Women for Progress hosts virtual Jackson Mayoral Debate
Women for Progress hosts virtual Jackson Mayoral Debate
Staff Writer,
Downing, Lumumba, Wilson
Women for Progress of MS, Inc., along with sponsoring partners, hosted a 2021 City of Jackson Mayoral Debate, Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 7 p.m. virtually at Mississippi College School of Law. Only three of the eight candidates running for mayor participated in the debate.
D’Andra Orey, professor of political science at Jackson State University and Donna Ladd, publisher,
Jackson Free Press served as moderators for the debate.
Incumbent Mayor of Jackson, Chokwe Antar Lumumba and Kenneth Wilson are the Democrats who participated in the debate along with Ponto “Ronnie” Downing, the only Republican that participated in the City of Jackson Mayoral Debate.