2002 New Orleans mayoral election

2002 New Orleans mayoral election

← 1998 February 2, 2002 (first round)
March 2, 2002 (runoff)
2006 →
 
Candidate Ray Nagin Richard Pennington Paulette Irons
Party Democratic Democratic Democratic
First round 38,323
28.68%
31,259
23.4%
24,557
18.38%
Runoff 76,639
58.74%
53,836
41.26%
Eliminated

 
Candidate Jim Singleton Troy Carter
Party Democratic Democratic
First round 17,503
13.1%
13,898
10.4%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated

Results by precinct:

Mayor before election

Marc Morial
Democratic

Elected mayor

Ray Nagin
Democratic

The New Orleans mayoral election of 2002 was an election for Mayor of New Orleans; the primary round of voting was held on February 2, 2002, followed by a runoff on March 2. It resulted in the election of Ray Nagin as mayor.