans elections with Tidmore, who writes for The Louisiana Weekly and who hosts a radio show locally.
New Orleans Mayor's Race Poll and pick Landrieu, Morial or Nagin?
Written by Stephen Sabludowsky
Which Mayor might win the New Orleans election if the candidates were between two former Mayors and the current one, Mitch Landrieu? This is an extrapolation of an issue that a local PAC surveyed when it asked the following question:
Today: Talk New Orleans Mayor's Race, Council elections with Christopher Tidmore
Written by Bayoubuzz Staff
Which is the candidate to beat in the New Orleans Mayor’s race—Michael Bagneris, Desiree Charbonnet, LaToya Cantrell, Troy Henry, Frank Spurlock? Will campaign money make the key difference? What are the major issues that appear to resonate with the voters? What might be the impact of New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu? Will the Sewage and Water Board scandal seriously pour into the New Orleans Mayor’s election? The City Council elections? Who are the leading candidates in the competitive New Orleans City Council contests?
Crouere: Mitch Landrieu's New Orleans Mayor's race backing, a "kiss of death"?
Written by Jeff Crouere
There are 25 days until the voters of New Orleans decide the top two candidates in the crowded race for Mayor of New Orleans. There are currently 18 candidates running for Mayor; however, most analysts have concluded there are three clear front-runners: Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell, Former Judge Desiree Charbonnet and Former Judge Michael Bagneris, all Democrats.
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Dueling polls in New Orleans Mayor's race show Cantrell, Bagneris, Cantrell trading rankings
Written by Stephen SabludowskyThis weekend, two different findings from two respectable pollsters with two totally different results hit the New Orleans Mayor’s election streets.
Rigamer's New Orleans Mayor's race poll: Charbonnet 20%, Cantrell 15%, Bagneris 10%
Written by Stephen Sabludowsky
According to a poll by Greg Rigamer, Desiree Charbonnet has a five point lead over her closest competitor LaToya Cantrell but 41% of those polled were undecided. The poll was commissioned by the Charbonnet campaign and the five point margin was within the same margin of error.
Money makes New Orleans Mayor's election go around with Super PACS, trash site, mailer
Written by Stephen Sabludowsky
“Money makes the elections go around, the elections go around, the elections go around.”
In today’s political world and in this case, the New Orleans Mayor’s race, money tells us much about who might be in the runoff, post-election day. Desiree Charbonnet, has a major advantage right now in terms of cash-on-hand compared to all other candidates. She leads with a 3 to 1 advantage over her next top-tier opponent, LaToya Cantrell, New Orleans City Councilwoman.
Cowardly attack vs. Charbonnet in New Orleans Mayor race, but she's deep with campaign dough
Written by Stephen Sabludowsky
The dirty attack ads and websites that define most political races are off and running in the race for New Orleans Mayor. In an age of SuperPacs with unknown donors, we're now seeing cowardly anti-candidate sites showing up in political cyberspace without any identifiers as to who funded, built, created or responsible for the domain and sites itself.
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