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Cyndi Nguyen
Cyndi Nguyen (Democratic Party) was a member of the New Orleans City Council in Louisiana, representing District E. She assumed office in 2018. She left office on January 10, 2022.
Nguyen (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Orleans City Council to represent District E in Louisiana. She lost in the general election on November 15, 2025.
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
General election for New Orleans City Council District E
Jason Hughes defeated Cyndi Nguyen in the general election for New Orleans City Council District E on November 15, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jason Hughes (D) | 61.5 | 7,725 | |
 | Cyndi Nguyen (D) | 38.5 | 4,843 | |
| Total votes: 12,568 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for New Orleans City Council District E
The following candidates ran in the primary for New Orleans City Council District E on October 11, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cyndi Nguyen (D) | 45.7 | 8,709 |
| ✔ | Jason Hughes (D) | 36.2 | 6,910 | |
| Kimberly Burbank (D) | 4.1 | 790 | ||
 | Willie Morgan (D) | 4.1 | 778 | |
| Richard Bell Sr. (D) | 4.0 | 767 | ||
| Danyelle Christmas (D) | 3.2 | 605 | ||
| Gavin Richard (Unaffiliated) | 0.9 | 177 | ||
| Jonathan Roberts (Unaffiliated) | 0.9 | 172 | ||
 | Nathaniel Jones (Unaffiliated) | 0.8 | 160 | |
| Total votes: 19,068 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Willie Miller (Unaffiliated)
- Jon Johnson (D)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Nguyen in this election.
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 E
Oliver Thomas defeated incumbent Cyndi Nguyen in the general election for New Orleans City Council District E on December 11, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Oliver Thomas (D) | 56.7 | 7,109 |
| Cyndi Nguyen (D) | 43.3 | 5,439 | |
| Total votes: 12,548 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for New Orleans City Council District E
The following candidates ran in the primary for New Orleans City Council District E on November 13, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Oliver Thomas (D) | 44.7 | 6,486 |
| ✔ | | Cyndi Nguyen (D) | 40.8 | 5,915 |
| John Bagneris (D) | 4.9 | 715 | ||
| Michon Copelin (D) | 4.8 | 691 | ||
| Vanessa Gueringer (D) | 3.8 | 544 | ||
 | Aaron Miller (D) | 1.0 | 147 | |
| Total votes: 14,498 | |||
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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.[1][2] 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 | ||||
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Cyndi Nguyen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Cyndi Nguyen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by James Gray (D) |
New Orleans City Council District E 2018-2022 |
Succeeded by Oliver Thomas (D) |
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