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Frank Scurlock
Frank Scurlock (unaffiliated) is running for election for Mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana. He is on the ballot in the primary on October 11, 2025.[source]
Biography
Scurlock founded Scurlock Entertainment Global, Positive Sky, and Air World Enterprises. He was the owner of Space Walk Inc., a company specializing in bounce houses and safety air cushions, prior to his retirement.[1]
2025 battleground election
Ballotpedia identified the October 11, 2025, nonpartisan primary as a battleground election. The summary below is from our coverage of this election, found here.
Eleven candidates are running in the nonpartisan primary for mayor of New Orleans on Oct. 11, 2025. Royce Duplessis (D), Helena Moreno (D), and Oliver Thomas (D) lead in media attention. Incumbent Mayor LaToya Cantrell (D), who was first elected in 2017, is term-limited.
According to NOLA.com’s Sophie Kasakove and James Finn, since New Orleans is a predominately Democratic city in a state with a Republican trifecta, the three leading candidates “are trying to convince voters they’re best positioned to defend the city's autonomy and traditions, while still working to show they can reach across the aisle to advance the city’s agenda in one of the country’s most conservative states and at a time when federal threats to autonomy and funding loom.”[2]
Duplessis was first elected to represent District 5 in the Louisiana Senate in a 2022 special election. He previously represented District 93 in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2018 to 2022.
Duplessis said, “I have a bold vision for where New Orleans needs to go and what it will take to get us there. [...] As a parent, I want my seven-year-old daughter to inherit a city that is safe, prosperous, and equitable. For too long, we have settled for a community that survives from crisis to crisis. Our children deserve a city that thrives.”[3]
Moreno was first elected to represent an at-large seat on the New Orleans City Council in 2017. She served as the Council’s president from 2019 to 2023, after which she became its vice president. Moreno previously represented District 93 in the state House from 2010 to 2018.
Moreno said, “Too many people are leaving New Orleans because our city doesn't work for them. But I'm ready to bring them home and keep you here. Enough of the same old ways. We do not have to settle for this. It's time for change. I have the experience and vision to make sure we have a city that works for everyone.”[4]
Thomas was first elected to represent District E on the New Orleans City Council in 2021. He previously represented District B on the Council from 1994 to 2002 and an at-large seat from 2002 to 2007. Thomas resigned from the Council in 2007 and served 37 months in prison after pleading guilty to a federal bribery charge.[5][6]
Thomas said, “As a father, former businessman, and lifelong community advocate, I bring a unique combination of lived experience and leadership. I understand how city government should work because I’ve seen it. I know what it means to serve the people, not just in title, but in action, and I’m ready to lead a New Orleans that works for everyone, with no one left behind.”[7]
Frank Janusa (R), Joseph Bikulege (Unaffiliated), Manny Chevrolet Bruno (Unaffiliated), Russell Butler (Unaffiliated), Eileen Carter (Unaffiliated), Renada Collins (Unaffiliated), Frank Scurlock (Unaffiliated), and Richard Twiggs Jr. (Unaffiliated) are also running in the election.
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate must win more than 50% of the vote to win the election outright. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation. If necessary, the general election will take place on Nov. 15, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: Mayoral election in New Orleans, Louisiana (2025)
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
General election
The primary will occur on October 11, 2025. The general election will occur on October 11, 2025. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of New Orleans
The following candidates are running in the primary for Mayor of New Orleans on October 11, 2025.
Candidate | ||
 | Royce Duplessis (D) | |
| Arthur Hunter (D) (Unofficially withdrew) | ||
 | Helena Moreno (D) | |
 | Oliver Thomas (D) | |
 | Frank Janusa (R) | |
Joseph Bikulege (Unaffiliated)  | ||
 | Manny Chevrolet Bruno (Unaffiliated) | |
 | Russell Butler (Unaffiliated) | |
| Eileen Carter (Unaffiliated) | ||
 | Renada Collins (Unaffiliated) | |
 | Frank Scurlock (Unaffiliated) | |
 | Richard Twiggs Jr. (Unaffiliated) | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Polls
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Election campaign finance
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Endorsements
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2023
See also: Louisiana gubernatorial election, 2023
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Governor of Louisiana
The following candidates ran in the primary for Governor of Louisiana on October 14, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jeff Landry (R) | 51.6 | 547,827 |
 | Shawn Wilson (D) | 25.9 | 275,525 | |
 | Stephen Waguespack (R) | 5.9 | 62,287 | |
 | John Schroder (R) | 5.3 | 56,654 | |
 | Hunter Lundy (Independent) | 4.9 | 52,165 | |
| Daniel Cole (D) | 2.6 | 27,662 | ||
 | Sharon Hewitt (R) | 1.7 | 18,468 | |
 | Benjamin Barnes (Independent) | 0.5 | 5,190 | |
| Patrick Henry Barthel (R) | 0.4 | 4,426 | ||
 | Richard Nelson (R) (Unofficially withdrew) | 0.3 | 3,605 | |
| Jeffery Istre (Independent) | 0.3 | 3,400 | ||
 | Xavier Ellis (R) | 0.2 | 1,734 | |
| Keitron Gagnon (Independent) | 0.1 | 1,260 | ||
 | Xan John (R) | 0.1 | 1,164 | |
| Frank Scurlock (Independent) | 0.1 | 1,131 | |
| Total votes: 1,062,498 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Oscar Dantzler (D)
Endorsements
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2017
The following candidates ran in the primary election for mayor of New Orleans.
| Mayor of New Orleans, Primary Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  LaToya Cantrell |
39.00% | 32,025 | |
| Democratic | Desiree Charbonnet |
30.48% | 25,028 | |
| Democratic | Michael Bagneris | 18.76% | 15,405 | |
| Democratic | Troy Henry | 6.42% | 5,270 | |
| Democratic | Tommie Vassel | 1.36% | 1,120 | |
| Independent | Hashim Walters | 0.56% | 462 | |
| Democratic | Thomas Albert | 0.56% | 456 | |
| Independent | Edward Bruski | 0.55% | 450 | |
| Democratic | Frank Scurlock | 0.47% | 385 | |
| No Party | Manny Chevrolet Bruno | 0.32% | 264 | |
| No Party | Derrick O'Brien Martin | 0.29% | 238 | |
| Independent | Patrick Van Hoorebeek | 0.28% | 232 | |
| Democratic | Charles Anderson | 0.28% | 230 | |
| No Party | Byron Cole | 0.26% | 212 | |
| No Party | Matthew Hill | 0.13% | 108 | |
| Democratic | Edward Collins Sr. | 0.12% | 96 | |
| Democratic | Brandon Dorrington | 0.11% | 92 | |
| Democratic | Johnese Smith | 0.05% | 38 | |
| Total Votes | 82,111 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Saturday, October 14, 2017," accessed October 14, 2017 | ||||
Campaign themes
2025
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2023
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2017
Scurlock's campaign website included the following themes:
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New Orleans is known throughout the world as a city that embraces fun and enjoyment. Sadly that “joie de vivre” isn’t shared by the majority of families that live and work here. It’s hard to embrace the “fun” associates with our city when you struggle to find a place to live, struggle to find a safe place for your family, struggle to find a job that pays you a liveable wage or struggle to get to work on our broken infrastructure. To make New Orleans the city that it ought to be — after all we have all the things cities need to be great (sunny weather, a great location, abundant natural resources, an active port and airport and a progressive population that exceeds 384,000 — we must get to the root of the many challenges holding our city and its citizens back: poverty and a history of focusing on consolidated political power instead of making things happen for the folks that need it. Our platform focuses on four primary goals:
We’ve simplified that to ‘A.C.E.’S.’ which represents the real kitchen table issues that our families face on a daily basis and keeps both our families and out city from achieving success. Our city’s overall poverty and lack of jobs is a large part of our inability to move forward. There are many interconnected causes of poverty and challenges to fully lifting all of our friends and neighbors out of the perpetual cycle of poverty that has for too long defined the character of our city and the nature of our citizens’ lives. Our campaign believes we must come together to develop, pursue, and implement effective programs and policies toward these ends including: ‘A’ — Neighborhood-driven zoning and land-use regulations — Affordable housing incentives — Neighborhood Revitalization — Controls on unchecked gentrification — Mortgage Assistance Programs — Expanded Banking Access — thorough review of all impact fees and external governmental costs to housing — inclusive zoning –density bonuses for affordable units — working w state and federal agencies to maximize the efficiency of dollars that Clem to us. — ensuring that seniors can afford to stay in their homes ‘C’ — Aggressive Recruitment of new NOPD officers to reach full employment at NOPD — Responsible Police Education and Training Programs — utilizing technology to make the NOPD customer friendly, accessible and more efficient — Neighbourhood Policing — Bringing back bicycle & foot patrols to our neighborhoods — Encouraging our residents to become police through local recruiting — encouraging our police to become our neighbours through housing incentives — keeping crime out of our neighborhoods with increased patrols and more special units — working to ensure punishments match the crimes and keeping folks out of jail/prison for minor non-violent offenses — after school programs for youths in at risk neighborhoods ‘E’ — A REAL Living Wage — recruitment of real jobs and the creation of new industries outside of tourism — Ensuring education is continual throughout life — Investing in Early Childhood Education Programmes — Providing quality daycare for working parents — a sicktime leave for employees ordinance — Extending educational opportunities for older youth from within the classroom outward to within the neighbourhood. — Fully funding and expanding Adult Education, ESL, literacy, and jobs skills training programs. — Providing free access to city-wide WIFI network ensuring children can benefit from all the internet offers regardless of household income. ‘S’ — a renewed city effort to replace streets and ensure that companies working for the city are giving us the best price and best results — a total study of all the cities streets and infrastructure that prioritized streets based on biggest need — re-prioritization of the city’s budget to work on these infrastructure deficits — Flat-Streets initiative to resurface streets and make them drivable — overall effort to work on bringing down car insurance rates in the city so driving isn’t cost prohibitive These are the core goals of our campaign and details behind our A.C.E.S. platform. Certainly, there is much more to work toward and many additional means of pursuing our goal of a happy healthy New Orleans filled with happy healthy and successful New Orleanians but this is a start and most importantly these are achievable, attainable, and immediately possible areas from which to start us all down this journey together.[8][9] |
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| —Frank Scurlock (2017) | ||
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Frank Mials Scurlock," accessed August 3, 2017
- ↑ NOLA.com, "How would the New Orleans mayoral candidates work with Gov. Jeff Landry, state?," September 1, 2025
- ↑ Verite News, "Royce Duplessis," accessed September 25, 2025
- ↑ YouTube, "A City that Works for Everyone," August 21, 2025
- ↑ WWL, "Oliver Thomas is a candidate for New Orleans mayor; here's what to know about him," September 8, 2025
- ↑ The New York Times, "New Blow to New Orleans in Council Member’s Plea," August 14, 2007
- ↑ Verite News, "Oliver Thomas," accessed September 25, 2025
- ↑ Frank Scurlock for Mayor, "Platform," accessed August 3, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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