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===Last bid for mayor, 2010===
===Last bid for mayor, 2010===
In December 2009, Couhig announced his candidacy in the 2010 New Orleans mayoral election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fox8live.com/news/local/story/Couhig-enters-mayors-race-through-cyber-gateway/-7dk4dVf7Emyw6NFkgq1WQ.cspx|title=Couhig enters mayors race through cyber gateway|publisher=Fox8live.com|accessdate=September 2, 2019}}</ref> He finished fourth in the race with 5 percent of the ballots cast.
In December 2009, Couhig announced his candidacy in the 2010 New Orleans mayoral election.<ref>"Couhig enters mayor's race through cyber gateway," Fox8live.com</ref> He finished fourth with 5 percent of the ballots cast.
The race was won by the Democrat Mitch Landrieu, an unsuccessful candidate in 2007, who received 65 percent of the vote. Couhig's half-brother, Sam LeBlanc, had run for mayor in 1986 and finished with 25 percent of the vote, a strong third-place showing in a multi-candidate primary field,<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, February 1, 1986.</ref> but victory in the runoff that year went to the African-American Democrat Sidney Barthelemy.
The race was won by the Democrat Mitch Landrieu, an unsuccessful candidate in 2007, who received 65 percent of the vote. Couhig's half-brother, Sam LeBlanc, had run for mayor in 1986 and finished with 25 percent of the vote, a strong third-place showing in a multi-candidate primary field,<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, February 1, 1986.</ref> but victory in the runoff that year went to the African-American Democrat Sidney Barthelemy.