2014 Jackson mayoral election

2014 Jackson mayoral election

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Candidate Tony Yarber Chokwe Antar Lumumba
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 20,463 17,545
Percentage 53.84% 46.16%

The 2014 mayoral election in Jackson, Mississippi took place on April 22, 2014. It was necessitated after the death of incumbent mayor Chokwe Lumumba.[1] Councilman Tony Yarber defeated the late Lumumba's son Chokwe Antar Lumumba in a runoff. Other candidates in the race included former mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr., city council members Melvin Priester and Margaret Barrett-Simon, and state senator John Horhn.