Ignatius J. Reilly is the hot-dog vendor, French Quarter [1]. They are not currently a candidate for elected office and have not filed in any 2026 race [2].
Reilly is a New Orleans native who holds a master's degree in medieval studies and has been employed, at various points, as a file clerk at Levy Pants and as a Lucky Dog vendor. He wears a green hunting cap and a flannel nightshirt. He is engaged in an extended correspondence with one Myrna Minkoff. [1][2]
Reilly favors the restoration of monarchy and the broader rejection of modernity, theology, and geometry. He has called for an end to the abuses of the modern age. [2]
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