city government
Uptown residents defeated in electoral bids
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Caroline Fayard and Jennifer Eagan lost bids for lieutenant governor and First City Court despite strong support from Uptown voters.
city government
Uptown ballots bolster two residents’ runoff bids
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Voters in Uptown wards were instrumental in lifting two residents – lieutenant governor hopeful Caroline Fayard and judicial candidate Jennifer Eagan – from crowded fields in their respective races Saturday into the Nov. 2 runoff election, according to an analysis of precinct-by-precinct results released Sunday. Uptown voters also would have preferred a runoff between Candice Bates-Anderson and Richard Exnicios for the juvenile court post, rather than Bates-Anderson’s outright win, the results show. Also on the ballot, support for restructuring the recreation department was even stronger in the Uptown than it was in the city as a whole. Statewide impact
Republican Secretary of State Jay Dardenne led the eight-candidate field for lieutenant governor in statewide voting on Saturday, garnering 28 percent of the vote.
