Well it wasn't a shot on anyone in particular, just that Louisianans/New Orleanians generally tend to vote for people like them. Look at the last mayoral election, it was black guy who had the automatic black vote because of it vs. a guy from the old LA political family. You knew it was more of the same no matter what.
And, since you mentioned it, guys named Hebert, Delhomme, and Fourcade do seem to get cut a lot of slack around here :)