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Mayor Tony Yarber speaks to reporters as his wife, Rosalind (left), sits by him at Next Level Experience in Metrocenter Mall on May 2.

Mayor Tony Yarber and his friends and family watch as mayoral election results come in during his watch party at Next Level Experience in Metrocenter Mall on May 2, 2017.

Senator John Horhn supporters watch as the election numbers come in at Fondren Hall on May 2, 2017.

Senator John Horhn supporters watch as the election numbers come in at Fondren Hall on May 2, 2017.

Ronnie Crudup, Jr. and wife Andre'a Crudup laugh and socialize with family and friends during Crudup's primary election watch party at the New Horizon Center.

Supporters talk among themselves at Ronnie Crudup Jr.'s watch party at the New Horizon Center on May 2, 2017.

Rukia Lumumba and the crowd shouts, “One City, One Aim, One Destiny” at Lumumba’s watch party at the King Edward on May 2, 2017.

At the King Edward Hotel on May 2, 2017, Ebony Lumumba speaks to the crowd before introducing her husband, Chokwe Lumumba, who won the Democratic mayoral primary race.

Chokwe Lumumba, who won the Democratic mayoral primary race, speaks to the crowd at his watch party at the King Edward Hotel on May 2, 2017.

Chokwe Lumumba, who won the Democratic mayoral primary race, speaks to the crowd at his watch party at the King Edward Hotel on May 2, 2017.

Maisie Brown, 15, a former Youth Media Project student and moderator of the youth mayoral forum April 17, 2017, speaks to Chokwe Lumumba, who won the Democratic mayoral primary, and his wife, Ebony Lumumba, at the King Edward Hotel on May 2, 2017.