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Rask had the best save percentage (.952) among the goalies in pre-season play, followed by teammates Manny Fernandez (.875), Tim Thomas (.869), and Kevin Regan (.857).
He had two opponents in the nonpartisan blanket primary, both Democrats, Orleans Parish District Attorney Harry A. Connick, Sr., (the father of the popular entertainer Harry Connick, Jr.,) and Manuel A. "Manny" Fernandez, a state senator from nearby Chalmette in St. Bernard Parish.