38% of New Orleans resident eligible to vote cast their ballots for Ray Nagin, the current mayor of New Orleans. He recieved the most votes, but he also failed to secure 62% of the votes, which could hurt him when the runoff election takes place.
Under the current NOLA law, the Mayor must recieve 50% of the votes, otherwise a runoff would occur. The other candidate to appear in the runoff will be Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu, who recieved 29%. The third place finisher, business Ron Foreman, who recieved 17% of the vote & will not be in the runoff, threwhis support behind Landrieu. This is understandable, because a person who comes in third in anything would never throw his support behind the leader.
I don't live in New Orleans, so don't really know how Mayor Ray Nagin is viewed down there. It sounds like he's popular, but there might be some mistrust in the workings of the government in that area, which is understandable, considering all the failures.
NOTE: The jury is now deliberating in the Zacharias Moussaoui case. It'll be interesting to see what verdict he recieves...and how fast the defense will appeal over the fact that the trial was not "fair".
-Adam
SOURCE: MSNBC.com
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