His campaign started with television ads mocking the perceived leading candidates, Mitch Landrieu, Ron Forman, and incumbent Mayor Ray Nagin.
Ron Forman (born Leon Ronald Forman, c. 1948) is the head of the Audubon Nature Institute and was one of the leading candidates in the New Orleans mayoral election, 2006.
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The Institute runs not only the Audubon Zoo, but also Audubon Park, the Aquarium of the Americas, and the newest Audubon Insectarium housed in the U.S. Custom House Federal Building on Canal St.
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Forman supported mayor Marc Morial's unsuccessful attempt to change the city charter to allow Morial a third term.
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Forman endorsed Mitch Landrieu in the runoff, who was defeated by Nagin 52% to 48% on May 20.
In the mayoral race of 2006, The Times-Picayune endorsed right-leaning Democrat Ron Forman in the primary election and Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu in the runoff.
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