1977 New Orleans mayoral election

1977 New Orleans Mayoral Election
October 1, 1977 (first round)
November 12, 1977 (runoff)
 
Candidate Ernest Morial Joe DiRosa
Party Democratic
First round 41,182
26.63% 		36,862
23.84%
Runoff 90,539
51.78% 		84,325
48.22%
 
Candidate Nat Kiefer Toni Morrison
Party Democratic
First round 36,597
23.67% 		32,176
20.81%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated
Mayor before election

Moon Landrieu
Democratic

Elected mayor

Ernest Morial
Democratic

The New Orleans mayoral election of 1977 resulted in the election of Ernest Morial as the first African-American mayor of New Orleans.

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