Breaking News! Nagin Wins Re-Election As Big Easy Mayor!

Source: AP News-News.Yahoo.Com

Mayor Ray Nagin's shoot-from-the-hip style and brutal honesty, which were thought to be his biggest shortcomings, actually helped him to a very narrow margin win in the New Orlean's race for mayor.

With 84 percent of precincts reporting, Nagin had 52.7 percent, or 51,885 votes, to Landrieu's 47.3 percent, or 46,625 votes.

NEW ORLEANS -- Mayor Ray Nagin, whose shoot-from-the-hip style was both praised and scorned after Hurricane Katrina, narrowly won re-election over Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu on Saturday in the race to oversee one of the biggest rebuilding projects in U.S. history.

With 84 percent of precincts reporting, Nagin had 52.7 percent, or 51,885 votes, to Landrieu's 47.3 percent, or 46,625 votes.

Congrats on the win, mayor, and now it's time to roll up your sleeves, use your bluntness to get money from Washington for rebuilding, and make New Orleans the great, vibrant jazz town it used to be.

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