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...performance was vintage Ray Nagin, all confidence and charm with a touch of self-deprecation. Admittedly, a little swagger was in order that night: With 38% of the vote, the incumbent mayor led a crowded field of 22 candidates in Saturday's primary, beating his closest rival and runoff opponent, Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu, by a 10,000-vote margin. But for all of Nagin's good humor, his victory may not be enough to carry him back into office in the May 20 runoff. Nagin's "chocolate city" remarks alienated many conservative white voters who helped propel the political...
...Nagin's opponent in the May runoff, Landrieu, comes from a politically powerful family. His sister is U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu and his father, Moon Landrieu, who served as mayor of New Orleans in the 1970s, opened up city government and facilities to African Americans - a record that has not been forgotten. "One of the great challenges for the next mayor is, how do you harness all of this national energy that wants to come in, and how much energy there is in the city, and actually move it in the right direction?" Landrieu told TIME Sunday. He said Saturday...
...Nagin to win, he'll have to reap support from the white voters and business types who, after helping elect him four years ago, defected in large numbers this time around to the camp of third-place finisher Ron Forman, president and CEO of the Audubon Nature Institute. But Forman endorsed Landrieu Monday afternoon, despite the fact that Landrieu's long family affiliation with Democratic politics could be a bitter pill for many of Forman's Republican followers...
...Nagin has pointedly been dropping the names of two of the city's most prominent white businessmen - Joe Canizaro and Donald "Boysie" Bollinger - who are close to the White House, but neither has come out publicly for him so far. If Nagin can't match the third of the white vote that Landrieu received, then, the pollster Pinsonat says, "stick a fork in [him], he's done...
...Both Landrieu and Nagin have been criticized for dodging politically contentious rebuilding issues, such as proposals to declare some of the areas most devastated by Katrina's floodwaters off-limits for redevelopment. Landrieu said the next few weeks will give voters a clearer picture of where each of the candidates would lead the city. "I would suspect that whatever debates we have, and I'm sure there will be some, will be a little bit broader and more in depth," he said...