2025 New Orleans mayoral election

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2025 New Orleans mayoral election
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Incumbent Mayor

LaToya Cantrell
Democratic



The 2025 New Orleans mayoral election will be held on October 11, 2025, to elect the mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana. Under the Louisiana primary system, all candidates will appear on the same ballot regardless of party. If none manage to achieve a majority of the vote, a runoff is scheduled to be held on November 15 between the top-two candidates. [1]

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Incumbent mayor LaToya Cantrell is term-limited and thus ineligible to run for re-election in 2025. She was re-elected outright in 2021 with 64.7% of the vote, avoiding a runoff.

Candidates

Declared

Disqualified

Withdrawn

Declined

General election

Endorsements

Royce Duplessis (D)
Statewide officials
State legislators
Municipal officials
Labor unions
Party chapters
Helena Moreno (D)
Federal executive branch officials
U.S. representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators
Municipal officials
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers and other media
  • New Orleans Data News Weekly [18]
Oliver Thomas (D)
Labor unions

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Royce
Duplessis		Arthur
Hunter		Helena
Moreno		Oliver
Thomas		OtherUndecided
Mason Dixon [19] [A] September 8–10, 2025625 (RV)± 4.0%11%–51%16%7% [b] 15%
Faucheux Strategies [20] [B] August 8–14, 2025600 (V)± 4.0%18%5%47%16%2% [c] 12%
Faucheux Strategies [21] [C] July 14–19, 2025600 (V)± 4.0%14%5%47%16%–18%
Faucheux Strategies [22] [D] May 27 – June 4, 2025638 (RV)± 3.78%–9%47%22%–22%
JMC Analytics (R) [23] [E] May 27–28, 2025500 (LV)± 4.4%–11%52%23%–15%

Results

2025 New Orleans mayoral election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Joe Bikulege
Independent Russell Butler
Independent Eileen Carter
Independent Manny Chevrolet
Independent Renada Collins
Democratic Royce Duplessis
Democratic Arthur Hunter (withdrawn)
Republican Frank Janusa
Democratic Helena Moreno
Independent Frank Scurlock
Democratic Oliver Thomas
Independent Ricky Twiggs
Total votes100%

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ Frank Janusa with 7%
  3. ↑ Eileen Carter with 2%; all other candidates with ≤1%
Partisan clients
  1. ↑ Poll commissioned by WVUE-TV
  2. ↑ Poll commissioned by WWL-TV
  3. ↑ Poll commissioned by the Voice of the People PAC, which is led by a man described by The Times-Picayune as "... allied with [Helena] Moreno".
  4. ↑ Poll commissioned by the New Orleans Crime Coalition
  5. ↑ Poll commissioned by a PAC not affiliated with any candidate

References

  1. ↑ "Louisiana Elections Calendar 2025" (PDF). sos.la.gov. Secretary of State of Louisiana. February 2024. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Finn, James (July 11, 2025). "The field is set for New Orleans mayor, City Council, sheriff. See who's running". The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate . Retrieved July 14, 2025.
  3. ↑ Kasakove, Sophie (July 10, 2025). "Former leader of failed Mayor Cantrell recall is running for New Orleans mayor". The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate . Retrieved July 14, 2025.
  4. ↑ Moses, Nigell (June 29, 2025). "State Sen. Royce Duplessis to run for New Orleans Mayor". WWL-TV . Retrieved June 30, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "2025 New Orleans Elections Guide: Mayor's Race". Verite News. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  6. ↑ Lowrey, Erin (November 8, 2024). "New Orleans City Council President Helena Moreno running for mayor". WDSU . Retrieved November 9, 2024.
  7. ↑ Poche, Kaylee (March 18, 2025). "New Orleans Council Member Oliver Thomas makes mayoral bid official". The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate . Retrieved March 18, 2025.
  8. ↑ Finn, James (January 13, 2025). "A long-rumored candidate for New Orleans mayor has decided not to run. Here's why". The Advocate . Retrieved January 13, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Frank Scurlock joins New Orleans mayoral race". WGNO . July 7, 2025. Archived from the original on July 8, 2025. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
  10. ↑ Kollath Wells, Carlie (February 27, 2025). "Who's running for New Orleans mayor in 2025". Axios . Retrieved February 28, 2025.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Finn, James (August 7, 2025). "Arthur Hunter ends campaign for New Orleans mayor, endorses Royce Duplessis". The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate . Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  12. 1 2 Wells, Carlie Kollath (May 7, 2024). "An early look at who's running for New Orleans mayor in 2025". Axios . Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Finn, James (September 8, 2025). "Helena Moreno scores endorsements from these major politicos in New Orleans mayor's race". The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate . Retrieved September 9, 2025.
  14. ↑ "OPDEC's Endorsed Candidates". Orleans Parish Democratic Executive Committee. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
  15. ↑ Finn, James (September 16, 2025). "Troy Carter endorses Helena Moreno for New Orleans mayor". NOLA.com . Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  16. ↑ Mackler, Jessica (June 11, 2025). "EMILYs List Endorses Three Democratic Pro-Choice Women in Mayoral Races". EMILYs List. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
  17. ↑ Pichardo-Erskine, Katharine (April 24, 2025). "Latino Victory Fund Announces Endorsement of Helena Moreno for Mayor of New Orleans". Latino Victory Fund . Retrieved April 25, 2025.
  18. ↑ Buggage, Edwin (August 28, 2025). "Data News Weekly Endorses Helena Moreno for Mayor of New Orleans". New Orleans Data News Weekly. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
  19. ↑ "New FOX 8 poll shows who's leading the New Orleans mayoral race". WVUE-TV. September 12, 2025. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  20. ↑ "WWL poll shows Helena Moreno remains clear front runner in New Orleans mayoral race". WWL-TV. August 18, 2025. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  21. ↑ Finn, James (July 22, 2025). "New poll shows who's in the lead for New Orleans mayor's race now that the field is set" . The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate. Archived from the original on July 23, 2025. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
  22. ↑ "Annual Survey 2025, Part II Civic Priorities and Policymakers" (PDF). New Orleans Crime Coalition. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
  23. ↑ "JMC Analytics Orleans Parish Poll Results" (PDF). JMC Analytics. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
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