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In the 2006 mayoral election, Nagin defeated later Mayor [[Mitch Landrieu]] based in part on an endorsement that Nagin received from the Republican mayoral candidate [[Rob Couhig]], a businessman who was eliminated after the primary balloting. Nagin became involved in further controversy when he referred to Ground Zero in [[New York City]] as a "hole in the ground". He was critical of the rebuilding effort there. He was ineligible to seek a third term as mayor in 2010, and the position went to his former opponent, Mitch Landrieu, who was then the Louisiana lieutenant governor.

In the 2006 mayoral election, Nagin defeated later Mayor [[Mitch Landrieu]] based in part on an endorsement that Nagin received from the Republican mayoral candidate [[Rob Couhig]], a businessman who was eliminated after the primary balloting. Nagin became involved in further controversy when he referred to Ground Zero in [[New York City]] as a "hole in the ground". He was critical of the rebuilding effort there. He was ineligible to seek a third term as mayor in 2010, and the position went to his former opponent, Mitch Landrieu, who was then the Louisiana lieutenant governor.

In 2014, former Mayor Nagin was convicted on twenty of twenty-one charges of wire fraud, bribery, and money laundering related to bribes from city contractors before and after Hurricane Katrina. He was sentenced to ten years in federal prison.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/02/ray_nagin_trial_live_coverage_10.html|title=Live Coverage: Ray Nagin convicted, guilty on 20 charges|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune|author=Robert McClendon|date=February 12, 2014|accessdate=May 1, 2018}}</ref>

In 2014, former Mayor Nagin was convicted on twenty of twenty-one charges of wire fraud, bribery, and money laundering related to bribes from city contractors before and after Hurricane Katrina. He was sentenced to ten years in federal prison.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/02/ray_nagin_trial_live_coverage_10.html|title=Live Coverage: Ray Nagin convicted, guilty on 20 charges|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune|author=Robert McClendon|date=February 12, 2014|accessdate=May 1, 2018}}</ref> In April 2020, Nagin was released from the prison in Texarkana, [[Texas]], to return to his home in [[Dallas]]. The early release was a reaction to the [[coronavirus]] scare.<ref>{{cite web

|url=https://kpel965.com/former-new-orleans-mayor-ray-nagin-released-from-prison/|title=Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin released from prison|publisher=KPEL [[radio]] in [[Lafayette]]|date=April 28, 2020}}</ref>

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