Isn't anybody going to run against Cantrell?
New Orleans voters like their incumbents. Could somebody emerge in the coming months to challenge Mayor LaToya Cantrell?
"1946, 75-years. It's been 75 years since an incumbent mayor was voted out!" Political Analyst Clancy Dubos proclaims in an interview with WWL First News. "New Orleanians have a history of sticking with the mayor who's there, especially since we have them limited to two terms."
Dubos says identifying a challenger to the mayor is a tough call.
"It's a question everybody's asking. Issues like these that have the public all riled up on many levels. Particularly like moving City Hall to the Auditorium, those are the kinds of things an opponent would run on."
But so far, no candidate has even motioned they are interested in getting in the race.
Could someone come forward to challenge Mayor LaToya Cantrell... ...and win?
"The challenge the Mayor's critics face is 'who is that opponent?' They haven't yet lured anybody in and we haven't seen anyone even talk about running who has anywhere near the profile that the incumbent has."
There are issues like crime and the wildly unpopular idea of moving City Hall to Tremé for a candidate to use in a campaign against incumbent Mayor LaToya Cantrell. But so far there hasn't been a candidate to challenge the mayor. We asked political analyst Clancy Dubos if we could see a late entry in the race:
"I can't think of anybody who can think of a dark horse candidate right now because we haven't had qualifying. Typically a dark horse emerges half way through the campaign. And anyone who intends to run as a dark horse typically runs last."
Postscript:
Late Sunday night the name of a challenger emerged to run against incumbent mayor LaToya Cantrell.
Leilani Heno, a local businesswoman, author, TV Personality and motivational speaker. Heno says she is a New Orleans native.