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Nathaniel Jones (Louisiana)
Nathaniel Jones (unaffiliated) (also known as Nate) is running for election to the New Orleans City Council to represent District E in Louisiana. He is on the ballot in the primary on October 11, 2025.[source]
Jones completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Nathaniel Jones was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He earned a bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University in 2005. His career experience includes working as an educator and Uber driver.[1]
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.
General election
The primary will occur on October 11, 2025. The general election will occur on November 15, 2025. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for New Orleans City Council District E
The following candidates are running in the primary for New Orleans City Council District E on October 11, 2025.
Candidate | ||
| Richard Bell Sr. (D) | ||
| Kimberly Burbank (D) | ||
| Danyelle Christmas (D) | ||
| Jason Hughes (D) | ||
 | Willie Morgan (D) | |
 | Cyndi Nguyen (D) | |
 | Nathaniel Jones (Unaffiliated)  | |
| Gavin Richard (Unaffiliated) | ||
| Jonathan Roberts (Unaffiliated) | ||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Willie Miller (Unaffiliated)
- Jon Johnson (D)
Endorsements
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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: Independent
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "I am Nate Jones. Candidate for Mayor of New Orleans"
This information was current as of the candidate's run for Mayor of New Orleans in 2021.
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Nathaniel Jones completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Jones' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- To bring New Orleans East to the next level. We have so much potential here in the 9th Ward.
- To help black women in these times of need, due to the latest jobs report on minority women.
- To help young people shape the future on America. The key to the future lies with them.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
2021
Nathaniel Jones completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Jones' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- NOLA needs soul-searching in these hard times
- I have a Plan B MARDI GRAS plan
- NOLA needs to keep its mystique
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 9, 2025
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