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2017 Jackson Mayoral Election
The 2017 mayoral election in Jackson, Mississippi took place on June 6, 2017, alongside other Jackson municipal races. Chokwe Antar Lumumba, son of late former mayor Chokwe Lumumba was elected mayor in a landslide in the general election after defeating eight other candidates, including incumbent mayor Tony Yarber in the primary. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson Mayoral Election, 2017 2017 United States mayoral elections Mayoral elections in Jackson, Mississippi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Jackson Mayoral Election
The 2014 mayoral election in Jackson, Mississippi took place on April 22, 2014. It was necessitated after the death of incumbent mayor Chokwe Lumumba.HERBERT BUCHSBAUM, "Jackson Mourns Mayor With Militant Past Who Won Over Skeptics" ''New York Times'', 9 March 2014, accessed 8 June 2015 Councilman defeated the late Lumumba's son in a runoff. Other candidates in the race included former mayor |
2021 Jackson Mayoral Election
The 2021 mayoral election in Jackson, Mississippi took place on June 8, 2021, alongside other Jackson municipal races. Incumbent mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba was re-elected to a second term in office. Primary elections took place on April 6. The deadline to register to vote in the party primaries was March 8. Democratic primary Candidates Qualified *Chokwe Antar Lumumba, incumbent mayor *Patty Patterson, entrepreneur, candidate for mayor in 2013, and candidate for the Mississippi House of Representatives in 2015 *Kenneth Wilson, former firefighter Disqualified *Gwen Ward Chapman, Independent candidate for mayor in 2017 Endorsements Results Republican primary Candidates Qualified *Ponto Downing, activist and perennial candidate *Jason Wells, police officer and nominee for mayor in 2017 Results Independents Qualified *Shafeqah BigMama Lodree, entrepreneur, businesswoman, owner BigMama's Bail Bonding *Charlotte Reeves, businesswoman and perennial candidate *Les Tanne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chokwe Antar Lumumba (1)
Chokwe Antar Lumumba (born March 29, 1983) is an American attorney, activist, and politician serving as the 53rd mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, the 7th consecutive African-American to hold the position. He was first elected in 2017. In the primary, Lumumba soundly won the Democratic nomination, defeating both incumbent mayor Tony Yarber and State Senator John Horhn. Lumumba went on to win the general election in a landslide. He is a self-described progressive and socialist. Lumumba has also referred to himself as a political revolutionary. He is the son of former mayor and Black nationalist activist Chokwe Lumumba, who served briefly as mayor of Jackson before his death in 2014. Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi Lumumba was elected mayor in June 2017 with 93% of the vote. ''The Nation'' commented that "Lumumba lit up the left press with his promise—delivered later that month in a speech at the People's Summit in Chicago—to make Jackson 'the most radical city on the planet.'â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chokwe Antar Lumumba
Chokwe Antar Lumumba (born March 29, 1983) is an American attorney, activist, and politician serving as the List of mayors of Jackson, Mississippi, 53rd mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, the 7th consecutive African-American to hold the position. He was first elected in 2017 Jackson mayoral election, 2017. In the primary, Lumumba soundly won the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic nomination, defeating both incumbent mayor Tony Yarber and State Senator John Horhn. Lumumba went on to win the general election in a landslide. He is a self-described Progressivism in the United States, progressive and Socialism, socialist. Lumumba has also referred to himself as a political revolutionary. He is the son of former mayor and Black nationalism, Black nationalist activist Chokwe Lumumba, who served briefly as mayor of Jackson before his death in 2014. Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi Lumumba was elected mayor in June 2017 with 93% of the vote. The Nation commented that "Lumumba lit up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the Capital city, capital of and the List of municipalities in Mississippi, most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The city is also one of two county seats of Hinds County, Mississippi, Hinds County, along with Raymond, Mississippi, Raymond. The city had a population of 153,701 at the 2020 census, down from 173,514 at the 2010 census. Jackson's population declined more between 2010 and 2020 (11.42%) than any Major cities in the U.S., major city in the United States. Jackson is the anchor for the Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi, Jackson metropolitan statistical area, the largest metropolitan area completely within the state. With a 2020 population estimated around 600,000, metropolitan Jackson is home to over one-fifth of Mississippi's population. The city sits on the Pearl River (Mississippi–Louisiana), Pearl River and is located in the greater Jackson Prairie region of Mississippi. Founded in 1821 as the site f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chokwe Lumumba
Chokwe Lumumba (; August 2, 1947 – February 25, 2014) was an American attorney, activist, and politician, who was affiliated with the black nationalist organization Republic of New Afrika and served as its second vice president. He served as a human rights lawyer in Michigan and Mississippi. In 2013, after serving on the City Council, he was elected as Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, as Edwin Finley Taliaferro, and was raised there. He changed his name in 1969 after joining the Republic of New Afrika. Early life and education He was born in Detroit, Michigan, as Edwin Finley Taliaferro, the second of eight children of Lucien Taliaferro, from Kansas, and Priscilla, from Alabama. Some of his forebears were said to be Cherokee. His parents had each moved to Detroit in the Great Migration of the early 20th century. Raised Catholic, Lumumba attended local Catholic schools. He graduated from St. Theresa High School in Detroit, where he ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Yarber
Tony Tarzell Yarber (born April 16, 1978) is an American pastor, educator and politician in Jackson, Mississippi. He was elected as Mayor of Jackson in April 2014 from special election following the death in office of Chokwe Lumumba. A native of Jackson and experienced city councilor, Yarber is noted for his passion for youth causes, and has been described as "a consensus builder". He was succeeded as Mayor of Jackson by his predecessor's son Chokwe Antar Lumumba on July 3, 2017. Career and personal life Yarber was born in Jackson, Mississippi to George and Deloris Yarber in 1978, and grew up in the city's Westside Community. He attended Forest Hill High School in Jackson. Yarber received a B.S. in Elementary Education from the University of Southern Mississippi and an M.S. in Education Administration and Supervision from Jackson State University. He has taught school and served as an elementary school principal. Yarber served as a committee member for the Southern Association of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Horhn
John A. Horhn (born February 8, 1955) is an American politician who has served in the Mississippi State Senate from the 26th district since 1993. He is a Democrat. He served as state tourism director from 1989 to 1992. He received a B.A. degree from Centre College Centre College is a private liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky. It is an undergraduate college with an enrollment of approximately 1,400 students. Centre was officially chartered by the Kentucky General Assembly in 1819. The college is ... in Kentucky. References 1955 births Living people Democratic Party Mississippi state senators Politicians from Jackson, Mississippi African-American state legislators in Mississippi 20th-century American politicians 21st-century American politicians 20th-century African-American politicians 21st-century African-American politicians {{Mississippi-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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2017 United States Mayoral Elections
The 2017 United States elections were held, in large part, on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. This off-year election featured gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey, as well as state legislative elections in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature and in the Virginia House of Delegates (the lower house of the Virginia legislature). Numerous citizen initiatives, mayoral races, and a variety of other local elections also occurred. Special elections were also held for one seat of the U.S. Senate, representing Alabama, and six seats of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Democrats picked up the governorship in New Jersey and the Alabama Senate seat that was up for a special election. The governorship in Virginia and the six House seats that were up for special elections did not change party hands. Analysts such as Harry Enten of FiveThirtyEight and Chris Cillizza of CNN interpreted the 2017 election results overall as demonstrating a move toward the Democratic Party. Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
