A month before New Orleans' municipal primary, Helena Moreno has grown her lead in the mayoral race while Oliver Thomas has regained his second-place position, according to a new poll.

The poll performed by Mason-Dixon Polling and Strategy shows 51% of voters would back Moreno in the race, the first publicly available data showing her results above 50%. The City Council vice president has hovered a few percentage points shy of that figure in a series recent publicly-released voter surveys.

Candidates need to secure more than half the vote to win the race outright in the Oct. 11 primary. If necessary, a runoff will be held on Nov. 15.

Thomas, who represents District E on the City Council, polled second to Moreno at 16%, according to WVUE-TV , which funded the poll. State Sen. Roy

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