JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Three independents and a Republican are looking to fill the top seat in City Hall and face a challenge unseating incumbent Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba. Jackson mayoral candidates ready to hit the ground running as the race hits the final stretch. "It's like our city has become the wild, wild west. [.]
Confrontation between former campaign staffer and Jackson mayoral candidate turns physical
Confrontation between former political staffer and Jackson mayoral candidate turns physical By C.J. LeMaster | April 14, 2021 at 8:21 PM CDT - Updated April 14 at 9:08 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Surveillance video shows part of an attack against a Jackson mayoral candidate inside a Jackson coffee shop Tuesday, but the other person involved in that incident tells 3 On Your Side that footage doesnât tell the whole story.
Cameras inside Native Coffee on North State Street captured the point where Charlotte Reeves walks toward the counter and is yanked backwards to the floor by her hair.
The margin of victory means Lumumba will head straight to the general election on June 8.
He will now face Jason Wells, who won the Republican primary, and three Independent candidates Shafeqah BigMama Lodree, Charlotte Reeves and Les Tannehill.
Lumumba, who is seeking a second term, beat out fellow Democratic candidates Patty Patterson, a longtime community organizer and activist, and Ken Wilson, a former Jackson firefighter.
The incumbent mayor nabbed just over 69% of the total vote, or 13,773 of the 19,887 votes cast for the three mayoral candidates.
Wilson finished with 3,691 votes and Patterson secured 2,423 votes.
In the Republican primary, Wells defeated Downing with a winning margin of 69%. Wells received 297 votes to Downing s 105 votes.
Mississippi primaries narrow fields for municipal offices
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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