Desiree Charbonnet

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Desiree Charbonnet

Prior offices

New Orleans Municipal and Traffic Court

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Recorder of Mortgages Orleans Parish

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Education

Bachelor's

Loyola University

Law

Loyola University

Contact

Personal website

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Desiree Charbonnet was a Democratic candidate for mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana. Charbonnet was defeated in the general election on November 18, 2017.

Biography

Charbonnet earned her bachelor's degree and J.D. from Loyola University. She served for 10 years as the recorder of mortgages for Orleans Parish. Charbonnet also served as the chief judge of the New Orleans Municipal Court.

Elections

2017

See also: Municipal elections in New Orleans, Louisiana (2017)

The city of New Orleans, Louisiana, held primary elections for mayor and seven city council seats on October 14, 2017. A general election took place on November 18, 2017, for races where no candidate received 50 percent of the primary vote. The filing deadline for this election was July 14, 2017. LaToya Cantrell (D) defeated Desiree Charbonnet (D) in the general election for mayor of New Orleans.

Mayor of New Orleans, General Election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	LaToya Cantrell	60.35%	51,342
	Democratic	Desiree Charbonnet	39.65%	33,729
Total Votes				85,071
Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Saturday, November 18, 2017," accessed November 18, 2017

The following candidates ran in the primary election for mayor of New Orleans.

Mayor of New Orleans, Primary Election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	LaToya Cantrell	39.00%	32,025
	Democratic	Desiree Charbonnet	30.48%	25,028
	Democratic	Michael Bagneris	18.76%	15,405
	Democratic	Troy Henry	6.42%	5,270
	Democratic	Tommie Vassel	1.36%	1,120
	Independent	Hashim Walters	0.56%	462
	Democratic	Thomas Albert	0.56%	456
	Independent	Edward Bruski	0.55%	450
	Democratic	Frank Scurlock	0.47%	385
	No Party	Manny Chevrolet Bruno	0.32%	264
	No Party	Derrick O'Brien Martin	0.29%	238
	Independent	Patrick Van Hoorebeek	0.28%	232
	Democratic	Charles Anderson	0.28%	230
	No Party	Byron Cole	0.26%	212
	No Party	Matthew Hill	0.13%	108
	Democratic	Edward Collins Sr.	0.12%	96
	Democratic	Brandon Dorrington	0.11%	92
	Democratic	Johnese Smith	0.05%	38
Total Votes				82,111
Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Saturday, October 14, 2017," accessed October 14, 2017

Endorsements

2017

The following table displays group endorsements issued in New Orleans' 2017 primary election. Endorsing organizations may offer endorsements to more than one candidate in anticipation of a top-two general election or if they believe more than one candidate meets their criteria for official support.

Candidate endorsements
Endorser	Mayor	At-large 1	At-large 2	A	B	C	D	E
Alliance for Good Government	Michael Bagneris	Helena Moreno	Jason Williams (i)	Joe Giarrusso III	Seth Bloom	Kristin Palmer	N/A	N/A
Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO	Desiree Charbonnet	Joseph Bouie Helena Moreno	Jason Williams (i)	Joe Giarrusso III	Jay Banks Timothy David Ray	Nadine Ramsey (i)	Jared Brossett (i)	James Gray (i)
Independent Women's Organization	LaToya Cantrell	Helena Moreno	Jason Williams (i)	Aylin Acikalin Maklansky Joe Giarrusso III	Seth Bloom Timothy David Ray	Nadine Ramsey (i) Kristin Palmer	Jared Brossett (i)	James Gray (i)
New Orleans Coalition	Michael Bagneris LaToya Cantrell	Helena Moreno	Jason Williams (i)	Joe Giarrusso III	Timothy David Ray	Kristin Palmer	Jared Brossett (i)	James Gray (i)

Additional endorsements

Charbonnet's campaign website included the following endorsements:

• New Orleans Fire Fighters
• State Sen. Troy Carter (D)
• First City Court Constable Lambert Boissiere Jr.
• State Sen. Wesley Bishop (D)
• State Rep. Gary Carter (D)
• Second City Court Clerk Darren Lombard
• Orleans Parish Republican Executive Committee

U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise (R) endorsed Charbonnet in a robocall to New Orleans voters in November 2017.

Recent news

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See also

New Orleans, Louisiana	Louisiana	Municipal government	Other local coverage

External links

Suggest a link

• Mayor of New Orleans
• Campaign website