New Orleans picks Landrieu for mayor

Feb 6th, 2010 - Houston Chronicle

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Politics competed with Carnival parades and Super Bowl party preparations Saturday as New Orleans voters chose Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu to replace term-limited Mayor Ray Nagin.

Landrieu, who lost to Nagin in a runoff four years ago, was widely seen as the front-runner in an 11-candidate field. He will become the majority black city's first white mayor since his father, Moon Landrieu, left the post in 1979. Other candidates were hoping to force a March 6 runoff.

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