By KEVIN McGILL
Associated Press Writer
NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu was elected mayor of New Orleans on Saturday, replacing term-limited Ray Nagin and becoming the majority-black city’s first white mayor since 1979.
Landrieu, 49, won in a landslide over a field of 10 opponents in a campaign that focused on the city’s slow recovery from Hurricane Katrina, violent crime and slumping city finances. The city’s last white mayor was Landrieu’s father, Moon Landrieu.
Mayor-elect Landrieu, a moderate Democrat, is the brother of U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana.