Election watch 2021: Winna Winna Chicken Dinna, For Two

With no precincts reporting in and polls not even open yet, we can nevertheless predict two incumbents are already clear winners in the upcoming New Orleans 2021 election, thanks to having zero competition.

Chelsey Napoleon, clerk of Orleans Parish Civil District Court will be re-elected now that her only opponent, Yiesha McFarland, formally withdrew from the race. McFarland entered the race shortly before the qualifying period closed on July 16, but opted not to remain earlier this week.

The other citywide incumbent to be reelected as a result of having no opponent in the primary is Coroner Dr. Dwight McKenna; no one qualified to run against him.

Congratulations to the winners for a job well done.

Meanwhile, the Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO executive committee issued several endorsements in the city elections July 23, including two high-profile candidates who are vying for the same at-large seat. The AFL-CIO is the umbrella organization for 55 area unions and 17,000 union members.

Current councilmember Jared Brossett of District D and former state Rep. J.P. Morrell, who are both seeking the second at-large seat on the New Orleans City Council, both received glowing endorsements from AFL-CIO, the umbrella organization for 55 area unions and 17,000 union members.

Tiger Hammond, president of the AFL-CIO, told Gambit, “Never once did [Jared] Brossett turn his backs on working families. He was supportive of living wages and local vendors. You don’t turn your back on people like him, and J.P [Morrell] had also put a lot of bills out there that helped unions.”

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