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Louisiana: New Orleans picks first white mayor in 32 years

NEW ORLEANS — In an event-packed weekend here that included the New Orleans Saints' first-ever trip to the Super Bowl and seven Mardi Gras parades, Mitch Landrieu, the state's lieutenant governor and scion of a well-known Louisiana political family, captured enough attention to become the city's 61st mayor.