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Luke Fontana
Luke Fontana (Democratic Party) ran for election for Mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana. He lost in the primary on November 13, 2021.
Fontana completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Luke Fontana was born in Slidell, Louisiana. He earned a bachelor's degree from Spring Hill College in 1962. He earned a J.D. from Tulane Law School in 1965. Fontana's career experience includes working as a civil rights attorney, as a small business owner, as a president with the nonprofit organization Save Our Wetlands, as an artist, photographer, and as a musician. He has been affiliated with the American Italian Cultural Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.[1]
Elections
2021
See also: Mayoral election 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.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of New Orleans
The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of New Orleans on November 13, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | LaToya Cantrell (D) | 64.7 | 48,750 |
 | Vina Nguyen (R) | 13.5 | 10,133 | |
 | Leilani Heno (No party preference)  | 8.8 | 6,605 | |
 | Belden Batiste (D) | 5.1 | 3,863 | |
 | Joseph Amato (Independent) | 1.7 | 1,256 | |
 | Eldon Anderson (D) | 1.3 | 987 | |
| Byron Cole (No party preference) | 1.2 | 919 | ||
 | Luke Fontana (D) | 1.0 | 720 | |
 | Manny Chevrolet Bruno (No party preference) | 0.8 | 578 | |
 | Johnese Smith (D) | 0.7 | 553 | |
 | Matthew Hill (Independent) | 0.7 | 535 | |
 | Nathaniel Jones (Independent) | 0.3 | 231 | |
 | Douglas Bentley I (Independent) | 0.2 | 163 | |
| Reginald Merchant (No party preference) | 0.0 | 32 | ||
| Total votes: 75,325 | |||
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Candidate profile
Party: Democratic Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "I have been a civl rights attorney and protector of the environment since the late 1960s. My landmark Charles Cheetham case in the early 1970s broke the New Orleans Police blue line. Charles Cheetham was brutality murdered by the New Orleans Police. I won the first judgement against the NOPD for the murder of an African American. NOPD appealed the judgement and the amount of damages were increased by the Louisiana Supreme Court. I have been President of Save Our Wetlands since 1975. I have filed 13 lawsuits in my efforts to protect the ecosystem and prevent pipelines through Louisiana. I am accomplished Jazz Photographer, Author, Musician, and New Orleans Native. My heart and soul is revitalizing the economy of New Orleans."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for Mayor of New Orleans in 2021.
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Luke Fontana completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Fontana's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- City Hall Will Not be Moved to Congo Square
- No COVID-19 Passports. All Proof of Vaccination to Enter a Business or Entertainment Facility will be Abolished
- New Orleans Economy Will Be Revitalized. New Orleans Will Be Open For Tourism
Stop drinking soda pop full of fructose/corn syrup
Stop taking any pharmaceutical drugs
Stop eating pork other unhealthy foods full of antibiotics hormones
There will be a Mardi Gras, St Patrick's Day St Joseph Day Parades, Mardi Gras Indian Super Sunday, French Quarter festivals, Jazz festivals, Butterfly festivals, Danny Barker festivals Louis Armstrong festivals, Sugar Bowl, and New Year's Day celebrations without the polluting fireworks.
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See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 16, 2021
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