EDITOR S NOTE: This story is the first in a series highlighting the candidates running for Tupelo City Council. Additional entries will run throughout the week.Â
TUPELO â¢Â Both candidates vying to fill the Ward 1 City Council seat are highlighting infrastructure policy as a major campaign theme, although they disagree in key ways.
Republican candidate Chad Mims is focusing on quality-of-life issues and recreational opportunities, including his desire to improve the publicly-owned Bel Air Golf Course.
Democrat Geraldine Brinkley is foregrounding road infrastructure and safety, claiming that the Walsh Road area of Ward 1 has fallen behind and needs upgrades.
Both candidates describe the city of Tupelo as a thriving community in need of a City Council representative willing to foster continued improvement and growth.
TUPELO â¢Â Chad Mims on Tuesday night won the Republican nomination in the Ward 1 runoff election, bringing an end to a hotly contested GOP primary.
Mims, a 43-year-old pharmaceutical sales representative, defeated Amanda Angle, an accountant. Uncertified but complete election day results gathered from local polling precincts and absentee ballots show that Mims received 51.1% of the votes to 48.9% for Angle.
Mims campaigned on looking at potential ideas to improve public safety in neighborhoods, working to improve the golf course at the Bel Air Center and exploring quality of life projects in the ward.
âYou also want to make it where itâs a safe area to live and exercise,â Mims said in a previous interview with the Daily Journal. âIt helps the property values in the area as well as makes it safer. People that are moving into Tupelo especially are looking for somewhere to move to, thatâs one of the big areas that they look at.â
Tupelo council incumbents ousted in primary runoffs
Someone in Okolona voting in the April 27, 2021 municipal party primary runoffs (Alvin Ivy)
Two members of the Tupelo City Council lost their bids for re-election Tuesday in municipal primary runoffs.
Posted: Apr 27, 2021 9:38 PM
Posted By: Craig Ford
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) Two members of the Tupelo City Council lost their bids for re-election Tuesday in municipal primary runoffs.
Republican Janet Gaston defeated Ward 6 Councilman Mike Bryan with 60 percent of the vote. She will face Democrat Rasheeda Iyanda in the June general election.
Democrat Rosie Jones beat Ward 7 Councilman Willie Jennings with 55 percent of the vote. Jones will replace Jennings on the City Council since all the candidates in that race ran as Democrats.
TUPELO ⢠City Council incumbents in Ward 6 and Ward 7 were ousted in primary runoffs Tuesday, while Chad Mims narrowly won the Republican primary for an open seat in Ward 1.
Victories by women in Ward 6 and Ward 7 ensure that at least three members of the Tupelo City Council over the next four years will be women, a historic share of representation for female officeholders.
Mims defeated Amanda Angle, receiving 51.1% of the votes to 48.9% for Angle. Angle performed better than her primary day totals to make the runoff race close.
In Ward 6, Janet Gaston defeated fourth-term incumbent Mike Bryan on Tuesday night to win the Republican nomination, capturing a resounding 60% of the vote, with Bryan earning just over 39% of the vote.
TUPELO ⢠Some voters in the All America City will cast ballots on Tuesday to decide who should represent them in City Hall over the next four years.
Voters in three of the cityâs wards â Ward 1, 6 and 7 â have an opportunity to participate in runoff elections to decide who should sit on the Tupelo City Council over the next four years.
Two of the races, however, will not be completely settled on Tuesday night.
In Ward 1, for example, Amanda Angle and Chad Mims are competing for the Republican nomination. The winner will face Geraldine Brinkley, the Democratic nominee, in the general election on June 8.