NEW ORLEANS — Last week, in the WWL Louisiana debate between the top three candidates running for New Orleans Mayor, the temperature of the conversation heated up when the candidates asked each other questions.

La. Sen. Royce Duplessis asked City Councilmember Helena Moreno to denounce an email one of her supporters had accidentally sent to him. It accused one of his staffers of calling Moreno a "white devil."

The email was not written or sent by Moreno or her campaign, but by a businessman who has contributed to a political action committee that has supported Moreno’s campaign, called Leadership Matters.

The email controversy soon ended up in court after a Duplessis supporter filed for an injunction to stop the PAC from including the race-baiting allegation in any political communicati

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