Orleans Parish Criminal District Clerk Darren Lombard on Tuesday withdrew his bid to stop challenger Calvin Duncan from airing campaign ads declaring himself exonerated in a 1981 murder.
Kenneth Bordes, an attorney for Lombard, told Civil District Judge Omar Mason he was withdrawing a petition filed Oct. 1 for a temporary restraining order against Duncan and his campaign.
Bordes acknowledged it was filed a day too late under a state law that bars such petitions within 10 days of an election. The clerk’s race will be settled this Saturday, Oct. 11…