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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>"Couhig enters mayor's race through cyber gateway," Fox8live.com</ref> He finished fourth 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; no longer on-line.</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 instead 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.​

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