Jackson’s Democratic primary, which has historically decided the city’s next mayor, saw a field of 12 mayoral candidates this year. Incumbent Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, who has deployed a relatively small-dollar campaign, ran against other past or present elected officials such as state Sen. John Horhn, former county supervisor David Archie and former Edwards mayor Marcus Wallace.

Also on the ticket were Tim Henderson, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and military consultant, personal injury attorney Delano Funches, businessman and city contractor Socrates Garrett, as well as two nonprofit operators, a nurse practitioner, former TV personality and retired plumber.

With all 80 precincts reporting just after 9 p.m., Horhn was well in the lead with 11,909, 48%, of the roughly 24,800 votes, but did not receive enough in the unofficial count so far to avoid a runoff. Lumumba came in second with 4,124 votes, or about 17% of the vote. Absentee ballots — 876 — and affidavit ballots were not included in this count.

Mississippi Today retrieved the ballot counts from the election commissioners as they came in. See the results of the election below.

If no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, a runoff will be held on April 22.

Lumumba became mayor in 2017 after winning 55% of more than 34,000 total votes in the Democratic primary against eight challengers, including the incumbent. Horhn, who was running for his third time, came in second to Lumumba with 21% of the vote. After his first term, Lumumba won reelection after receiving 69% of the vote in the Democratic primary in 2021, this time with under 20,000 Jacksonians turning out.

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