One of the things that's beautiful about New Orleans is how culturally rich we are and how well we have worked together. People call us a gumbo. It's really important that we get focused on the very simple notion that diversity is a strength, it's not a weakness.

Landrieu has also taught alternative dispute resolution as an adjunct professor at Loyola University Law School. He was elected Mayor of New Orleans on February 6 2010 garnering 66 per cent of the city-wide vote and claiming victory in 365 of the city's 366 voting precincts. Nagin and Landrieu faced each other in a run off election on May 20.

S. Beard and Sammy Kershaw. He is the son of former New Orleans mayor and Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Moon Landrieu and the brother of the senior U.