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You have to remember that New Orleans is a heavy Democratic city; a Republican quite simply stands no chance at all of ever being elected mayor of New Orleans. New Orleans is also a very corrupt city, and has been ineptly administered for generations. I lived there for many years, and my family goes back to the 1840s in New Orleans; my wife's family goes back to the 1700s in New Orleans. There are many VERY smart people in New Orleans, but they all stay away from politics, except for some of them, who are very political behind the scenes, where a lot of them are very influential (probably because they don't want to get indicted along with the politicos)