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| Elections in Louisiana |
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The following is a list of elections in Mayor of New Orleans and a summary of their results.
Since 1930, New Orleans has used a two-round system with a preliminary round and a runoff if no candidate reached a majority in the first round.
| Election | First round | Second round | Sources | |||||||||||||
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| Winner/top finisher | Votes | Runner(s)-up A | Votes | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | |||||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |||||||||
| 2021 | LaToya Cantrell (incumbent) | 48,750 | 64.7 | Vina Nguyen | 10,133 | 13.5 | N/A | |||||||||
| Leilani Heno | 6,605 | 8.8 | ||||||||||||||
| Belden Batiste | 3,863 | 5.1 | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | LaToya Cantrell | 32,025 | 39 | Desiree M. Charbonnet | 25,028 | 30.48 | LaToya Cantrell | 51,342 | 60.4 | Desiree M. Charbonnet | 33,729 | 39.7 | [1] [2] | |||
| Michael Bagernis | 15,405 | 18.76 | ||||||||||||||
| Troy Henry | 5,270 | 6.42 | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Mitch Landrieu (incumbent) | 53,441 | 63.57 | Michael Bagneris | 27,991 | 33.29 | N/A | [3] | ||||||||
| 2010 | Mitch Landrieu | 58,279 | 65.52 | Troy Henry | 12,278 | 13.8 | N/A | [4] | ||||||||
| John Georges | 8,190 | 9.21 | ||||||||||||||
| Rob Couhig | 4,874 | 5.48 | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Ray Nagin (incumbent) | 41,561 | 38 | Mitch Landrieu | 31,551 | 29 | Ray Nagin (incumbent) | 59,460 | 52 | Mitch Landrieu | 54,131 | 48 | [5] | |||
| Ron Forman | 18,764 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Rob Couhig | 10,312 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Ray Nagin | 38,323 | 29 | Richard Pennington | 31,259 | 23 | Ray Nagin | 76,639 | 59 | Richard Pennington | 53,836 | 41 | ||||
| Paulette Irons | 24,557 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Singleton | 17,503 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Troy Carter | 13,898 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Marc Morial (incumbent) | 92,378 | 79 | Kathleen Cresson | 22,767 | 20 | N/A | [6] | ||||||||
| 1994 | Donald Mintz | 56,305 | 37 | Marc Morial | 49,604 | 32 | Marc Morial | 93,094 | 54 | Donald Mintz | 77,730 | 46 | ||||
| Mitch Landrieu | 14,689 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Sherman Copelin | 11,731 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Carter | 10,818 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Sidney Barthelemy (incumbent) | 79,995 | 55 | Donald Mintz | 65,047 | 44 | N/A | |||||||||
| 1986 | William J. Jefferson | 62,333 | 38.6 | Sidney Barthelemy | 53,961 | 33.4 | Sidney Barthelemy | 93,050 | 58 | Bill Jefferson | 67,680 | 42 | ||||
| Sam LeBlanc | 40,963 | 25.2 | ||||||||||||||
| 1982 | Ernest Morial (incumbent) | 75,929 | 46.94 | Ron Faucheux | 73,441 | 45.35 | Ernest Morial (incumbent) | 100,703 | 53.2 | Ron Faucheux | 88,583 | 46.8 | ||||
| William J. Jefferson | 11,327 | 6.98 | ||||||||||||||
| 1977 | Ernest Morial | 41,182 | 26.63 | Joe DiRosa | 36,862 | 23.84 | Ernest Morial | 90,539 | 51.7 | Joe DiRosa | 84,325 | 48.3 | ||||
| Nat Kiefer | 36,597 | 23.67 | ||||||||||||||
| deLesseps Morrison, Jr. | 32,176 | 20.81 | ||||||||||||||
| 1973 | Moon Landrieu (incumbent) | 91,007 | 69.6 | A. S. Lee Fernandez | 30,857 | 23.6 | N/A | |||||||||
| 1969-70 | Jimmy Fitzmorris | 59,301 | 34.53 | Moon Landrieu | 33,093 | 19.27 | Moon Landrieu | 89,554 | 53.8 | Jimmy Fitzmorris | 76,726 | 46.2 | ||||
| William J. Guste | 29,487 | 17.17 | ||||||||||||||
| John J. Petre | 22,471 | 13.08 | ||||||||||||||
| David Gertler | 20,572 | 11.98 | ||||||||||||||
| 1965 | Victor Schiro (incumbent) | 81,973 | 50.1 | Jimmy Fitzmorris | 78,654 | 48.1 | N/A | |||||||||
| 1962 | Adrian Duplantier | 57,001 | Victor Schiro | 52,685 | Victor Schiro | 94,157 | 56.3 | Adrian Duplantier | 73,057 | 43.7 | ||||||
| James A. Comiskey | 37,557 | |||||||||||||||
| Paul Burke | 18,913 | |||||||||||||||
| 1958 | deLesseps Morrison (incumbent) | 90,802 | Claude W. Duke | 42,231 | deLesseps Morrison (incumbent) | 90,802 | 57.7 | Claude W. Duke | 43,231 | 27.4 | ||||||
| Fred C. Donaldson | 18,999 | |||||||||||||||
| 1954 | deLesseps Morrison (incumbent) | 94,313 | 59.4 | Thomas Brahney | 49,849 | 31.4 | N/A | |||||||||
| 1950 | deLesseps Morrison (incumbent) | 120,582 | 65.1 | Charles C. Zatarain | 58,260 | 31.6 | N/A | |||||||||
| 1946 | deLesseps Morrison | 67,160 | 50.2 | Robert Maestri (incumbent) | 63,273 | 47.3 | N/A | |||||||||
| 1942 | Robert Maestri (incumbent) | 75,713 | 55 | Shirley Wimberley | N/A | |||||||||||
| 1938 | cancelled by constitutional amendment | N/A | ||||||||||||||
| 1936 | Robert Maestri by acclamation | N/A | ||||||||||||||
| 1934 | T. Semmes Walmsley (incumbent) | 47,753 | 45 | John Klorer, Sr. | 32,066 | 29 | cancelled after Klorer withdrew | |||||||||
| Francis Williams | 28,085 | 26 | ||||||||||||||
| 1930 | T. Semmes Walmsley (incumbent) | Francis Williams | ||||||||||||||
The following is a list of elections held between the end of the Civil War and 1925
| New Orleans mayoral election, 1925 | ||||||
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| Martin Behrman | 35,911 | |||||
| Paul H. Maloney | 33,471 | |||||
| Andrew J. McShane | ||||||
| New Orleans mayoral election, 1920 | ||||||
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| Andrew J. McShane | 22,767 | 51% | ||||
| Martin Behrman | 21,443 | 48% | ||||
| New Orleans mayoral election, 1916 | ||||||
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| Martin Behrman by acclamation | ||||||
| Socialist candidate, Weller, received about 700 votes | ||||||
| New Orleans mayoral election, 1912 | ||||||
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| Martin Behrman | 27,371 | |||||
| Charles F. Claiborne | 13,917 | |||||
| New Orleans mayoral election, 1908 | ||||||
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| Martin Behrman | 26,897 | |||||
| John Porter (Socialist) | 270 | |||||
| W. G. Tebault(independent) | 89 | |||||
| New Orleans mayoral election, 1904 | ||||||
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| Martin Behrman | 13,962 | |||||
| Charles F. Buck | 10,047 | |||||
| New Orleans mayoral election, 1900 | ||||||
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| Paul Capdevielle | 19,366 | |||||
| Walter C. Flower | 13,099 | |||||
| New Orleans mayoral election, 1896 | ||||||
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| Walter C. Flower | 23,345 | |||||
| Charles S. Buck | 17,295 | |||||
| New Orleans mayoral election, 1892 | ||||||
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| John Fitzpatrick | 20,547 | |||||
| Joseph A. Shakespeare | 17,289 | |||||
| New Orleans mayoral election, 1888 | ||||||
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| Joseph A. Shakespeare | 23,313 | |||||
| Robert C. Davey | 15,635 | |||||
| New Orleans mayoral election, 1884 | ||||||
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| J. Valsin Guillotte | 18,278 | |||||
| William J. Behan | 6,612 | |||||
| New Orleans mayoral election, 1882 | ||||||
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| William J. Behan | 14,897 | |||||
| Abel W. Bosworth | 5,346 | |||||
| New Orleans mayoral election, 1880 | ||||||
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| Joseph A. Shakespeare | Democrat | 9,803 | ||||
| Jules Denis | Democrat | 9,362 | ||||
| Cyrus Bussey | Republican | 4,644 | ||||
| New Orleans mayoral election, 1878 | ||||||
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| Isaac W. Patton | 13,932 | |||||
| Robert S. Howard | 7,151 | |||||
| John Wilson | 6,887 | |||||
| C. H. Thibault | 1,140 | |||||
| New Orleans mayoral election, 1876 | ||||||
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| Edward Pilsbury | Democrat | 25,031 | ||||
| C. B. White | Republican | 15,022 | ||||
| New Orleans mayoral election, 1874 | ||||||
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| Charles J. Leeds | Democrat | 25,921 | ||||
| Felix Labatut | Republican | 14,227 | ||||
| New Orleans mayoral election, 1872 | ||||||
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| Louis A. Wiltz | Democrat | 23,896 | ||||
| W. R. Fish | Republican | 12,984 | ||||
| New Orleans mayoral election, 1870 |
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No election; Benjamin F. Flanders appointed by Governor Henry Clay Warmoth
| New Orleans mayoral election, 1868 | ||||||
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| John R. Conway | Democrat | 13,895 | ||||
| Seth W. Lewis | Republican | 13,244 | ||||
| New Orleans mayoral election, 1866 | ||||||
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| John T. Monroe | 3,469 | |||||
| James H. Moore | 3,158 | |||||
| W. L. Robinson | 33 | |||||
| George Purves | 3 | |||||
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