Mitch Landrieu to enter New Orleans mayoral race, sources say

[Louisiana1976]

Throwing a wrench into a New Orleans mayoral contest that seemed to be all but set on the eve of qualifying, Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu appears poised to enter the race for the open seat Tuesday, reversing a mid-summer decision that he would take a pass.

Sources close to Landrieu, who lost a hard-fought runoff to Mayor Ray Nagin in 2006, said the lieutenant governor will attend a Tuesday morning news conference at Cafe Reconcile and urged reporters to be on hand. Landrieu could not be reached for comment.

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http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/12/mitch_landrieu_to_enter_new_or.html

[MountainLaurel]

1. Very interesting

I'm fairly new to the city and thus don't know much about this Landrieu, other than he's Mary's brother. It'll be interesting to see how this develops, though.

[asjr]

2. I have often wondered if the Landrieus are

related to Huey Long.