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Freddie King III

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New Orleans City Council District C
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

3

Predecessor
Elections and appointments
Last elected

October 11, 2025

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Freddie King III (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Orleans City Council in Louisiana, representing District C. He assumed office on January 10, 2022.

King (Democratic Party) won re-election to the New Orleans City Council to represent District C in Louisiana outright in the primary on October 11, 2025, after the general election was canceled.

Elections

2025

See also: City elections 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.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for New Orleans City Council District C

Incumbent Freddie King III won election outright against Kelsey Foster, Jackson Kimbrell, and Eliot Barron in the primary for New Orleans City Council District C on October 11, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Freddie King III (D)
 
63.8
 
12,195
Kelsey Foster (D)
 
29.9
 
5,715
Jackson Kimbrell (Unaffiliated)
 
4.0
 
757
Image of Eliot Barron
Eliot Barron (G)
 
2.4
 
454

Total votes: 19,121
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2021

See also: City elections in New Orleans, Louisiana (2021)


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

General election for New Orleans City Council District C

Freddie King III defeated Stephanie Bridges in the general election for New Orleans City Council District C on December 11, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Freddie King III (D)
 
62.2
 
6,390
Image of Stephanie Bridges
Stephanie Bridges (D)
 
37.8
 
3,885

Total votes: 10,275
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for New Orleans City Council District C

The following candidates ran in the primary for New Orleans City Council District C on November 13, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Freddie King III (D)
 
44.0
 
5,804
Image of Stephanie Bridges
Stephanie Bridges (D)
 
15.7
 
2,069
Image of Frank Perez
Frank Perez (D) Candidate Connection
 
11.6
 
1,532
Image of Alonzo Knox
Alonzo Knox (D) Candidate Connection
 
11.2
 
1,477
Image of Stephen Mosgrove
Stephen Mosgrove (D) Candidate Connection
 
9.1
 
1,199
Barbara Waiters (D)
 
5.2
 
688
Vincent Milligan Jr. (No party preference)
 
3.2
 
416

Total votes: 13,185
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Campaign themes

2025

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2021

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Kristin Palmer (D)
New Orleans City Council District C
2022–Present
Succeeded by
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