The mayor of Mississippi’s capital city, who’s under indictment on federal bribery and conspiracy charges, is fighting to keep his job.

The federally indicted mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, is trailing his opponent in the city’s Democratic primary runoff.

Six cities elected a representative for city council or board of aldermen Tuesday night. Here are the results.

The mayor's seat and two city council seats were at stake in the April 22 primary runoff election in Jackson, Mississippi.

Kevin Parkinson is the Democratic nominee for Ward 7 on the Jackson City Council, narrowly defeating opponent Quint Withers in Tuesday's runoff election.

Jackson is among more than two dozen Mississippi municipalities holding primary runoff elections on Tuesday. Turnout for the runoffs was slow in the hours after the polls opened, which was expected. Jackson resident Jimmy Stewart said it was his mission to vote on Tuesday and urged others to do the same.

Turnout in presidential elections is normally lower in Mississippi than the nation as a whole. In 2024, despite the strong support for Republican Donald Trump in the state, 57.5% of registered voters went to the polls in Mississippi compared to the national average of 64%, according to the United States Elections Project.

MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - Tuesday is runoff election day in Mississippi, including the House District 82 special election and the City of Meridian Ward 3 seat. According to the City of Meridian, voter turnout was only about 40% in the primaries.

The Republican side of the ballot is finally set for the general election in Horn Lake after runoffs decided four primary races on April 22.

SOUTH MISS (WXXV)-Voters in six South Mississippi cities went to the polls Tuesday for a handful of municipal primary run-off elections. The polls are now closed. The results for each race are below: Bay St.

Montgomeryshire MS Russell George has announced he will not be standing for re-election in next year's Senedd elections.

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