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Reginald Merchant

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Reginald Merchant

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No party preference

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 13, 2021

Reginald Merchant (No party preference) ran for election for Mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana. Merchant lost in the primary on November 13, 2021.

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
Image of LaToya Cantrell
LaToya Cantrell (D)
 
64.7
 
48,750
Image of Vina Nguyen
Vina Nguyen (R)
 
13.5
 
10,133
Image of Leilani Heno
Leilani Heno (No party preference) Candidate Connection
 
8.8
 
6,605
Image of Belden Batiste
Belden Batiste (D)
 
5.1
 
3,863
Image of Joseph Amato
Joseph Amato (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
1.7
 
1,256
Image of Eldon Anderson
Eldon Anderson (D) Candidate Connection
 
1.3
 
987
Byron Cole (No party preference)
 
1.2
 
919
Image of Luke Fontana
Luke Fontana (D) Candidate Connection
 
1.0
 
720
Image of Manny Chevrolet Bruno
Manny Chevrolet Bruno (No party preference)
 
0.8
 
578
Image of Johnese Smith
Johnese Smith (D) Candidate Connection
 
0.7
 
553
Image of Matthew Hill
Matthew Hill (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
0.7
 
535
Image of Nathaniel Jones
Nathaniel Jones (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
0.3
 
231
Image of Douglas Bentley I
Douglas Bentley I (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
0.2
 
163
Reginald Merchant (No party preference)
 
0.0
 
32

Total votes: 75,325
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Campaign themes

2021

Ballotpedia survey responses

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