Candidates
- Incumbent Mayor Ernest ‘Dutch’ Morial, the city’s first African-American mayor
- Ron Faucheux, a white 31-year-old State Representative. Faucheux had represented a district in New Orleans East since 1975.
- State Senator Bill Jefferson
- perennial candidate Rodney Fertel
- Rashaad Ali, who ran as a socialist candidate
- Leon Waters, who ran as a socialist candidate under the slogan "For jobs and justice, make the rich pay!" His platform emphasized ending police brutality, prison reform, and rent control.
Read more about this topic: New Orleans Mayoral Election, 1982
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