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Jay Banks
Jay Banks (Democratic Party) was a member of the New Orleans City Council in Louisiana, representing District B. Banks assumed office in 2018. Banks left office on January 10, 2022.
Banks (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Orleans City Council to represent District B in Louisiana. Banks lost in the general election on December 11, 2021.
Biography
Jay H. Banks was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He graduated from McMain Magnet Secondary School in the Orleans Parish public school system. Banks earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Dillard University and a master’s degree in organizational management from Springfield College. His career experience includes working as Director of the Dryades YMCA School of Commerce. Banks was also Chief of Staff for former New Orleans City Council members Dorothy Mae Taylor and James Singleton.
Banks’s community involvement experience includes the following:
- National League of Cities: Energy, Environment, & Natural Resources Committee and Human Development Committee
- Commissioner of the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority
- Political director for the Black Organization for Leadership Development (BOLD)
- Board of Directors for:
- Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club, Inc.
- New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation
- New Orleans Public Facilities Management, Inc.
- WWOZ Radio
- Dryades YMCA
- Cox Cable Minority Advisory Committee
- Neighborhood Housing Services
- Louisiana Hurricane Katrina Memorial Commission
- City of New Orleans Alcohol Beverage Control Board[1]
Elections
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 B
Lesli Harris defeated incumbent Jay Banks in the general election for New Orleans City Council District B on December 11, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lesli Harris (D)  | 56.6 | 6,243 |
 | Jay Banks (D) | 43.4 | 4,790 | |
| Total votes: 11,033 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for New Orleans City Council District B
Incumbent Jay Banks and Lesli Harris defeated Rella Zapletal and Rosalind Reed-Thibodeaux in the primary for New Orleans City Council District B on November 13, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jay Banks (D) | 44.6 | 5,896 |
| ✔ | | Lesli Harris (D) | 36.7 | 4,850 |
 | Rella Zapletal (D) | 14.2 | 1,884 | |
| Rosalind Reed-Thibodeaux (Independent) | 4.5 | 598 | ||
| Total votes: 13,228 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
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.[2][3] Jay Banks (D) defeated Seth Bloom (D) in the general election for the District B seat on the New Orleans City Council.
| New Orleans City Council, District B General Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Jay Banks |
50.41% | 8,016 | |
| Democratic | Seth Bloom | 49.59% | 7,885 | |
| Total Votes | 15,901 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Saturday, November 18, 2017," accessed November 18, 2017 | ||||
The following candidates ran in the primary election for the District B seat on the New Orleans City Council.
| New Orleans City Council, District B Primary Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Seth Bloom |
39.66% | 5,617 | |
| Democratic | Jay Banks |
27.41% | 3,882 | |
| Democratic | Timothy David Ray | 17.47% | 2,475 | |
| Democratic | Catherine Love | 9.67% | 1,369 | |
| Democratic | Eugene Ben-Oluwole | 3.35% | 475 | |
| Democratic | Andre Strumer | 2.44% | 346 | |
| Total Votes | 14,164 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Saturday, October 14, 2017," accessed October 14, 2017 | ||||
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jay Banks did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
Endorsements
2017
Banks received the endorsement of Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) on September 15, 2017.[4]
Additional endorsements
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[5] | Michael Bagneris | Helena Moreno | Jason Williams (i) | Joe Giarrusso III | Seth Bloom | Kristin Palmer | N/A | N/A |
| Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO[6] | 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[7] | 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[8] | Michael Bagneris LaToya Cantrell |
Helena Moreno | Jason Williams (i) | Joe Giarrusso III | Timothy David Ray | Kristin Palmer | Jared Brossett (i) | James Gray (i) |
Personal
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Banks and his wife, Artelia Bennett Banks, have two sons.[9]
See also
2021 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Megan Brown, "Email communication with Chief of Staff Jarvis Lewis," November 19, 2020
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2017 Elections," February 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed July 14, 2017
- ↑ The Times-Picayune, "Gov. John Bel Edwards backs Jay Banks in New Orleans Council race: Report," September 17, 2017
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Megan Brown, "Email communication with Chief of Staff Jarvis Lewis," November 19, 2020
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by LaToya Cantrell (D) |
New Orleans City Council District B 2018-2022 |
Succeeded by Lesli Harris (D) |
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