new orleans mayor landrieu wins 2nd term
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Incumbent New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu hugs his sister, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., after winning reelection in New Orleans, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Boosted by a drop in the city's murder rate and an endorsement from President Barack Obama, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu won a landslide victory Saturday in his bid for a second term.
"The results tonight confirm what we hoped was true four years ago: that the people of this great city are ready to move forward," Landrieu told is supporters in a victory speech.
Landrieu had 64 percent of the vote with all precincts reporting in Saturday's election.
The city's beleaguered sheriff, Marlin Gusman, led three opponents in his race, despite having come under fire last year for problems at the city's notoriously violent jail. An inmate-made video that surfaced showed drug use, drinking and an inmate brandishing a loaded gun inside the jail.