Former City Councilmember Cyndi Nguyen and state Rep. Jason Hughes will face each other in a Nov. 15 runoff for the District E seat , marking an end to a City Council race that drew the largest number of candidates.

Unofficial returns show Nguyen with about 46% of the vote and Hughes with 36%.

The victor will represent residents in New Orleans East and parts of the 9th Ward, succeeding Councilmember Oliver Thomas, who ran for mayor.

Nguyen, 55, is a training coordinator at the Regional Transit Authority. She became the district’s first Vietnamese-American representative from 2018-22, making a bid to return to office at the encouragement of residents longing for change, she has said.

With five years in the state Legislature under his belt, Hughes, 42, has built a campaign around his a

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