New Orleans mayoral elections explained

Election results

The following is a list of elections in Mayor of New Orleans and a summary of their results.

Elections since 1930

Since 1930, New Orleans has used a two-round system with a preliminary round and a runoff if no candidate reached a majority in the first round.

Election		First round							Second round							Sources
		Winner/top finisher	Votes		Runner(s)-up	Votes			Winner	Votes		Runner-up	Votes
				%			%				%			%
2021		LaToya Cantrell (incumbent)	48,750	64.7	Vina Nguyen	10,133	13.5
					Leilani Heno	6,605	8.8
					Belden Batiste	3,863	5.1
2017		LaToya Cantrell	32,025	39	Desiree M. Charbonnet	25,028	30.48			51,342	60.4	Desiree M. Charbonnet	33,729	39.7		^[1] ^[2]
						15,405	18.76
					Troy Henry	5,270	6.42
2014		Mitch Landrieu (incumbent)	53,441	63.57	Michael Bagneris	27,991	33.29		^[3]
2010		Mitch Landrieu	58,279	65.52	Troy Henry	12,278	13.8		^[4]
					John Georges	8,190	9.21
					Rob Couhig	4,874	5.48
2006		Ray Nagin (incumbent)	41,561	38	Mitch Landrieu	31,551	29		Ray Nagin (incumbent)	59,460	52		54,131	48		^[5]
					Ron Forman	18,764	17
					Rob Couhig	10,312	10
2002		Ray Nagin	38,323	29	Richard Pennington	31,259	23		Ray Nagin	76,639	59		53,836	41
					Paulette Irons	24,557	18
					Jim Singleton	17,503	13
					Troy Carter	13,898	10
1998		Marc Morial (incumbent)	92,378	79		22,767	20		^[6]
1994		Donald Mintz	56,305	37	Marc Morial	49,604	32		Marc Morial	93,094	54	Donald Mintz	77,730	46
					Mitch Landrieu	14,689	10
					Sherman Copelin	11,731	8
					Ken Carter	10,818	7
1990		Sidney Barthelemy (incumbent)	79,995	55		65,047	44
1986		William J. Jefferson	62,333	38.6	Sidney Barthelemy	53,961	33.4			93,050	58		67,680	42
					Sam LeBlanc	40,963	25.2
1982		Ernest Morial (incumbent)	75,929	46.94	Ron Faucheux	73,441	45.35		Ernest Morial (incumbent)	100,703	53.2		88,583	46.8
					William J. Jefferson	11,327	6.98
1977		Ernest Morial	41,182	26.63	Joe DiRosa	36,862	23.84			90,539	51.7		84,325	48.3
					Nat Kiefer	36,597	23.67
					deLesseps Morrison, Jr.	32,176	20.81
1973		Moon Landrieu (incumbent)	91,007	69.6		30,857	23.6
1969-70		Jimmy Fitzmorris	59,301	34.53	Moon Landrieu	33,093	19.27			89,554	53.8		76,726	46.2
					William J. Guste	29,487	17.17
					John J. Petre	22,471	13.08
					David Gertler	20,572	11.98
1965		Victor Schiro (incumbent)	81,973	50.1		78,654	48.1
1962		Adrian Duplantier	57,001		Victor Schiro	52,685				94,157	56.3		73,057	43.7
					James A. Comiskey	37,557
					Paul Burke	18,913
1958		deLesseps Morrison (incumbent)	90,802		Claude W. Duke	42,231			deLesseps Morrison (incumbent)	90,802	57.7		43,231	27.4
					Fred C. Donaldson	18,999
1954		deLesseps Morrison (incumbent)	94,313	59.4	Thomas Brahney	49,849	31.4
1950		deLesseps Morrison (incumbent)	120,582	65.1	Charles C. Zatarain	58,260	31.6
1946			67,160	50.2	Robert Maestri (incumbent)	63,273	47.3
1942		Robert Maestri (incumbent)	75,713	55	Shirley Wimberley
1938		cancelled by constitutional amendment
1936		Robert Maestri by acclamation							colspan=6
1934		T. Semmes Walmsley (incumbent)	47,753	45	John Klorer, Sr.	32,066	29		cancelled after Klorer withdrew
					Francis Williams	28,085	26
1930		T. Semmes Walmsley (incumbent)			Francis Williams

Elections from 1866—1925

The following is a list of elections held between the end of the Civil War and 1925

New Orleans mayoral election, 1925
	35,911
Paul H. Maloney	33,471
Andrew J. McShane

New Orleans mayoral election, 1920
	22,767	51%
Martin Behrman	21,443	48%

New Orleans mayoral election, 1916
Martin Behrman by acclamation
Socialist candidate, Weller, received about 700 votes

New Orleans mayoral election, 1912
	27,371
Charles F. Claiborne	13,917

New Orleans mayoral election, 1908
	26,897
John Porter (Socialist)	270
W. G. Tebault (independent)	89

New Orleans mayoral election, 1904
	13,962
Charles F. Buck	10,047

New Orleans mayoral election, 1900
	19,366
Walter C. Flower	13,099

New Orleans mayoral election, 1896
	23,345
Charles S. Buck	17,295

New Orleans mayoral election, 1892
	20,547
Joseph A. Shakespeare	17,289

New Orleans mayoral election, 1888
	23,313
Robert C. Davey	15,635

New Orleans mayoral election, 1884
	18,278
William J. Behan	6,612

New Orleans mayoral election, 1882
	14,897
Abel W. Bosworth	5,346

New Orleans mayoral election, 1880
Joseph A. Shakespeare	Democrat	9,803
Jules Denis	Democrat	9,362
Cyrus Bussey	Republican	4,644

New Orleans mayoral election, 1878
	13,932
Robert S. Howard	7,151
John Wilson	6,887
C. H. Thibault	1,140

New Orleans mayoral election, 1876
Edward Pilsbury	Democrat	25,031
C. B. White	Republican	15,022

New Orleans mayoral election, 1874
Charles J. Leeds	Democrat	25,921
Felix Labatut	Republican	14,227

New Orleans mayoral election, 1872
Louis A. Wiltz	Democrat	23,896
W. R. Fish	Republican	12,984

New Orleans mayoral election, 1870

No election; Benjamin F. Flanders appointed by Governor Henry Clay Warmoth

New Orleans mayoral election, 1868
John R. Conway	Democrat	13,895
Seth W. Lewis	Republican	13,244

New Orleans mayoral election, 1866
John T. Monroe	3,469
James H. Moore	3,158
W. L. Robinson	33
George Purves	3

Elections before Civil War

Notes

A. Only listing candidates who received a vote share of at least 5%

Notes and References

1. Web site: Louisiana Secretary of State - Election Results.
2. Web site: Louisiana Secretary of State - Election Results.
3. Web site: Louisiana Secretary of State - Election Results . Office of Louisiana Secretary of State . 4 February 2014.
4. Web site: Louisiana Secretary of State - Election Results . Office of Louisiana Secretary of State . February 4, 2014.
5. Web site: Voter Portal . Louisiana Secretary of State . 29 October 2019.
6. Louisiana Secretary of State Election Results, 7 Saturday 1998, Mayor, City of New Orleans.