Nadine Ramsey
Nadine Ramsey is the former Democratic District C representative on the New Orleans City Council in Louisiana. First elected in 2014, Ramsey lost a re-election campaign in the primary election on October 14, 2017.[1]
Elections
2017
The city of New Orleans, Louisiana, held primary elections for mayor and seven city council seats on October 14, 2017. A general election took place on November 18, 2017, for races where no candidate received 50 percent of the primary vote. The filing deadline for this election was July 14, 2017.[2][3] Kristin Palmer (D) defeated incumbent Nadine Ramsey (D) in the primary election for the District C seat on the New Orleans City Council.
| New Orleans City Council, District C Primary Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Kristin Palmer |
50.40% | 6,961 | |
| Democratic | Nadine Ramsey Incumbent | 49.60% | 6,850 | |
| Total Votes | 13,811 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Saturday, October 14, 2017," accessed October 14, 2017 | ||||
2014
- See also: New Orleans city council elections, 2014
Elections for the city council of New Orleans, Louisiana consisted of a primary election on February 1, 2014, and a general election on March 15, 2014. Because no candidate received 50 percent of the vote on February 1, 2014, incumbent Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson (D) and Nadine Ramsey (D), as the top two vote getters, advanced to the runoff election on March 15, 2014. Ramsey defeated Brechetel Clarkson in the runoff. Lourdes Moran (D), Carlos Williams (D) and Eloise Williams (I) did not advance to the runoff.[4][5][6]
| New Orleans City Council, District C, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nadine Ramsey |
59.3% | 8,003 | |
| Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson Incumbent | 40.7% | 5,494 | |
| Total Votes | 13,497 | ||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | |||
| New Orleans City Council, District C, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson Incumbent |
44.9% | 7,001 | |
| Nadine Ramsey |
44.7% | 6,977 | |
| Lourdes Moran | 5.5% | 850 | |
| Carlos Williams | 2.4% | 380 | |
| Eloise Williams | 2.5% | 388 | |
| Total Votes | 15,596 | ||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | |||
Endorsements
2017
The following table displays group endorsements issued in New Orleans' 2017 primary election. Endorsing organizations may offer endorsements to more than one candidate in anticipation of a top-two general election or if they believe more than one candidate meets their criteria for official support.
| Candidate endorsements | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endorser | Mayor | At-large 1 | At-large 2 | A | B | C | D | E |
| Alliance for Good Government[7] | Michael Bagneris | Helena Moreno | Jason Williams (i) | Joe Giarrusso III | Seth Bloom | Kristin Palmer | N/A | N/A |
| Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO[8] | Desiree Charbonnet | Joseph Bouie Helena Moreno |
Jason Williams (i) | Joe Giarrusso III | Jay Banks Timothy David Ray |
Nadine Ramsey (i) | Jared Brossett (i) | James Gray (i) |
| Independent Women's Organization[9] | LaToya Cantrell | Helena Moreno | Jason Williams (i) | Aylin Acikalin Maklansky Joe Giarrusso III |
Seth Bloom Timothy David Ray |
Nadine Ramsey (i) Kristin Palmer |
Jared Brossett (i) | James Gray (i) |
| New Orleans Coalition[10] | Michael Bagneris LaToya Cantrell |
Helena Moreno | Jason Williams (i) | Joe Giarrusso III | Timothy David Ray | Kristin Palmer | Jared Brossett (i) | James Gray (i) |
Recent news
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See also
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External links
- New Orleans City Council
- Social Media
Footnotes
- ↑ The Advocate, "N.O. City Council members sworn in for 4-year terms," May 7, 2014
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2017 Elections," February 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed July 14, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Elections "Candidate Search" accessed December 14, 2013
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State "Unofficial Election Results - 2/1/2014," accessed February 2, 2014
- ↑ The lens NOLA "Live coverage: Track election results as votes are counted for New Orleans races," March 15, 2014
- ↑ Twitter, "Alliance for Good Government," accessed September 18, 2017
- ↑ Facebook, "Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO," accessed August 13, 2017
- ↑ The New Orleans Advocate, "Several candidates disqualified in New Orleans, and other area political news," July 30, 2017
- ↑ New Orleans Coalition, "Endorsements," accessed August 22, 2017
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