Results are in. Most of the major races in New Orleans and across Louisiana have been called.
Voter turnout was about 40% (105,000) in Orleans Parish, an improvement of about 10% compared to the prior two mayoral races.
To view detailed results for local and state elections, click here.
New Orleans Mayoral Election - Helena Moreno Wins
Helena Moreno - 55% (57,797)
Royce Duplessis - 22% (23,474)
Oliver Thomas - 19% (19,619)
Frank Robert Janusa - 2% 2,315
Forty-eight minutes after polls closed, WWL projected that Helena Moreno will be the next mayor of New Orleans after it was confirmed she had garnered 56% of the early vote.
Over at Moreno's victory party, WWL's Scoot got a word with the mayor-elect, who said that she first heard the news on WWL from Political Analyst John Couvillon.
"I was actually in the car when Newell Normand and Dave Cohen were on," says Moreno. "WWL Radio was the first to call it. That's really when it was real."
"Helena's victory is a mandate, as is Michelle Woodfork's," explains Newell Normand on WWL.
“Today’s a good day. I’ve been saying this for a while that the constituency is weary, they’re tired, they don’t like this combativeness that’s gone on. They mostly blame the mayor," says Normand.
"We have become a laughing stock in many circles in this county. I think the people were ready for a change," Normand continues. "When you think about Helena Moreno being the face of the city of New Orleans, I think the constituency is very comfortable with that. And I think it revealed itself in today's vote.”
Click the player below to hear Moreno's victory speech
Political Analyst John Couvillon breaks down the voting results.
“The early vote, which was overwhelmingly Black, and theoretically less favorable for Helena and more favorable for Oliver or Royce, Helena got 55-56% of that vote.”
After votes were tallied, Moreno received around 30% of the Black vote.
"She ran a full-fledged campaign, and I don't think the others ran good campaigns at all, quite frankly," says Normand. "I always thought Oliver under-polled historically. I thought that might happen again, but it doesn't look like it did."
Couvillon states that the opponents of Moreno failed to hit the ground running.
"The old rule about the Friday night attack should be something that should be buried, because the reality is that with one third of the vote being cast early," explains Couvillon. "That's one chunk of the vote you don't have access to, but that's assuming the remaining two-thirds that haven't voted are, number one, paying attention, and two, believe those attacks."
“Seems like turnout has been strong in Uptown, more in Gentilly, and New Orleans East," says Couvillon. “We had record early voting. As of last night, More than 40,000 have early voted, that's more than double what it was 4 years ago and 2.5 times what it was 8 years ago."
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Lafitte Mayoral Election - Yvette R. Crain Wins
Yvette R. Crain gets 217 out of 218 early votes. WWL projects Crain wins the Lafitte mayor's race.
Orleans Parish Sheriff Election - Michelle Woodfork wins
Michelle Woodfork projected to win Orleans Parish Sheriff election.
"When I saw that Sheriff Hutson was polling under 20%, the John Couvillon rule of thumb is that anything under 30% for an incumbent is rigormortis," Couvillon says of Woodfork's overwhelming victory.
Michelle Woodfork - 53% (54,019)
Edwin Shorty - 21% (21,199)
Susan Hutson - 17% (17,469)
New Orleans City Council Races
Mathew Willard projected to win City Council At-Large Division 1 seat.
Matthew Willard - 59% (58,903)
Delisha Boyd - 31% (30,957)
Matthew "Matt" Hill - 9% (9,388)
JP Morrell projected to win City Council At-Large Division 2 seat.
J.P. Morrell - 66% (65,198)
Gregory Manning - 24% (23,305)
Kenneth Cutno - 11% (10,618)
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