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The Candidates Running for Jackson City Council in 2025

In Mississippi’s capital city, 34 residents are seeking to represent their wards on the Jackson City Council for the next four years. After the qualifying deadline for the upcoming municipal elections ended on Jan. 31, the Jackson Municipal Clerk’s unofficial list of candidates shows that the incumbents in Wards 1 through 5 each have at least one challenger.

However, Ward 6 and Ward 7 are guaranteed to have new representation after this year’s election after Councilman Aaron Banks and Councilwoman Virgi Lindsay decided not to seek re-election. Councilman Aaron Banks is currently awaiting a trial date for federal charges in a bribery investigation. He and Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba, who is also running for reelection, have both denied any wrongdoing.

The primary elections are on April 1 with the general election to follow on June 3. Independent candidates will not be in the primary races, but will instead face Democrat and Republican candidates in the general election.

Ward 1

Ashby Foote (the incumbent, Independent)

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Grace Greene (Independent)

Jasmine Barnes (Democrat)

Jessica Carter (Democrat)

Stephen Thompson (Democrat)

Rhonda Barnes (Democrat)

Ward 1 Jackson City Councilman Ashby Foote, who has in the past run as a Republican, is running Independent this year. He told the Mississippi Free Press on Jan. 2 that in light of the federal indictment implicating some Hinds County officials in a bribery scheme, he hopes to “restore confidence in city government.

Foote began his tenure with the Council in 2014 after beating attorney Dorsey Carson in a special election.

Ward 2

Montyne ‘Tina’ Clay (the incumbent, Democratic)

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Bethany Williams-Sherif (Republican)

Marcus Cheatham (Democratic)

This is Marcus Cheatam’s second attempt at the Ward 2 seat. Cheatam first ran during the special election the City held after former Ward 2 Councilwoman Angelique Lee resigned and pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge.

He lost the special run-off election to Clay on Oct. 22, 2024.

Ward 3

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