2017 New Orleans mayoral election

2017 New Orleans mayoral election

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November 18, 2017 (runoff)
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Candidate LaToya Cantrell Desiree Charbonnet
Party Democratic Democratic
First round 32,025
39%
25,028
30.48%
Runoff 51,342
60.35%
33,729
39.65%

 
Candidate Michael Bagneris Troy Henry
Party Democratic Democratic
First round 15,405
18.76%
5,270
6.42%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated

Results by precinct:

Mayor before election

Mitch Landrieu
Democratic

Elected Mayor

LaToya Cantrell
Democratic

The 2017 New Orleans mayoral election was held on November 18, 2017. On October 14 all candidates competed on one ballot regardless of party registration (called the nonpartisan blanket primary or "Louisiana primary").

Incumbent Democratic Mayor Mitch Landrieu was term-limited and could not seek reelection. This was the first time since the 1977 New Orleans elections were held in the fall as opposed to February and March. In 2014, at Landrieu's request, the Louisiana State Legislature moved city elections from the spring, when New Orleans hosts the Mardi Gras and Sugar Bowl (and sometimes the Super Bowl). The change in schedule was made in an effort to improve voter turnout.[1]

  1. ^ Richard Rainey (April 7, 2016). "Mayor Landrieu's election date move irks New Orleans voter advocates". The Times-Picayune.

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