New Orleans mayoral election, 2010

New Orleans mayoral election, 2010
New Orleans mayoral election, 2010
New Orleans
2006 ←
February 6, 2010
→ 2014

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Nominee Mitch Landrieu Troy Henry
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 58,276 12,275
Percentage 65% 14%

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Nominee John Georges Rob Couhig
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 8,189 4,874
Percentage 9% 5%

Mayor before election

Ray Nagin
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Mitch Landrieu
Democratic

The New Orleans mayoral election of 2010 is an election for Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana. The first round of voting took place on December 9 through December 11, 2009, and the election occurred on February 6, 2010. The incumbent mayor, Ray Nagin, was ineligible to run for the office again due to term limits.

On February 6, Mitch Landrieu was elected Mayor of New Orleans, and was sworn in on May 3, 2010.

Contents

Candidates

Several candidates in multiple parties registered to run for the office of Mayor of New Orleans.

Democratic

Republican

  • Rob Couhig, lawyer, businessman and entrepreneur, Couhig is a two-time US House of Representatives candidate.

Not qualifying

  • Brad Pitt, Actor. Despite a tongue-in-cheek "Brad Pitt for Mayor" campaign by some locals, Pitt was not actually running. He does not qualify under the city charter, which specifies candidates must have been New Orleans residents for at least 5 years. [3]

Results

It is worth noting that the 2010 New Orleans mayoral election occurred on the day before Super Bowl XLIV, the first (and only) Super Bowl for which the New Orleans Saints have ever competed. The year's highly successful football season brought about an unprecedented amount of local support for the team and resulted in relatively low voter turnouts due to preoccupation with city-wide celebrations.

Mayor of New Orleans election results[4]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic Mitch Landrieu 58,276 65.52%
Democratic Troy Henry 12,275 13.80%
Democratic John Georges 8,189 9.21%
Republican Robert Couhig 4,874 5.48%
Democratic James Perry 2,702 3.04%
Democratic Nadine Ramsey 1,894 2.13%
Republican Thomas A. Lambert 239 0.27%
Independent Jonah Bascle 160 0.18%
Independent Manny Chevrolet Bruno 139 0.16%
Independent Jerry Jacobs 106 0.12%
Independent Norbert P. Rome 84 0.09%
Totals 88,938 100%

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