Kristin Palmer

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search
BP-Initials-UPDATED.png
This page was current at the end of the official's last term in office covered by Ballotpedia. Please contact us with any updates.
Kristin Palmer
Image of Kristin Palmer
Prior offices
New Orleans City Council District C
Successor: Freddie King III
Predecessor: Nadine Ramsey

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 13, 2021

Education

Bachelor's

St. Louis University

Personal
Profession
Nonprofit executive
Contact

float:right;
border:1px solid #FFB81F;
background-color: white;
width: 250px;
font-size: .9em;
margin-bottom:0px;

} .infobox p { margin-bottom: 0; } .widget-row { display: inline-block; width: 100%; margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px; } .widget-row.heading { font-size: 1.2em; } .widget-row.value-only { text-align: center; background-color: grey; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.value-only.white { background-color: #f9f9f9; } .widget-row.value-only.black { background-color: #f9f9f9; color: black; } .widget-row.Democratic { background-color: #003388; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.Republican { background-color: red; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.Independent, .widget-row.Nonpartisan, .widget-row.Constitution { background-color: grey; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.Libertarian { background-color: #f9d334; color: black; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.Green { background-color: green; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-key { width: 43%; display: inline-block; padding-left: 10px; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; } .widget-value { width: 57%; float: right; display: inline-block; padding-left: 10px; word-wrap: break-word; } .widget-img { width: 150px; display: block; margin: auto; } .clearfix { clear: both; }

Kristin Palmer (Democratic Party) was a member of the New Orleans City Council in Louisiana, representing District C. She assumed office in 2018. She left office on January 10, 2022.

Palmer (Democratic Party) ran for election for an at-large seat of the New Orleans City Council in Louisiana. She lost in the primary on November 13, 2021.

Biography

Palmer earned her B.A. in history from St. Louis University. She founded a residential construction and renovation company in 2014. Palmer also founded a nonprofit called Confetti Kids, which creates parks and playgrounds in Algiers Point.[1]

Elections

2021

See also: City elections in New Orleans, Louisiana (2021)


Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for New Orleans City Council At-large Division 2

Jean-Paul J. Morrell won election outright against Kristin Palmer, Jared Brossett (Unofficially withdrew), and Bart Everson in the primary for New Orleans City Council At-large Division 2 on November 13, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jean-Paul J. Morrell
Jean-Paul J. Morrell (D)
 
50.7
 
37,161
Image of Kristin Palmer
Kristin Palmer (D)
 
31.7
 
23,252
Image of Jared Brossett
Jared Brossett (D) (Unofficially withdrew)
 
11.1
 
8,169
Image of Bart Everson
Bart Everson (G) Candidate Connection
 
6.5
 
4,776

Total votes: 73,358
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

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.[2][3] Kristin Palmer (D) defeated incumbent Nadine Ramsey (D) in the primary election for the District C seat on the New Orleans City Council.

New Orleans City Council, District C Primary Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Kristin Palmer 50.40% 6,961
     Democratic Nadine Ramsey Incumbent 49.60% 6,850
Total Votes 13,811
Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Saturday, October 14, 2017," accessed October 14, 2017

Campaign themes

2021

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Kristin Palmer did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

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[4] Michael Bagneris Helena Moreno Jason Williams (i) Joe Giarrusso III Seth Bloom Kristin Palmer N/A N/A
Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO[5] 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[6] 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[7] 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

Palmer's campaign website included the following endorsements:[1]

  • Crescent City Democratic Association
  • New Orleans Coalition
  • Orleans Parish Republican Executive Committee
  • Regular Democratic Organization of Louisiana

See also


External links

   .contact_entity {font-size: 1.5em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;}
   .contact_office { margin-top: 0.3em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;}
   .external_links_table { width: auto !important; }
   @media (max-width:600px) {
       .contact_entity {font-size: 1.0em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-right: 0.5em;}
       .contact_office { font-size: 0.8 em; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;}  
   }

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Nadine Ramsey (D)
New Orleans City Council District C
2018-2022
Succeeded by
Freddie King III (D)