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Polls had shown Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu lingering below 50 percent in his attempt to subdue an 11-candidate field in the New Orleans mayoral race held Saturday, but as it turns out there might not be any need for a runoff. With 37 of 366 precincts tallied, Landrieu is carrying better than 65 percent of [...]

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No one denies that Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu is the frontrunner in the New Orleans mayor’s race. But a new poll released Wednesday by WWL-TV in New Orleans indicates the third-time candidate could be in some familiar trouble from here on in to Election Day. Landrieu has a big lead at the moment, with 45 percent of [...]

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After seven years of Ray Nagin, the people of New Orleans are all too familiar with the idea of a buffoon as their mayor. It’s questionable whether an appetite exists for another pea from that pod. Such an appetite would have to be ravenous in order for it to do John Georges any good in [...]

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