It's up on
WWL's website:
442 of 442 Precincts 100%
Ray Nagin (I) 59,460 52%
Mitch Landrieu 54,131 48%
I'm surprised, I thought Mitch would pull it off. I guess enough residents gave Nagin the benefit of the doubt and didn't want to change horses midstream. It'll be curious to see the numbers for out-of-city voters, to see they changed at all from the primary. Or if enough white voters switched from Forman or Couhig to Nagin. Some of this analysis should be up on the
Times-Picayune in the morning.
Here's more from WWL:
Mayor Ray Nagin, ridiculed nationally and derided some locally following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, has been re-elected to office with a solid victory against Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu.
"I am so humbled today," said a spirited but admittedly exhausted Nagin. "This is a great night for the city of New Orleans. This great city is ready to move forward."
Landrieu congratulated Nagin on his victory. "Come hell or high water, and we've had both, we need to come together," said Landrieu. "There are very few second chances in life, and we in New Orleans have a chance to put away the twin cousins of race and poverty."
Nagin took over 80 percent of the African-American vote and just over 20 percent of the white vote in defeating Landrieu. The totals are in contrast to four years ago when Nagin got 84 percent of the white vote in his race against Richard Pennington.