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The 2021 mayoral election in Jackson, Mississippi took place on June 8, 2021, alongside other Jackson municipal races. Primary elections took place on April 6, and the primary runoff was scheduled on April 27. Incumbent mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba was re-elected to a second term in office with 69.1% of the vote. [1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Chokwe Antar Lumumba (incumbent) | 13,735 | 69.23 | |
| Democratic | Kenneth Wilson | 3,689 | 18.59 | |
| Democratic | Patty Patterson | 2,417 | 12.81 | |
| Total votes | 19,841 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jason Wells | 293 | 73.62 | |
| Republican | Ponto Downing | 105 | 26.38 | |
| Total votes | 398 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Chokwe Antar Lumumba (incumbent) | 13,220 | 69.1 | ||
| Independent | Les Tannehill | 2,541 | 13.3 | ||
| Independent | Charlotte Reeves | 1,705 | 8.9 | ||
| Independent | Shafeqah BigMama Lodree | 805 | 4.2 | ||
| Republican | Jason Wells | 790 | 4.1 | ||
| Total votes | 19,134 | 100.00 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
Jackson is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Along with Raymond, Jackson is one of two county seats for Hinds County. The city had a population of 153,701 at the 2020 census, a significant decline from 173,514, or 11.42%, since the 2010 census, representing the largest decline in population during the decade of any major U.S. city. Jackson is the anchor for the Jackson metropolitan statistical area, the largest metropolitan area located entirely in the state and the tenth-largest urban area in the Deep South. With a 2020 population of nearly 600,000, metropolitan Jackson is home to over one-fifth of Mississippi's population. The city sits on the Pearl River and is located in the greater Jackson Prairie region of Mississippi. Jackson is the only city in Mississippi with a population exceeding 100,000 people.
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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.
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This is a list of protests related to the murder of George Floyd in Mississippi, United States.
On January 13, 2019, George Robinson, a 62-year-old Black man, died two days after a violent arrest by three Black police officers in Jackson, Mississippi. According to a grand jury indictment, the officers pulled Robinson out of a car, threw him headfirst into the pavement, and struck and kicked him multiple times in the head and chest. Robinson was treated at the scene but within hours lost consciousness and later died at a hospital. The state coroner ruled the death a homicide.
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Charles Tillman is an American politician who served on the Jackson, Mississippi City council for twelve years and as acting mayor after the death of Chokwe Lumumba, becoming the 5th consecutive African-American mayor of the city.
A public health crisis in and around the city of Jackson, Mississippi, began in late August 2022 after the Pearl River flooded due to severe storms in the state. The flooding caused the O. B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, the city's largest water treatment facility, which was already running on backup pumps due to failures the month prior, to stop the treatment of drinking water indefinitely. This resulted in approximately 150,000 residents of the city being left without access to safe drinking water. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves issued a state of emergency and United States President Joe Biden declared a federal disaster to trigger federal aid. Reeves withdrew the state of emergency on November 22. The crisis triggered a political debate regarding racial discrimination, infrastructure neglect, and shifting local demographics.
