SHORE. LET’S GO BACK TO SAINT TAMMANY PARISH WHERE THE INCUMBENT IS ABOUT TO TAKE THE STAGE CLAIMING VICTORY TONIGHT IN THE PARISH PRESIDENT RACE. LET’S CHECK IN WITH ARIELLE BRUMFIELD, WHO’S THERE. BUT WE’VE GOT TO THIS POINT FOR SO MANY REASONS, YOU GUYS. MIKE COOPER JUST TOOK THE STAND. HE IS GIVING HIS SPEECH RIGHT NOW. I WANT YOU GUYS TO TAKE A LISTEN. MY WIFE, CATHERINE, MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE, CATHERINE, AND FAMILY, ALL OF MY FAMILY, WE HAVE AN EXTENDED FAMILY HERE THIS EVENING. MY COUSINS, BROTHERS, SISTERS, AUNTS AND UNCLES, IN-LAWS, IN-LAWS. CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN AND SO MANY PEOPLE, SO MANY SUPPORTERS, SO MANY SUPPORTERS HERE WE’VE GOT TEAM COOPER WHO I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT. OUR TEAM, TEAM, COOPER, COOPER FAMILY. THEY EXTENDED COOPER FAMILY AND TEAM TAMMANY TAMMANY. TO. TEAM TAMMANY IS. IS OUR WORK FORCE IN SAINT TAMMANY PARISH GOVERNMENT FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS WHO HAVE TAKEN THIS TO THIS LEVEL WHERE WE’RE ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF OUR CITIZENS. WE’RE ADDRESSING INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR ROADS, BRIDGES, DRAINAGE, WATER AND SEWERAGE, UTILITIES, COASTAL RESTORATION, FLOOD PROTECTION AND SO MUCH MORE. HERE IN OUR PARISH. AND WE’VE GOT SO MUCH MORE TO GO. AND THAT’S WHAT I’M HERE TO DO FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS TO CONTINUE SERVING YOU AND TO ADDRESS SMART GROWTH, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH FOR OUR PARISH TO MAINTAIN THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE ALL DESERVE. THANK YOU, MIKE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO MIKE. THANK YOU, MIKE. THANKS, MIKE. THAT’S WHAT I HEARD FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS WAS. THANKS, MIKE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MIKE. AND THAT WAS A GREAT THAT WAS A GREAT WAY FOR YOU ALL TO TO TELL ME AND TO TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT WHAT WHAT YOU FEEL HAS TAKEN PLACE THE LAST FOUR YEARS. WE’VE HAD CHALLENGES AS WE’VE HAD CHALLENGES, NO DOUBT. AND AND MANY HAVE HAD CHILDREN AND AND THERE WILL BE SOME NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WILL BE WORKING THAT. I’M GOING TO MENTION ONE IN DISTRICT, ONE COUNCIL, DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, WHICH WAS AN OPEN DISTRICT. RICK SMITH, WHO JOINED WITH ME, RICK SMITH, WHO SERVED WITH ME AS A CITY COUNCILMAN IN COVINGTON FOR EIGHT YEARS, WILL NOW BE SERVING WITH ME ON THE PARISH COUNCIL REPRESENTING DISTRICT ONE. AND THERE ARE OTHERS AS WELL THAT WILL BE SERVING AND WE’RE VERY, VERY EXCITED TO TO PREPARE FOR OUR OUR NEXT FOUR YEARS SERVING WITH NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, SERVING WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATORS WILL HAVE SOME NEW STATE LEGISLATORS AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING AS OUR NORTH SHORE DELEGATION AND WORKING WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO DC. I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS A GREAT NIGHT. YES, IT WAS. CLOSE 52 TO 40. 8 OR 50 1.5 TO 48.5. A CLOSE RACE. BUT EVERY RACE IS CLOSE. YES, CATHERINE IS KIND OF RUBBING ME NOW LIKE, OKAY. MANY OTHER THINGS TO GIVE. AND THOSE ARE OUR SUPPORTERS AS TO SUPPORT US, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS AUDIENCE TONIGHT AND SO MANY MORE FOR THAT. SO MANY MORE THAT WAVE SIGNS PUT UP, SIGNS. THANK YOU. WE’LL START TAKING DOWN SIGNS TOMORROW. MONDAY. WE GOT A WEEK. BUT SO MUCH, SO MUCH MORE TO DO. IT’S GREAT TO SEE EACH AND EVERY ONE OUT HERE. THERE’S SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS HERE, SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS. MY SISTER BACK THERE WAVING TO THEY MAY BE CUTTING. THEY MAY BE CUTTING ME OFF TO GO TO THE LOOK ON THE SCREEN RIGHT THERE ON THE SCREEN. RIGHT IN FACT, RIGHT BEFORE I CAME OUT, WE WERE WATCHING THE FINAL VOTES AND I DID RECEIVE A CONCESSION CALL FROM MAYOR GREG CROMER CONCEDING THE RACE AND CONGRATULATING ME AND ALL THREE AND OFFERED TO WORK WITH THE OTHER MAYORS IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES FOR THE BETTERMENT OF SAINT GENTILLY PARISH FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. YES. OKAY. SO AS I SEE ALL THESE HAPPY FACES OUT HERE, WE’VE GOT PLENTY MORE TO ENJOY, PLENTY MORE TO DO. SO I KNOW IT’S BEEN A LONG NIGHT WAITING ON THE RETURNS, BUT THANK YOU EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR BEING HERE. VOLUNTEER SUPPORTERS, FAMILY TEAM TAMMANY. I’M TAKING MONEY OFF. OKAY? I’M TAKING MONEY OFF. I MIGHT COME IN TUESDAY, BUT GREAT PRAISE ZULU FAMILY. A BIG SIGH OF RELIEF FOR THE INCUMBENT THERE FOR SAINT TAMMANY PARISH PRESIDENT MIKE COOPER MAKING SOME JOKES. REALLY HAPPY LOOKING PARISH PRESIDENT. THEY’RE ELATED THAT HE BEAT OUT HIS CHALLENGER, GREG CROMER. YOU CAN SEE HERE THE POLLS ARE THE NUMBERS ARE COMING IN 51%. AND GREG CROMER, HIS CHALLENGER, HAS 49% CLOSE RACE, BUT HE WAS ABLE TO HOLD ON AS PARISH PRESIDENT FROM PARISH PRESIDENT TO THE SHERIFF’S RACE IN SAINT SAINT TAMMANY PARISH. ANUM SIDDIQUI HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THAT RACE FO