Mitch Landrieu
Politician
1960 –
Who is Mitch Landrieu?
Mitchell Joseph "Mitch" Landrieu is the Mayor of New Orleans, former Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, and a member of the Landrieu family. Landrieu is a member of the Democratic Party.
He is the son of former New Orleans mayor and Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Moon Landrieu and the brother of the senior U.S. Senator from Louisiana, Mary Landrieu. In 2007 he won a second term as lieutenant governor in the October 20, 2007 nonpartisan blanket primary by defeating two Republicans: State Representative Gary J. Beard and Sammy Kershaw.
He was elected Mayor of New Orleans on February 6, 2010, garnering 66 per cent of the city-wide vote and claiming victory in 365 of the city's 366 voting precincts. He was reelected mayor on February 1, 2014, with nearly 64 percent of the vote in a three-candidate field.
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- Born
- Aug 16, 1960
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- Mitchell Joseph Landrieu
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- The Catholic University of America
- Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
- Lived in
- Louisiana
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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