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… I have no respect for the people that did this.  If they want incompetence, they got it.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Wins Re-Election

NEW ORLEANS — Mayor Ray Nagin, whose shoot-from-the-hip style was both praised and scorned after Hurricane Katrina, narrowly won re-election over Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu on Saturday in the race to oversee one of the biggest rebuilding projects in U.S. history.

With 93 percent of precincts reporting, Nagin had 52.9 percent, or 56,068 votes, to Landrieu’s 47.1 percent, or 49,884 votes.

Results from Louisiana’s Secretary of State’s Office signaled the Nagin victory. Absentee and early votes went slightly for Nagin. And while the results showed Nagin carrying majority black precincts and Landrieu winning in majority white ones, Nagin pulled a significant crossover vote in some heavily populated predominantly white precincts in Uptown New Orleans.