NO Mayoral Race

[CajunMama]

The polls are closed but no returns in yet. If you want to check them out go to http://www.nola.com or you can check out http://www.wwl.com

[MiamiensisWx]

I can't look! I can't look!



*HOLDS BREATH WAITING FOR APOCALYPSE*

[CajunMama]

16 of 442 precincts reporting
Candidate Number of votes Percentage of votes
Ron Forman 592 21%
Mitch Landrieu 852 30%
Ray Nagin 927 32%

http://www.nola.com

[CajunMama]

30 of 442 precincts reporting
Candidate Number of votes Percentage of votes
Ron Forman 1314 21%
Mitch Landrieu 2044 33%
Ray Nagin 1792 29%

[CajunMama]

MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS 117 of 442 precincts reporting
Candidate Number of votes Percentage of votes
Mitch Landrieu 7126 31%
Ray Nagin 6671 29%
Ron Forman 5203 22%

[CajunMama]

MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS 190 of 442 precincts reporting
Candidate Number of votes Percentage of votes
Ray Nagin 12,897 35%
Mitch Landrieu 10,653 29%
Ron Forman 7.271 20%

[Javlin]

So how is this going to work if no one get 50%,a runoff of the top 2-3 candidates?

[CajunMama]

A runoff of the top 2 regardless of political party affiliation

[CajunMama]

MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS 347 of 442 precincts reporting
Candidate Number of votes Percentage of votes
Ray Nagin 25,954 37%
Mitch Landrieu 20,274 29%
Ron Forman 12,503 18%

[CajunMama]

definately a runoff between nagin and landrieu

[HurryKane]

I was hoping Forman would do better. Oh well.

[Lindaloo]

Nagin has his work cut out for him. I hope he loses BIG TIME!

[MiamiensisWx]

I knew it... apocalypse is happening. It is really sad that political correctness is becoming the norm in elections. I hope Nagin loses, too!

[MiamiensisWx]

By the way, where is Nagin getting all this support from?

[MiamiensisWx]

443 of 443 precincts reporting
Candidate Number of votes Percentage of votes
Ray Nagin 41,489 38%
Mitch Landrieu 31,499 29%
Ron Forman 18,734 17%

http://www.nola.com/

This is the latest.

[HurryKane]

I get the feeling that Landrieu and Forman probably split a lot of the, uhm, ah, please don't hit me for saying it, but a lot of the white vote.

It's possible those who voted for Forman would swing to Landrieu and really give Nagin a run for the money, but I have a feeling Nagin will win. He will then feel that it's acceptable to act as foolishly as he has been in the months since Katrina, and NOLA will be under the thumb of a laughingstock.

[senorpepr]

Before it becomes a problem... I want to step up and say we need to watch the political posts. Regardless of your views of the candidates, we should shy away from the political side. Thanks

[TSmith274]

Most New Orleans voters voted for change. Nagin got 38% of the vote, and I don't expect that number to go up much, if at all. Landrieu should win the runoff in pretty easy fashion. And while I voted for Couhig, I'd be happy with Mitch as my mayor. He's more than capable, and I believe he'll do a great job.

[HurryKane]

Interesting numbers from the election here.

Numbers/statements from the article:

Nagin: garnered less than 10% of vote in predominantely white precincts
Landrieu: 2nd behind Nagin in predominantely black precincts, 2nd behind Forman in predominantly white precincts

[Audrey2Katrina]

Most New Orleans voters voted for change. Nagin got 38% of the vote, and I don't expect that number to go up much, if at all. Landrieu should win the runoff in pretty easy fashion. And while I voted for Couhig, I'd be happy with Mitch as my mayor. He's more than capable, and I believe he'll do a great job.

I too was hoping for a better Couhig turnout--probably would've done better had the race lasted about a month longer and he got a lot more money, he might have made the cut. Unfortunately, I don't see Landrieu as much of a "change" candidate at all, JMHO, but I'll eschew further comment for fear of breaching the "politics" border. Suffice it to say, I wish New Orleans well; but I also wish there'd have been a different candidate in the runoff. The BIG question, to keep it on a S2K level, is how well will the next person in the mayor's office prepare the city for another (God-forbid) hit...and will they take a "realistic" approach to rebuild and recover, as opposed to demagoguing the issue, and will they actually try to get that MRGO CLOSED!... I'd LOVE to hear one of 'em address those!....
Hurricane protection and wetland restoration... ACTION will be needed whoever the mayor turns out to be.

A2K