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EDITOR S NOTE: This story is the second in a series highlighting the candidates running for Tupelo City Council. Additional entries will run throughout the week.
TUPELO ⢠Nettie Davis has won a pathway to her sixth term of office in Ward 4, while matchups between incumbents and challengers in Ward 2 and Ward 3 are now known.
According to nearly complete but uncertified results in Ward 2, Demetra Tubbs-Sherer won almost 58% of the vote in a Democrat primary to defeat Candice Knowles. As the Democrat nominee, Tubbs-Sherer will face Ward 2 incumbent Lynn Bryan, a Republican, in the June 8 general election.
Sherer is a real estate agent for Tommy Morgan Realtors; Bryan is a construction contractor.
In Ward, 3, incumbent Councilman Travis Beard won a contested Republican primary, defeating Bradley Gillespie with about 72% of the vote. In a Democratic primary in the same ward, Kenneth Wayne captured about 77% of the vote to defeat Maddie Ludt. Beard and Wayne will compete in the general election.
TUPELO ⢠Two candidates are competing for the Democratic nomination for the Tupelo City Councilâs Ward 2 seat, and each of them share similar ideas about the need for access to affordable housing in the city.
Candice Knowles and Demetra Tubbs Sherer will compete against one another in the Democratic primary on April 6. The winner of the Democratic primary will go on to face Lynn Bryan, the incumbent Republican councilman, in the general election on June 8.
Ward 2 is in the west-central portion of Tupelo and includes the Joyner neighborhood, the Bristow Acres neighborhood, some of the Thomas Street area and the Wilemon Acres subdivision.