Race Assumes Central Role in New Orleans Vote
Lee Celano for The New York Times
Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu outside the event where he announced his candidacy for mayor in December. His hefty lead is widely acknowledged.
NEW ORLEANS — Less than a month before the primary, the race for mayor here is a struggle over who will bring down the soaring murder rate, who will attract badly needed new businesses and who will guide the city in its still dauntingly long road to recovery. But it is also about something else.
“It’s always about race,” said Lambert C. Boissiere Jr., a former state senator and currently the city constable. “I don’t know why we dance around it.”
The balance of power between blacks and whites in New Orleans has been an issue for decades, a back-and-forth that has only intensified since Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, now that every election is a referendum on the future of the city
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