EDITOR S NOTE: This story is the second in a series highlighting the candidates running for Tupelo City Council. Additional entries will run throughout the week.
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The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal will host a mayoral debate two weeks prior to the general election.
Democratic nominee Victor Fleitas and Republican nominee Todd Jordan have confirmed their participation. The debate will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 25, at the Link Centre concert hall. It is scheduled to last approximately one hour.
Voters also will be able to watch a live stream of the event on www.djournal.com.
If You Go
General admission for the event will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
Seating is limited to approximately 100 people, with social distancing measures in effect.
Masks are optional.
TUPELO â¢Â Todd Jordan, a Lee County supervisor and a realtor, on Tuesday night won the Republican primary for mayor, upending the local political status quo and cementing a rapid rise through the ranks of power.
In unofficial results, Jordan, 50, defeated Markel Whittington, 71, a three-term member of the Tupelo City Council, by capturing 54.9% of the Republican primary vote. Jordan held a 416-vote lead, before absentee ballots were counted. According to the municipal clerk, there are only 179 outstanding absentee ballots in the Republican primary.
Whittington ran as an experienced leader in city government who could lead Tupelo with a steady hand, but Jordan promised a fresh face and a new direction at City Hall, and didnât hesitate to criticize outgoing Mayor Jason Shelton.