New Orleans mayoral election, 1969-70

The New Orleans mayoral election of 1969-1970 resulted in the election of Moon Landrieu as mayor of New Orleans. This election also saw an unexpectedly strong showing for a Republican candidate; the party had previously had negligible support in the city.

Candidates

Major candidates in the Democratic primary included:
*former State Representative and City Councilman-at-Large Moon Landrieu,

*Jimmy Fitzmorris, former City Councillor from 1954 to 1966

*former Louisiana Attorney General and current State Senator William J. Guste

*City Councillor-at-Large John J. Petre had previously been a state legislator.

*Judge David Gertler was well financed and had strong support from the city's Jewish community

*Orleans Parish School Board President Lloyd J. Rittiner

Results

First Democratic Party Primary, November 8, 1969

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list=New Orleans mayoral elections
next=1973 mayoral election

Sources

* Orleans Parish Democratic Executive Committee. "First and Second Democratic Primary Elections", 1969.
* Fitzmorris, James E. "Frankly, Fitz!" Pelican, 1992.