Four candidates are vying for the District C seat on the New Orleans City Council in a race that has centered primarily on issues of affordability and land use but has also featured sharp attacks among candidates over each other’s records.

Of New Orleans’ five council districts, District C is among the most racially and geographically diverse. It straddles the Mississippi River and includes the entirety of New Orleans’ West Bank as well as the French Quarter, Treme, Marigny, Bywater and parts of the 7th Ward, St. Roch, St. Claude and Bayou St. John.

Incumbent District C Councilmember Freddie King III, an attorney and Democrat who lives in English Turn, is seeking a second term and is facing a trio of opponents in the Oct. 11 primary.

They include Kelsey Foster, a Democrat who li

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