Four candidates vying for Hattiesburg mayor in upcoming election
Introducing Hattiesburg mayoral candidates By Melissa Rademaker | March 4, 2021 at 6:17 PM CST - Updated March 4 at 6:22 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Four candidates have been certified to appear on the ballot for Mayor of Hattiesburg in the upcoming municipal elections.
Incumbent Mayor Toby Barker is running as an independent and will not appear on the primary ballot. He will face the candidate who wins the Democratic nomination for mayor.
Three Democrats, Vanessa J. Jones, Le’Keylah White and Stacy Daniels, will be running in the April 6 primary election.
Jones is a practicing attorney, veteran and former municipal judge who has lived in the city for more than 25 years.