Background
Midura is a New Orleans native who grew up in the Lakeview section of the city, specifically Lakewood S.
Midura is a New Orleans native who grew up in the Lakeview section of the city, specifically Lakewood S.
She was graduated from Isidore Newman School in 1984 and spent the next four years at Georgetown University.
A Democrat, she represented District A from 2006 to her retirement in 2010. She announced in 2009 she would not seek reelection. While enrolled in Georgetown, she spent her junior year abroad—six months in Egypt and six months in Israel.
Upon graduation from Georgetown, she joined the United States Foreign Service.
Upon her return to New Orleans, she helped to start the International School of Louisiana. Her father, William Monroe Stephenson Junior., is a prominent local attorney.
Midura plays piano at a classical level and runs for exercise, participating in the 2004 New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon. Midura was elected in 2006 following widespread post-Katrina dissatisfaction with incumbent Republican councilman Jay Batt, who had authorized large commercial developments in neighborhoods over the objections of neighborhood associations.
On July 15, 2009, Midura announced she would not to seek reelection to the city council in 2010.
Midura endorsed neighborhood activist and Democrat Susan Guidry to succeed her. In addition to Guidry, others who ran to succeed Midura were Republicans Virginia Blanque and former councilman Jay Battalion Guidry defeated both of them with over 62% of the vote.
Councilmember, District A, 2006
Threshold > 50%
First Ballot, April 22, 2006
Second Ballot, May 20, 2006.