TUPELO â¢Â Rosezlia âRosieâ Jones, a candidate running for the Tupelo City Council s Ward 7 seat, has missed a second deadline to file campaign finance reports, again violating the stateâs ethics laws.
State law requires all candidates involved in a runoff election to file a report by 5 p.m. on April 20 detailing who has donated to their campaigns and how theyâve spent their campaign dollars.
Out of the six candidates who will appear on the ballot for runoff elections next week, Jones was the only candidate who did not file a campaign finance report.
Jones is competing in the wardâs Democratic runoff against incumbent Councilman Willie Jennings. She told the Daily Journal that she has not filed the report because she works during the day and does not have adequate time to file the form at City Hall.
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.
TUPELO ⢠Four candidates are competing in the Republican primary for the Tupelo City Councilâs Ward 1 seat, an open race that has drawn a competitive field of candidates
The current councilman representing that ward, Markel Whittington, is running for mayor. That means no incumbent candidate will appear on the ballot.
The candidates â Amanda Angle, Eric Hampton, Megan Kessler and Chad Mims â will face off in the Republican primary, which occurs on April 6. If no single candidate receives a share of the vote that exceeds 50%, a runoff will occur between the top two vote-getters on April 27.
The winner of the Republican primary will face Democratic candidate Geraldine Brinkley during the June 8 general election.
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TUPELO ⢠Megan Kessler, a Tupelo realtor, recently qualified to run for the Tupelo City Councilâs Ward 1 seat as a Republican, making her the fourth person to enter an increasingly crowded race.
Kessler, 41, has lived in Tupelo since she was 10 years old and graduated from Tupelo High School and the University of Mississippi. After college, she has worked in sales for most of her adult life.
In a statement to the Daily Journal, Kessler said if elected to the council, she would like to continue to revitalize certain neighborhoods, support local educational institutions, and unify the community through supporting local businesses.