James Gray II
James Gray is the former Democratic District E representative on the New Orleans City Council in Louisiana. First elected in 2012, Gray lost a re-election campaign in the general election on November 18, 2017.[1][2]
Elections
2017
The city of New Orleans, Louisiana, held primary elections for mayor and seven city council seats on October 14, 2017. A general election took place on November 18, 2017, for races where no candidate received 50 percent of the primary vote. The filing deadline for this election was July 14, 2017.[3][4] Cyndi Nguyen (D) defeated incumbent James Gray (D) in the general election for the District E seat on the New Orleans City Council.
| New Orleans City Council, District E General Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Cyndi Nguyen |
59.16% | 9,793 | |
| Democratic | James Gray Incumbent | 40.84% | 6,761 | |
| Total Votes | 16,554 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Saturday, November 18, 2017," accessed November 18, 2017 | ||||
Incumbent James Gray (D) and Cyndi Nguyen (D) defeated Alicia Plummer Clivens (D), Dawn Hebert (D), and Cederick Favaroth (D) in the primary election for the District E seat on the New Orleans City Council.
| New Orleans City Council, District E Primary Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | James Gray Incumbent |
38.21% | 5,639 | |
| Democratic | Cyndi Nguyen |
25.66% | 3,787 | |
| Democratic | Alicia Plummer Clivens | 16.97% | 2,504 | |
| Democratic | Dawn Hebert | 14.21% | 2,097 | |
| Democratic | Cederick Favaroth | 4.95% | 731 | |
| Total Votes | 14,758 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Saturday, October 14, 2017," accessed October 14, 2017 | ||||
2014
- See also: New Orleans city council elections, 2014
Elections for the city council of New Orleans, Louisiana consisted of a primary election on February 1, 2014, and a general election on March 15, 2014. Incumbent James Gray II (D) defeated Andre Kelly (I) and Cynthia Willard-Lewis (D) in the blanket primary. Because Gray received more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff election was not necessary.[5][6]
| New Orleans City Council, District E, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| James Gray II Incumbent |
53.1% | 8,577 | |
| Andre Kelly | 6% | 965 | |
| Cynthia Willard-Lewis | 40.9% | 6,600 | |
| Total Votes | 16,142 | ||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | |||
Endorsements
2017
The following table displays group endorsements issued in New Orleans' 2017 primary election. Endorsing organizations may offer endorsements to more than one candidate in anticipation of a top-two general election or if they believe more than one candidate meets their criteria for official support.
| Candidate endorsements | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endorser | Mayor | At-large 1 | At-large 2 | A | B | C | D | E |
| Alliance for Good Government[7] | Michael Bagneris | Helena Moreno | Jason Williams (i) | Joe Giarrusso III | Seth Bloom | Kristin Palmer | N/A | N/A |
| Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO[8] | Desiree Charbonnet | Joseph Bouie Helena Moreno |
Jason Williams (i) | Joe Giarrusso III | Jay Banks Timothy David Ray |
Nadine Ramsey (i) | Jared Brossett (i) | James Gray (i) |
| Independent Women's Organization[9] | LaToya Cantrell | Helena Moreno | Jason Williams (i) | Aylin Acikalin Maklansky Joe Giarrusso III |
Seth Bloom Timothy David Ray |
Nadine Ramsey (i) Kristin Palmer |
Jared Brossett (i) | James Gray (i) |
| New Orleans Coalition[10] | Michael Bagneris LaToya Cantrell |
Helena Moreno | Jason Williams (i) | Joe Giarrusso III | Timothy David Ray | Kristin Palmer | Jared Brossett (i) | James Gray (i) |
Recent news
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See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Nola City Council, "Gray," accessed December 18, 2014
- ↑ The Advocate, "Cantrell, Gray set to take office," December 12, 2012
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2017 Elections," February 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed July 14, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Elections "Candidate Search" accessed December 14, 2013
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State "Unofficial Election Results - 2/1/2014," accessed February 2, 2014
- ↑ Twitter, "Alliance for Good Government," accessed September 18, 2017
- ↑ Facebook, "Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO," accessed August 13, 2017
- ↑ The New Orleans Advocate, "Several candidates disqualified in New Orleans, and other area political news," July 30, 2017
- ↑ New Orleans Coalition, "Endorsements," accessed August 22, 2017
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