Mississippi primaries narrow fields for municipal offices
April 7, 2021
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1of6Roosevelt Brown, of Jackson, Miss., leaves Precinct 85 at Fire Station 26 in Jackson, Miss., after voting in the citywide primary elections, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Winners for Jackson mayor and city council will advance to either runoffs or the city s June 8 general election. (Barbara Gauntt/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)Barbara Gauntt/APShow MoreShow Less
2of6Precinct 51 poll manager Gladys Overton, of Jackson, Miss., tries to get a VOTE HERE sign to stay on a window at Blackburn Elementary School in Jackson, Miss., as voters head to the polls for Jackson citywide primary elections Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Winners for Jackson mayor and city council will advance to either runoffs or the city s June 8 general election. (Barbara Gauntt/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)Barbara Gauntt/APShow MoreShow Less
TUPELO ⢠Three candidates are vying to be Tupeloâs next mayor.
As qualifying for the cityâs upcoming municipal elections came to a close Friday afternoon, three people had qualified to run for the open mayoral seat: Republicans Todd Jordan and Markel Whittington, and Democrat Victor Fleitas.
Tupeloâs current mayor, Democrat Jason Shelton, is not seeking re-election.
Fleitas, 53, is an attorney. The son of Cuban and Puerto Rican immigrants, he is a native of Chicago, Illinois, but grew up in Miami, Florida.
Fleitas moved to Mississippi to attend the University of Mississippi School of Law. After passing the bar, he started practicing law in Tupelo in 1995, and moved his family to Tupelo shortly after in 1996.
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TUPELO, Miss. (AP) An attorney who is running for mayor of Tupelo, Mississippi, says he wants people of all backgrounds to have equal opportunities to hold city jobs.
Victor Fleitas announced his candidacy Thursday, becoming the first Democrat in the open race.
Lee County Supervisor Todd Jordan and Tupelo City Councilman Markel Whittington are both running for mayor as Republicans.
The current mayor, Democrat Jason Shelton, is not seeking a third term.
Fleitas told the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal that although he has never held office, he believes his education, knowledge of the law and interaction with government agencies have prepared him to lead Mississippi’s sixth-largest city.