Royce Duplessis Sees Gains After Entering Race for New Orleans Mayor

Should Anybody Care About The New Orleans Mayor's Race?

We haven’t had a lot here at The Hayride about the one Louisiana election scheduled for this year which has any real statewide substance to it, which is the mayor’s race in New Orleans. Conrad Appel had a post a couple of weeks back when state representative Royce Duplessis jumped into the race, and his […] The post Should Anybody Care About The New Orleans Mayor’s Race? appeared first on The Hayride.

Royce Duplessis sees gains after entering race for New Orleans mayor

New polls show Louisiana State Sen. Royce Duplessis gaining ground in the 2025 race for New Orleans mayor, though city council vice president Helena Moreno remains the leading candidate.Duplessis, a 42-year-old Democrat who turned heads when he announced his surprise candidacy last month, is at 14% in a mid-July poll from Ronald Faucheux and Voice of the People PAC, run by local real estate developer and waste manager Sidney Torres IV.600 voters…