Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office

Election Day ended in an upset, with Susan Hutson defeating the 17-year incumbent Sheriff Marlin Gusman and becoming the first female sheriff in the history of Orleans Parish.

Election Day is here, and up for vote are several elections that went to a runoff after November's elections and two millages.

The result of the Orleans Parish Sheriff's election this Saturday could give the United States its first glimpse at a progressive Sheriff — or the city could return to its conventional incumbent, Sheriff Marlin Gusman, who has run a jail that has been shrouded in controversy since he overtook it in 2004.

New Orleans voters will find themselves inside a voting booth for the second month in a row this December, with two millages and six runoff races to decide on.The quick turnaround from the Nov. 13 election coupled with the holiday season could produce some upsets that would potentially reshape the City Council or even give the city its first female sheriff.

Susan Hutson scored a key endorsement from a progressive elected official Friday in the runoff race on Dec. 11 against incumbent New Orleans Sheriff Marlin Gusman.

A week after the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office announced that there were no known cases of coronavirus at the New Orleans jail, a man being held at the…