runoff election, which Jefferson won. Jefferson was subsequently defeated, in the general election, by Republican Joseph Cao, who had Moreno's endorsement as well as that of other Democrats such as City Councilwomen Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson and Stacy Head. In 2010, after the election of Karen Carter Peterson to the Louisiana State Senate, Moreno became a candidate for Peterson's vacated District 93 seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives. The special election primary occurred on 2010 May 1, with Moreno obtaining 27 percent of the vote and entering a runoff election with James Perry, who had 38 percent. Much of the runoff campaign, which Moreno won, involved personal issues of allegations of traffic violations. The allegations, and Perry's handling of them, were such that two weeks before the runoff the Times-Picayune, which earlier had endorsed Perry, withdrew its endorsement. Personal life Moreno is also a realtor with Talbot Realty Group in New Orleans and resides in Uptown, New Orleans with her husband, Chris Meeks. Involvement in fatal car crash On October 14, 2002, a Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Moreno struck another car that had run a red light at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Carondelet Street, according to a police report. A passenger in the other car died. According to the report, Moreno admitted to driving 35 in a 25 mph zone, and the investigator determined that the other car ran the red light. The incident became the subject of controversy in 2010 when a political opponent attacked Moreno for her involvement in the accident, attempting to link Moreno to the death of the passenger in the other car with a campaign news release referring to an "accident report involving alleged negligent homicide and apparent preferential treatment." The police report notes that Moreno was taken to the Ochsner Foundation Hospital by police officers before investigators arrived. At the hospital, she answered authorities' questions and submitted to blood and urine tests. The report states that Moreno "did not display any signs of impairment ... or the odor of alcoholic beverages on her breath," and concludes that if the driver of the other vehicle had "not disregarded the traffic signal, the crash may not have occurred." See also Rosalind Peychaud References 1977 births 20th-century American journalists 20th-century American women 21st-century American journalists 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians American United Methodists American University alumni American women journalists Communications consultants Hispanic