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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America New Orleans elects first white mayor in 32 years AFP - 2 hours 8 minutes ago Send IM Story Print New Orleans mayoral candidate Mitch Landrieu greets voters in the Lakeview area in New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans elected Landrieu as its first white mayor in 32 years, ushering in hopes of a new era in a city still trying to rebuild five years after Hurricane Katrina NEW ORLEANS (AFP) - – New Orleans elected its first white mayor in 32 years, ushering in hopes of a new era in a city still trying to rebuild five years after Hurricane Katrina. Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu was elected to replace outgoing Mayor Ray Nagin, an African-American who led the city during the hurricane, but saw his popularity plunge over the slow pace of reconstruction. "The people of New Orleans did a very extraordinary thing... striking a blow for unity," Landrieu said after his nearest rival businessman Troy Henry conceded defeat. Landrieu, a Democrat, becomes the city's first white mayor since his father "Moon" Landrieu left the office in 1978. The city is 61 percent black. Landrieu lost an earlier bid to unseat Nagin in 2006. Nagin could not run for re-election because of the term limits. With 68 percent of the vote counted, Landrieu led with a commanding 64 percent of the vote. "To all my opponents, I understand how it feels to lose. It happened to me twice before," Landrieu said. Important rival, millionaire businessman John Georges, had conceded defeat when he was running in third place less than an hour after the polls closed. Landrieu beat out 10 other candidates in the quest to replace Nagin, the much-maligned city leader during the killer storm of August 29, 2005 who has also governed during the often-spotty recovery. "I wasn't extremely happy with any of the candidates, but at least the change will be good. I love it here. There's no place like it," said Kellen Smith, 27, a voter who moved to New Orleans from Atlanta three years ago. She was adorned with strings of Carnival beads being thrown from floats on the day the Big Easy also officially ushered in the start of the parade season ahead of Mardi Gras on February 16. Thomas Overton, 32, stood on a nearby street corner waving a campaign sign toward voters and revelers alike as the floats went by. "This is my first New Orleans election and my first Carnival parade," said Overton, a native of the midwestern city of St. Louis. "It's the luck of the draw that I got this corner." The city's population is estimated at 335,000, or 80 percent of pre-Katrina levels. But tens of thousands of New Orleanians have not returned permanently since the storm. The new mayor must manage billions of dollars in tardy federal reconstruction aid and a balanced, but depleted, city treasury. Moreover, city hall and the police department are rife with scandals. Violent crime remains high, and according to the state treasurer is keeping potential investors away from the still-rebuilding city. On Saturday, however, voters spoke hopefully about the city's future as they divided time between Carnival parades and polling places. At least one polling site faced the Pontchartrain parade route near the historic St. Charles Avenue streetcar line in Uptown New Orleans. Voters wearing Carnival beads came and went. Many cast ballots at computerized machines, bought food, drinks and outside -- beer -- to benefit school activities, then returned to watch the passing parade. "Food, beer and voting -- all in one place -- and bathrooms," said Paul Gregory, a computer consultant and native of the city. "Hopefully, no one will be voting drunk." "The city has nowhere to go but up," Chris Dougherty said. Local voting official Joe Broussard said the parades had started at noon, six hours after the polls opened. "We haven't had any complaints from voters -- not yet," Broussard said. 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