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==Notable people== {{unreferenced section|date=January 2012}} <!--notable people who should already have Wikipedia articles--> Mandeville is the hometown of [[Cajun]] [[fiddle]]r and [[bandleader]] [[Amanda Shaw]], the rock group [[12 Stones]], [[YouTube]] personality [[TJ Kirk]], the [[post-hardcore]] band [[As Cities Burn]], [[Wilco]] bassist [[John Stirratt]], and ''[[The Price Is Right]]'' model Rachel Reynolds. Actress [[Allison Scagliotti]] grew up in Mandeville, as did former US soccer national team player [[Jason Kreis]] before entering MLS. [[Sirius XM]]'s ''The Mike Church Show'' is broadcast from a studio in Mandeville five days per week by [[Mike Church]], who is a native of the city. Singer/songwriter [[Lucinda Williams]] spent time in Mandeville as a child and noted the town in her song "Crescent City", which has been covered by others including [[Emmylou Harris]]. Former [[WWE]] wrestler, [[Brodus Clay]] has lived in the city of Mandeville since 2010. Former [[New Orleans Saints]] offensive lineman [[Jim Dombrowski]] lives in Mandeville. Former Saints wide receiver [[Rich Mauti]] lives in Mandeville, and his son, Saints linebacker [[Michael Mauti]], is from Mandeville.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mcauley |first1=Anthony |title=How ex-Saint Michael Mauti's painful journey led him into hemp business with a Doerr Furniture scion |url=https://www.nola.com/news/business/how-ex-saint-michael-mauti-s-painful-journey-led-him-into-hemp-business-with-a/article_5f910f9c-12e2-11ea-8d4f-bfe51bed4382.html |website=NOLA.com |access-date=27 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Mandeville has an active political scene, with [[Eddie Price III|Eddie Price]] having been elected [[mayor]] for several terms commencing in 1996. He stepped down as mayor on October 9, 2009, and subsequently pleaded guilty to charges including tax evasion and depriving citizens of [[honest services fraud|honest services through mail fraud]]. The [[city council]] then selected Edward "Bubby" Lyons as interim mayor.<ref>Cindy Chang, [http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2009/10/post_24.html "Mandeville mayor resigns under fire"] in ''Times-Picayune'', 2009 October 10, pp. A1, A11</ref><ref>[http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2009/10/a_disgraced_mayor_finally_resi.html "Mayor Price's resignation"] in ''Times-Picayune'', 2009 October 10, Saint Tammany Edition, p. B4; Cindy Chang,</ref><ref>[http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-34/1255324868262670.xml&coll=1 "Council to pick interim mayor: Mandeville then will call special election"]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in ''Times-Picayune'', 2009 October 12, Saint Tammany Edition, pp. B1, B2. Kia Hall Hayes</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091020013917/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/10/update_ray_baas_selected_as_ne.html "North Shore city selects leader"] in ''Times-Picayune'', 2009 October 18, Metro Edition, pp. A1, A8</ref><ref>Suzanne Le Breton, "Lyons named interim mayor for Mandeville" in [http://thesttammanynews.com ''St. Tammany News''], 2009 October 18 (Vol. 5 No. 21), pp. 1A, 6A.</ref> White nationalist and white supremacist [[David Duke]] has a residence in Mandeville, and is a perennial candidate. His most notable electoral outcomes are his almost-wins for Senate in [[United States Senate election in Louisiana, 1990|1990]] and Governor of Louisiana in [[Louisiana gubernatorial election, 1991|1991]] and his successful bid for the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] from 1989 to 1992. Author [[Margaux Fragoso]] spent the final years of her life in Mandeville with her second husband, Tom O'Connor, and her daughter, Alicia McGowan, from her first marriage.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/margaux-fragoso-author-of-searing-memoir-of-childhood-sexual-abuse-dies-at-38/2017/06/27/01501a00-5b46-11e7-9b7d-14576dc0f39d_story.html|title=Margaux Fragoso, author of searing memoir of childhood sexual abuse, dies at 38|last1=Schudel|first1=Matt|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|quote=Survivors include her husband since 2010, Tom O’Connor, an English professor at Tulane University in New Orleans, and a daughter from her first marriage, Alicia McGowan, both of Mandeville, La.|date=June 27, 2017|accessdate=December 3, 2021}}</ref>
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