1. Helena Nancy Moreno was born on September 30,1977 and is a Mexican-American realtor, equestrienne, former journalist, and politician serving as the president of the New Orleans City Council and First Division Councilmember-at-Large.
15 Facts About Helena Moreno
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Helena Moreno was elected in May 2010 in a special election and re-elected unopposed in 2011.
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On October 14,2017, Helena Moreno won the Division 1 at-large seat on the New Orleans City Council, defeating her two opponents by nearly a 2-to-1 margin and avoiding a runoff.
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On October 8,2024, Helena Moreno filed paperwork to run for Mayor of New Orleans.
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Helena Moreno was born in Veracruz, Mexico, to oil executive Felix Moreno and academic Nancy Pearson Moreno.
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Helena Moreno studied at American University in Washington, DC, where she interned at the White House for First Lady Hillary Clinton.
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Helena Moreno was voted best television reporter by Gambit readers for four years and won an Emmy for Hurricane Katrina coverage.
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Helena Moreno left her broadcast news career in 2008 to pursue public service.
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In March 2008, Moreno resigned from WDSU to challenge then-incumbent United States Representative William J Jefferson in Louisiana's 2nd congressional district Democratic primary election.
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Helena Moreno received sufficient votes to force the incumbent into a runoff election, which she lost.
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Jefferson was defeated, in the general election, by Republican Joseph Cao, whom Helena Moreno had endorsed along with that of other Democrats such as City Councilwomen Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson and Stacy Head.
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In 2010, after the election of Karen Carter Peterson to the Louisiana State Senate, Helena Moreno became a candidate for Peterson's vacated District 93 seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives.
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The special election primary occurred on 2010 May 1, with Helena Moreno obtaining 27 percent of the vote and entering a runoff election with James Perry, who had 38 percent.
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Helena Moreno is a realtor with Talbot Realty Group in New Orleans and resides in Uptown, New Orleans with her husband, Chris Meeks.
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On October 14,2002, a Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Helena Moreno struck another car that had run a red light at Martin Luther King Jr.