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MAYOR

(Democrats)

*Harvey Johnson, Jr. 


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Robert Amos

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Frank Bluntson

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William Bright 


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Gwendolyn Chapman

John H. Jones, Jr.


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Jonathan Lee


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Chokwe Lumumba


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Regina Quinn


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Charlotte Reeves


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Charles Taylor, Sr.

(Independents)

Francis P. Smith, Jr. 


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Richard C. Williams

Cornelius Griggs

CITY COUNCIL

Full city council candidate interviews appear at jfp.ms/citycouncilrace2013.

WARD 1

(Republican)

*Quentin Whitwell

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WARD 2

(Democrats)

Ineva May-Pittman

James Paige


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Melvin V. Priester


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Tom Stingley


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Stacey Webb


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WARD 3

(Democrats)

*LaRita Cooper-Stokes

Zachery S. Williams


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Patricia Williams


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Harrison Michael II

Pam Greer


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Albert Wilson


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(Republican)

Ponto Ronnie Downing

WARD 4

(Democrats)

Gerald Austin, Sr.

Barron Banks


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Dorothy Benford


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Jerry Lindsey


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Kourtney Paige


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Dexter Robinson


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De’Keither Stamps


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Robert Thompson, Sr.


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Derrick Trimble


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Charity Wright


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WARD 5

(Democrats)

*Charles Tillman

Charles Alexander


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Fran Bridges


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Bettye Dagner-Cook

Plavise Patterson


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Corinthian Sanders


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Courtney Walker


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WARD 6

(Democrats)

*Tony Yarber


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Sylvester McDonald

WARD 7

(Democrats)

*Margaret Barrett-Simon


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June Hardwick


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(Republican)

Marcus Coleman

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The Mississippi Free Press produced this story through the MFP Solutions Lab, supported by the Solutions Journalism Network. This series digs into Mississippi’s systemic issues and sheds light on responses to them in other communities. Beyond just reporting on problems, these stories interrogate their causes and inspect potential solutions.

Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.