New Orleans Is Electing a New Mayor and a Wide Field Is Pledging Change After Indictments
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans voters on Saturday are picking a new mayor to replace two-term incumbent LaToya Cantrell, whose indictment on corruption charges has left a wide field of candidates promising change to city hall.
It is the first of several high-profile mayoral races in the coming weeks in the U.S., including elections in New York and Detroit in November.
The election also comes as President Donald Trump has suggested that New Orleans could be one of his next targets to send the National Guard to fight crime. Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has asked for a deployment but the Trump administration has yet to make an announcement on the request.
More than 10 mayoral hopefuls in New Orleans are vying to succeed Cantrell, a Democrat, who cannot run again because of term limits. She's also kept a low profile since federal prosecutors in August accused her of a yearslong scheme to hide a romantic relationship with her former bodyguard, Jeffrey Vappie.
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