Head, Willard-Lewis Eye At-Large Council Seat In Runoff
Runoff Election To Be Held April 21
Updated: 11:38 AM CDT Mar 26, 2012
There will be a runoff for the New Orleans at-large City Council seat between councilwoman Stacy Head and former councilwoman Cynthia Willard-Lewis.Head obtained 44 percent of the votes on Saturday night, with Cynthia Willard-Lewis at 33 percent by the end of the night.After the election night, Head took time to be with family while Willard-Lewis was back on the campaign trail hoping to nab more voters for the upcoming April 21 runoff.Willard-Lewis waved at crowds as she paraded in a secondline in Gentilly on Sunday."It's a new day. The bar has been reset," Willard-Lewis said. "I possess those abilities and traits because of working in the Louisiana legislature on the House side, on the Senate side, and as a district council person for the most devastated area."Head said she is the up-and-coming candidate in the local political arena."I have an incredible series of accomplishments in a very short time period from someone who is not from a long political history," Head said.Both candidates said they plan to address the chronic crime problem in the city of New Orleans."We have got to have more accountability, with NOPD number one. We need to know exactly how many officers we have. Number 2, we got to make sure that they're employed very, very strategically in a way that makes sense."Willard-Lewis said she would focus on "shoring up our police department, improving the training, as well as making sure that every district has the adequate manpower required in addition to that appropriate strategies to engage our youth."
NEW ORLEANS —
There will be a runoff for the New Orleans at-large City Council seat between councilwoman Stacy Head and former councilwoman Cynthia Willard-Lewis.
Head obtained 44 percent of the votes on Saturday night, with Cynthia Willard-Lewis at 33 percent by the end of the night.
After the election night, Head took time to be with family while Willard-Lewis was back on the campaign trail hoping to nab more voters for the upcoming April 21 runoff.
Willard-Lewis waved at crowds as she paraded in a secondline in Gentilly on Sunday.
"It's a new day. The bar has been reset," Willard-Lewis said. "I possess those abilities and traits because of working in the Louisiana legislature on the House side, on the Senate side, and as a district council person for the most devastated area."
Head said she is the up-and-coming candidate in the local political arena.
"I have an incredible series of accomplishments in a very short time period from someone who is not from a long political history," Head said.
Both candidates said they plan to address the chronic crime problem in the city of New Orleans.
"We have got to have more accountability, with NOPD number one. We need to know exactly how many officers we have. Number 2, we got to make sure that they're employed very, very strategically in a way that makes sense."
Willard-Lewis said she would focus on "shoring up our police department, improving the training, as well as making sure that every district has the adequate manpower required in addition to that appropriate strategies to engage our youth."