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Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba seeks third term

By Jaylon Anderson Jan 31, 2025 | 5:33 PM

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The deadline to qualify for municipal elections in the City of Jackson was Friday, January 31.

All eyes were waiting on incumbent Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba to enter his name before the 5:00 p.m. deadline. The mayor, along with Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens and City Councilman Aaron Banks, Ward 6, were indicted in a federal bribery scheme. Banks is not running for reelection.

Lumumba filed to run for reelection shortly before the deadline on Friday. He is seeking a third term.

Below is the unofficial list of candidates who are running for Mayor and City Council:

Mayor

  • Delano Funches – Democratic
  • James E. Hopkins – Democratic
  • LaKeisha J. Crye – Democratic
  • Albert Wilson – Democratic
  • John Horhn – Democratic
  • Marcus Wallace – Democratic
  • Ali M. Shamsiddeen – Democratic
  • Zach Servis – Independent
  • Rodney DePriest – Independent
  • Kourtney Christopher Page – Democratic
  • Tim Henderson – Democratic
  • Wilfred Beal – Republican
  • Lille Stewart-Robinson – Independent
  • Socrates Garrett – Democratic
  • David Archie – Democratic
  • Kim Wade – Independent
  • Kenny G – Republican
  • James “Blue” Butler – Democratic
  • Ponto Ronnie Downing – Republican
  • Keyshia E. Sanders – Democratic
  • Chokwe A. Lumumba – Democratic
  • John Oliver Emmerich III – Independent

Ward 1, City Council

  • Grace Greene – Independent
  • Jasmine Barnes – Democratic
  • Jessica Carter – Democratic
  • Ashby Foote – Independent
  • Stephen Thompson – Democratic
  • Rhoda Barnes – Democratic

Ward 2, City Council

  • Montyne (Tina) Clay – Democratic
  • Bethany Williams-Sherif – Republican
  • Marcus Cheatham – Democratic

Ward 3, City Council

  • Kenneth Stokes – Democratic
  • Marcus T. Jackson – Independent

Ward 4, City Council

  • Brian Grizzell – Democratic
  • Malcolm D. May – Democratic

Ward 5, City Council

  • Vernon W. Harty – Democratic
  • Charles Alexander – Democratic
  • Ray McCants – Independent
  • ReJohnna Brown-Mitchell – Democratic

Ward 6, City Council

  • Emon D. Thompson, Sr. – Democratic
  • Lee Scott – Democratic
  • Brad Davis – Democratic
  • Lee Barnard – Democratic
  • Antonio Porter – Democratic
  • Jonathan Cottrell – Democratic
  • George Monroe – Democratic
  • Daniel LaPatrick Walker – Democratic
  • Lashia Brown-Thomas – Democratic

Ward 7, City Council

  • Kevin Parkinson – Democratic
  • Corinthian “Corey” Sanders – Democratic
  • Quint Withers – Democratic
  • Taylor Turcotte – Democratic
  • Bruce Burton – Republican
  • Turner Martin – Democratic
  • Ron Aldridge – Independent
  • Rosella L. Houston – Democratic

Democratic Executive Committee

  • David Blount
  • Eddie Jean Carr
  • Jacquie Amos
  • Sheila O’Flaherty
  • Kathy Sykes
  • Patricia A. Smith
  • Larry “Big” White
  • Jacqueline “Jackie” Andrews
  • Lorenzo Madison
  • W Ann Bridges-Peyton
  • Grace Butler-Washington
  • VonnaMarie Frazier