Cynthia Hedge-Morrell
| Cynthia Hedge- Morrell | |
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| New Orleans City Council member for District D | |
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In office April 2005 – 2014 |
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| Preceded by | David Payton (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Jared Brossett |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 4, 1947 Place of birth missing |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Arthur A. Morrell |
| Children |
Four sons, including: Jean-Paul Morrell |
| Residence | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| Alma mater | Loyola University New Orleans |
| Occupation | Educational administrator |
Four sons, including:
Cynthia Hedge-Morrell (born September 4, 1947) is an American teacher, a former school administrator, and a Democratic politician from New Orleans, Louisiana. She served on the New Orleans City Council from 2005 to 2014.
Hedge-Morrell holds a Bachelor of Administration in Elementary Education from the University of New Orleans and a Master of Science from Loyola University New Orleans.
Hedge-Morrell's service in the District D seat on the city council began with a special election on April 2, 2005, to fill the seat vacated by newly elected Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff Marlin N. Gusman. David Payton had held the post on an interim basis but did not enter the special election, which was held some four months before Hurricane Katrina struck. Hedge-Morrell instead defeated a Republican candidate, Eustis J. Guillemet, Jr. (born January 1934), 4,959 votes (84.5 percent) to 912 (15.5 percent). District D includes Gentilly and parts of the Upper Ninth Ward, the neighborhoods that were the most seriously damaged by the levee failures of 2005 that accompanied Hurricane Katrina.
Hedge-Morrell was re-elected in 2006 but with a reduced majority. A number of her colleagues faced voter dissatisfaction stemming from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Mayor Ray Nagin won re-election only after facing a much tougher challenge than expected before the hurricane and half of the members who wished to stay were not returned to the city council.
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