New Orleans Mayor Drops Campaign for City Council
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS —
Mayor Ernest Morial dropped his campaign for a seat on the City Council on Wednesday, ending any prospect of his moving directly to another elected position after he leaves office in 2 1/2 months. Morial, 56, the city’s first black mayor, had failed twice to get a charter change so he could run for a third term as chief executive.
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