The embattled Democrat has faced challenges over rising crime as well as her own management of city resources.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, left, and outgoing Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, right, are pictured. On Tuesday, Lightfoot became the first incumbent Chicago mayor to lose her seat in four decades. Cantrell also potentially faces a reckoning in her own deep-blue city.
"Given recent events—a frightening surge in crime, road work that seems forever stalled, spotty basic services and a series of controversies surrounding Cantrell herself—New Orleans voters deserve a healthy debate about the city's current and future leadership," the
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