1998 New Orleans mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 1998 New Orleans Mayoral Election New Orleans presidential no 1994 New Orleans mayoral election 1994 2002 New Orleans mayoral election 2002 1998 02 07 File:Marc Morial 174-CD-05970x1-003 (cropped).jpg 150x150px Marc Morial Democratic Party (United States) 92,378 79.27% 3x4.svg Kathleen Cresson Democratic Party (United States) 22,767 19.54% The New Orleans mayoral election of 1998 was held on February 7, 1998, and resulted in the reelection of incumbent Marc Morial to a second term as Mayor of New Orleans.Louisiana Secretary of State Election Results, 7 Saturday 1998, Mayor, City of New Orleans. Elections in Louisiana—with the exception of U.S. presidential elections—follow a variation of the open primary system. Candidates of any and all parties are listed on one ballot; voters need not limit themselves to the candidates of one party. Unless one candidate takes more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a run-off election is then held between the top two candidates, who may in fact be members of the same party. In this election, no run-off was needed as Morial won over 50% of the vote in the first round. ResultsVoter Portal https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/graphical Louisiana Secretary of State 4 January 2020 Democratic Party (United States) Marc H. Morial (incumbent) 92,378 79.27 Democratic Party (United States) Kathleen Cresson 22,767 19.54 Other Paul D. Borello 1,398 1.2 116,543 Marc Morial won an easy re-election, with the widest margin of victory in a New Orleans election in several decades. Neither of his opponents - lawyer Kathleen Cresson and arts store manager Paul Borrello - were particularly well-known. With the re-election of the popular Morial widely seen as a foregone conclusion months before election day, the race met with unusual apathy among the city's media and electorate. Debates were not televised, no polls were commissioned, and only 41% of New Orleans electors bothered to vote. References Sources Louisiana Secretary of State Elections Division. Official Election Results Database The Times Picayune. "Morial a winner where he once lost; support crosses racial bounds." February 12, 1998. The Times Picayune. "Mayor's margin widest since 1961." February 8, 1998. 1994 mayoral election New Orleans mayoral elections 2002 mayoral election Category:1998 Louisiana elections 1998 New Orleans Category:1990s in New Orleans Category:February 1998 in the United States