A Look Ahead: What We Know About the 2025 New Orleans Mayoral Election
As Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s term comes to an end, the race to replace her is heating up. Cantrell is term-limited and will leave office in January 2026. Qualifying for the election starts in July 2025, with the primary in October 2025 and the general election in November. 2025. While the race is still months away, here’s what we know so far about the candidates for New Orleans mayor in 2025.
The Candidates
So far, the following candidates have confirmed they’re running for mayor:
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Helena Moreno – A current councilmember, Moreno is pushing for a new direction for the city. She focuses on crime reduction and youth investment.
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Oliver Thomas – A longtime councilmember, Thomas believes his experience will help fix New Orleans’ biggest issues.
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Arthur Hunter – A lawyer, former judge, and ex-NOPD officer, Hunter aims to tackle crime, improve infrastructure, and make the city more resilient to climate change.
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Tyrell Morris – The former 911 chief, who resigned in 2023 amid a scandal, says he’s innocent of the charges he faces. His platform is still developing.
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Ricky Twiggs – An independent, Twiggs is a licensed counselor running on mental health, crime reform, job creation, and infrastructure.
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Renada Collins – A business coach and entrepreneur, Collins is new to politics. She’s focused on sustainable development and people-centered initiatives.
What They Stand For
Each candidate has a unique vision for New Orleans. Here’s a look at what they’re promising:
Helena Moreno
Helena’s campaign is largely based on being an advocate for the people of New Orleans. She focuses on reducing crime by investing in youth. Some specific ways she plans to do this include getting rid of "problem properties" (properties where crimes tend to occur), investing in NOPD recruitment, and providing additional after-school services for students.
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Oliver Thomas
Thomas is running his campaign based on a few key areas: neighborhood safety, education, services and infrastructure, economic opportunity, and making City Hall work for everyone. Some specific ways he plans to implement these initiatives include establishing and securing sustainable funding for a Violence Interruption & Prevention Office that employs credible messengers (including formerly incarcerated individuals) as mentors, stopping the city from siphoning money from schools to other areas, and launching a citywide 311 tracking system to ensure every complaint gets follow-up and status updates.
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Arthur Hunter
Hunter’s campaign promises solutions to the city’s problems. He focuses on improving public safety, infrastructure, economic opportunity, transparency, and climate resilience. His specific plans include strengthening roofs and expanding affordable insurance to protect homes, making neighborhoods cooler with more trees and green spaces, assigning NOPD Traffic Division and Special Operations officers to patrol key areas like Crowder, Read, Bullard, and Michoud, and creating an anti-terrorist unit to collaborate with Homeland Security and the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force. He also plans to implement a long-term maintenance plan for pipes and underground utilities to avoid emergency repairs.
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Tyrell Morris
Tyrell Morris currently has no information available on his campaign website. Please stay tuned for updates.
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Ricky Twiggs
Twiggs is running on four main pillars: mental/medical health, crime and corruption reform, job creation and infrastructure, and education and teacher reform. His actionable items include creating 41,000 jobs (10,000–11,000 jobs per year) through infrastructure projects and other partnerships, purchasing Entergy New Orleans and returning public power to the people of New Orleans, and creating legislation that holds city officials accountable. For example, if a city official is caught lying in their official capacity, they would be immediately terminated.
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Renada Collins
Collins runs her campaign by focusing on people-centered initiatives and sustainable development. Some interesting actionable items in her platform include implementing a pay-per-use trash system where customers only pay for the amount of trash they use, giving customers a credit for recycling, holding housing that uses federal funding accountable for repairs and upkeep, and leveling all sidewalks.
Helena Moreno
Helena’s campaign is largely based on being an advocate for the people of New Orleans. She focuses on reducing crime by investing in youth. Some specific ways she plans to do this include getting rid of "problem properties" (properties where crimes tend to occur), investing in NOPD recruitment, and providing additional after-school services for students.
Oliver Thomas
Thomas is running his campaign based on a few key areas: neighborhood safety, education, services and infrastructure, economic opportunity, and making City Hall work for everyone. Some specific ways he plans to implement these initiatives include establishing and securing sustainable funding for a Violence Interruption & Prevention Office that employs credible messengers (including formerly incarcerated individuals) as mentors, stopping the city from siphoning money from schools to other areas, and launching a citywide 311 tracking system to ensure every complaint gets follow-up and status updates.
Arthur Hunter
Hunter’s campaign promises solutions to the city’s problems. He focuses on improving public safety, infrastructure, economic opportunity, transparency, and climate resilience. His specific plans include strengthening roofs and expanding affordable insurance to protect homes, making neighborhoods cooler with more trees and green spaces, assigning NOPD Traffic Division and Special Operations officers to patrol key areas like Crowder, Read, Bullard, and Michoud, and creating an anti-terrorist unit to collaborate with Homeland Security and the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force. He also plans to implement a long-term maintenance plan for pipes and underground utilities to avoid emergency repairs.
Tyrell Morris
Tyrell Morris currently has no information available on his campaign website. Please stay tuned for updates.
Ricky Twiggs
Twiggs is running on four main pillars: mental/medical health, crime and corruption reform, job creation and infrastructure, and education and teacher reform. His actionable items include creating 41,000 jobs (10,000–11,000 jobs per year) through infrastructure projects and other partnerships, purchasing Entergy New Orleans and returning public power to the people of New Orleans, and creating legislation that holds city officials accountable. For example, if a city official is caught lying in their official capacity, they would be immediately terminated.
Renada Collins
Collins runs her campaign by focusing on people-centered initiatives and sustainable development. Some interesting actionable items in her platform include implementing a pay-per-use trash system where customers only pay for the amount of trash they use, giving customers a credit for recycling, holding housing that uses federal funding accountable for repairs and upkeep, and leveling all sidewalks.
Note: The Crescent City Pulse strives to maintain a neutral stance in its reporting. All information provided in this article has been sourced directly from the official campaign websites of the candidates.
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