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| − | '''Mitch Landrieu'''(born 1960) is the current Lieutenant Governor of [[Louisiana]].<ref>http://www.crt.state.la.us/ltgovernor/biography.aspx</ref> He is of the Demoractic Louisiana Landrieu clan which has had other politicians such as his father [[Maurice Edwin Landrieu]] who was the mayor of [[New Orleans]] and [[Mary Landrieu]] who is the current senior Senator from Louisiana. Mitch Landrieu has a law degree from [[Loyola University]]. He made an unsuccessful bid for mayor of [[New Orleans]] in 1993, then was elected Lieutenant Governor in 2003 and made another unsuccessful bid for Mayor in 2006. He was also involved in the filming of black left-wing extremist [[Spike Lee]] filmmaker's propaganda piece "When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts." <ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783612/fullcredits#cast</ref> | + | '''Mitch Landrieu'''(born 1960) is the outgoing [[mayor]] of his native [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. He was formerly his state's [[lieutenant governor]].<ref>http://www.crt.state.la.us/ltgovernor/biography.aspx</ref> He is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] Landrieu family. His father, [[Maurice Edwin Landrieu]], known as Moon Landrieu, was also the mayor of New Orleans and a member of the [[Cabinet]] of [[U.S. President]] [[Jimmy Carter]]. His sister, [[Mary Landrieu]], is a former Louisiana state representative and state treasurer and was a member of the [[United States Senate]] from 1997 to 2015. |
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| | + | Mitch Landrieu has a law degree from [[Loyola University]] in New Orleans. He made an unsuccessful bid for mayor in 1994, then was elected lieutenant governor under [[Kathleen Blanco]] in 2003 and made another unsuccessful bid for mayor in 2006 against fellow Democrat [[Ray Nagin]]. He won the position, however, in 2010 and 2014, and is currently term-limited. |
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| | + | He was involved in the filming of the leftist [[African-American]] [[Spike Lee]]'s propaganda piece, ''When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts.''<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783612/fullcredits#cast</ref> |
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| | + | In the spring of 2017, Landrieu spent much of his political capital physically removing three monuments to the [[Confederate States of America]] from downtown New Orleans. He was then sidelined by flooding from the failure of the municipal pumping system to function as needed. |
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| | + | Landrieu has indicated his intent to seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. |
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