Overview

• With more than 10 candidates on the ballot, any contender topping 50% wins outright; otherwise the top two advance to a Nov. 15 runoff.
• Recent polling identifies State Sen. Royce Duplessis and City Council members Helena Moreno and Oliver Thomas as the leading contenders.
• Moreno has reported more than $3.4 million raised, the largest war chest in the field.
• Voters are also weighing the sheriff’s race after a May jailbreak; the last escapee, convicted murderer Derrick Groves, was arrested in Atlanta earlier this week.
• The clerk of criminal court contest has turned contentious as Attorney General Liz Murrill questions candidate Calvin Duncan’s vacated conviction and exoneration claims, which Duncan rejects.