Who won Jackson, MS, Democratic mayoral runoff? John Horhn, Chokwe Antar Lumumba election results are in
State Sen. John Horhn secured the Democratic nomination and is heavily favored to become Jackson’s next mayor.
Horhn, a 30-year veteran in the Mississippi Senate, finally found victory in his fourth run for mayor and it comes at a turbulent time. The city is locked in a tense standoff with the state, one he hopes to ease using relationships built in the Senate. If he wins June’s general election — and no Democrat has lost in decades — Horhn faces the tough task of rebuilding trust with the city's shrinking population while taking on Jackson’s well-publicized road, water and persistent crime issues.
After polls closed Tuesday night, Horhn received 74.75%, or 18,493 total votes in the Democratic runoff election. He decisively defeated incumbent Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba by more than 12,000 votes. Lumumba received only 25.25% of the vote, or 6,246 votes as of 10:30 p.m. with all 80 precincts reporting. Lumumba only slightly earned more votes than he did in the April 1 primary, when he recorded 4,124.
The 2025 race was a far cry from the 2021 primary contest that saw Lumumba handily win with nearly 70% of the vote.
https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/04/22/jackson-ms-mayor-primary-runoff-election-results-john-horhn-chokwe-lumumba/83144811007/