Election Results: Nagin(D) - 52% - 59,460 vs. Landrieu(D) - 48% - 54,131

The New Orleans Times-Picayune ^ | May 21, 2006

[new yorker 77]

MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS 442 of 442 precincts reporting

Candidate Number of votes Percentage of votes

Mitch Landrieu (D) - 54,131 - 48%

Ray Nagin (D) - 59,460 - 52%

[new yorker 77]

Notice how this paper had Landrieu listed above Nagin.

Didn't think Nagin would come in on top.

[cripplecreek]

Basically a race with no winner. Just losers.

[Chi-townChief]

Maybe because Nagin is the home team and has last ups.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Hey Nawlins! Got Milk! I guess not.

[xcamel]

Stupid is as Stupid does..

[Diddle E. Squat]

Notice how this paper had Landrieu listed above Nagin. Didn't think Nagin would come in on top.

Ah yes, the evil liberal bias of ALPHABETIZATION.

[ncountylee]

The Landrieu political crime family must have a plan B with all those Federal funds floating around. Could Mitch or Mary be planning to run against Blanco?

[Clintonfatigued]

Nagin owes his reelection to white voters who unexpectedly supported him. I think it was because they didn't want the Landrieu clan taking over the state.

[danamco]

Nagin owes his reelection to white voters who unexpectedly supported him. I think it was because they didn't want the Landrieu clan taking over the state.




Now, I'm somewhat "confused," how can the election be between two democRATS?
No Republicans running in this race??
Hmmmm???

[daviddennis]

This is a run-off.

All the Republicans were eliminated in the general election, pre-runoff.

Amazing Nagin pulled this off. It's too bad Landrieu came in second in the general since I think anyone else could have knocked him off. Pity.

D

[Vasilli22]

Quick beer run for the Nagin victory party.

[DustyMoment]

Unbelievable!! Lousyiana politics is so bad that even the losers remaining in Nagin's "Chocolate City" can't find anyone better than the most incompetent, idiotic, unstable mayor in America (and, possibly, the world).

Just remember, Nawlins, you elected him. Don't come crying to the rest of us the next time you need to be bailed out.

[danamco]

Just remember, Nawlins, you elected him. Don't come crying to the rest of us the next time you need to be bailed out.




He MUST have been able to get all the submerged school buses up running, bringing his voters to the polls!??!
Remember, THAT is much more important to him than getting them out of nawlins before the Katrina warnings!!!
Hmmmm???

[StJacques]

". . . Now, I'm somewhat "confused," how can the election be between two democRATS? No Republicans running in this race?? Hmmmm???"

We have an "open primary" system here in Louisiana, in which all candidates for any particular office run against each other, regardless of their party affiliation. In the event that no candidate gets a majority of the vote in that first go-round, the top two square off in a run-off.

This is not the first time two Democrats have faced each other in a runoff either. And there have even been a few instances in which two Republicans have squared off in elections for lower-level offices.

The "open primary" system was implemented in the 1970's when the Democratic Party establishment recognized that Republicans were growing in strength and they decided to try to forestall this trend by denying Republicans an "automatic" spot in a run-off. The system has worked to the advantage of Democrats ever since, but there is at least some argument that it has helped to shorten the campaign season and reduce costs. But my response to that is this; reducing the number of voting instances in a campaign from a maximum of three to two only limits the number of times the Democrats have to buy votes.

Needless to say; I oppose the "open primary" system. But then I oppose a lot of what constitutes the way things are run in my benighted state.

Pray for Louisiana everyone! Please!

[thegreatbeast]

The last shred of sympathy for NOLA has disappeared here.

[StJacques]

". . . Unbelievable!! Lousyiana politics is so bad that even the losers remaining in Nagin's "Chocolate City" can't find anyone better than the most incompetent, idiotic, unstable mayor in America (and, possibly, the world). . . ."

I have no argument with your appraisal of Nagin DustyMoment, but if I were a voting resident of New Orleans -- I live in Lafayette, Louisiana, about 175 miles to the west -- I would have had to hold my nose, reach for the Nagin lever, close my eyes and pull it.

The Landrieu family has done more to institutionalize electoral fraud in Louisiana than anyone since Huey Long.

Pop up the following page to read about Mary Landrieu's initial election to the U.S. Senate in 1996 to see what I mean:

Fraud in the Woody Jenkins vs. Mary Landrieu Election, Nov. 1996

And the official returns (check out Orleans Parish):

Official Statewide Returns, Louisiana Senate Race, Nov. 1996

As bad as Nagin is, I would have had to vote for him were I a resident of New Orleans. The Landrieus are a terrible influence in Louisiana politics.

[RobbyS]

Right on.

[deport]

Notice how this paper had Landrieu listed above Nagin.

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L comes before N doesn't it?

http://www.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcmpct&rqsdta=0520062431750236
Precinct by precinct results.....

[deport]

Nagin owes his reelection to white voters who unexpectedly supported him. I think it was because they didn't want the Landrieu clan taking over the state.

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He lost support among the white vote this time but still got enough to win [20% or so].

[TheGrimReaper]

My big question:

Shouldn't the hundreds (or more) evacuees who boarded buses in Houston yesterday morning for their little trip to the polls (round-trip, BTW) now be required to return to N.O. to enjoy the fruits of their votes??