LaToya Cantrell, New Orleans’ 1st Woman Mayor/nola.com

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LaToya Cantrell Elected New Orleans’ 1st Woman Mayor

LaToya Cantrell, a City Council member who first gained a political following as she worked to help her hard-hit neighborhood recover from Hurricane Katrina, won a historic election Saturday that made her the first woman mayor of New Orleans.