Polls across Louisiana close at 8 pm (CST). Soon, local election results will be announced, including highly anticipated mayoral races in New Orleans, Lafitte, and Slidell.
Newell, Dave Cohen, and Political Analyst John Couvillon will be calling the elections as results pour in. Follow along here for the latest updates, and tune into live coverage on WWL after the LSU game ends.
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New Orleans Mayoral Election - Helena Moreno Wins
Helena Moreno will be the next mayor of New Orleans. She garnered 56% of the early vote.
“Seems like turnout has been strong in Uptown, more in Gentilly, and New Orleans East," says Political Analyst John Couvillon.
“The challenge Helena has right now is that you have two black opponents and a republican who may siphon off votes, is whether she can get to the magic 50% tonight or whether she's forced into a November runoff," says Couvillon.
“We had record early voting. As of last night More than 40,000 have early voted, that's more than double what is was 4 year agoa dn 2. Times what it was 8 years ago.
That means morethan 100,000 New Orleans voters turnout on election days.
“Because most council races are contested. That was driving a lot of people to the polls," says WWL's Newell Normand
“The fact that turnout both in 2017 and 2021 with the early vote was about 2/3ds black," says Couvillon. "As of last night, it was 57% black, and that benefits the candidate who has a multi-racial coalition, which I would argue is more Helena’s strong suit.”
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Slidell Mayoral Election - Randy Fandal Wins
WWL is calling Randy Fandel, with 67% of the early vote, wins the mayoral election in Slidell.
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.
New Orleans City Council Races
Mathew Willard projected to win City Council At-Large Division 1 seat.
JP Morrell projected to win City Council At-Large Division 2 seat.
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