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WAPT: Regina Quinn Endorses Lumumba (Or Not?); Frank Bluntson Backs Lee
WAPT reported today on what is probably the most coveted mayoral endorsement, saying that Regina Quinn has endorsed Chokwe Lumumba for mayor. In a less significant announcement, Frank Bluntson has endorsed Jonathan Lee. During the campaign, Quinn was angry at Lee for spreading around that she had voted Republican. This …
Candidates File Runoff Campaign Finance Reports
The budget for Jonathan Lee's campaign to become next mayor of Jackson has officially topped $400,000 since the start of 2013. In a report filed Tuesday, May 14, 2013, with the City Clerk's office, the treasurer for Jonathan Lee's political action committee "Friends of Jonathan Lee" says the Lee campaign …
Chokwe Lumumba: 'I AM A CHRISTIAN MAN, WITH AN AFRICAN NAME'
During the run-up to the Democratic primary, the main whisper campaign, coming from several candidates, seemed to be about who had—gasp!—voted Republican in the past. Now, it's over who is Christian enough to be mayor. Mayoral candidate Chokwe Lumumba is pounding the same drum that President Barack Obama had to …
This Ain't Cool, DOJ.
Today, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia released a statement joining other journalism organizations in protesting the U.S. Department of Justice's over-reaching subpoena of The Associated Press' phone records. The JFP joins other media organizations who have signed onto this letter by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. It …
Mayoral Race Finance Reports Due Tuesday, May 14
Under state law, a violation of any candidate's campaign-finance disclosure requirement could result in the state withholding certification of nomination, withholding salary of office, and a misdemeanor conviction that carries up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $3,000. But the city hasn't seemed interested in …
UPDATE: Two Mayoral Debates Set For This Week
Former Jackson Chamber of Commerce President Jonathan Lee and Ward 2 Councilman Chokwe Lumumba will square off in two debates this week, ahead of the May 21 runoff election that will put one of the two men into the Jackson mayors office. The first is set for 6 p.m. to …
JFP Wins Multiple Journalism Awards
The Jackson Free Press is bringing home some Green Eyeshades again.
JFP Calls Mayoral Race for Lee and Lumumba in Runoff
It looks like Jonathan Lee and Chokwe Lumumba are headed into the runoff. Share your predictions for what the next to weeks will be like!
Where the Election Night Parties At?
Here's the list of election night watch parties we've cobbled together. We'll update it as we get more information: Harvey Johnson Campaign Headquarters, 4436 North State Street Jonathan Lee The Penguin, 1100 J.R. Lynch Street Chokwe Lumumba Clarion Hotel, 5075 Interstate 55 Regina Quinn Regency Hotel, 400 Greymont Ave.
Who's Giving to Lumumba?
A week after the deadline for submitting campaign-finance reports, and on the morning of Jackson city elections, Councilman and veteran attorney Chokwe Lumumba filed his campaign-finance report. The report, dated May 6, shows that Lumumba raised $68,753 since the beginning of the year and spent $59,292, leaving the campaign fund …
Death Row Prisoner Manning Gets a Stay
The Mississippi State Supreme Court has granted a stay of execution for death row inmate Willie Jerome Manning. Manning was scheduled to be put to death this evening at 6 p.m. at Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. Manning, accused of killing two people in Oktibbeha County in 1992, has maintained …
Partially Filled Out Ballots Will Be Counted
Voters do not have to vote in every race on the ballot for their votes to count.
Procedure Set for Hinds Dist. 2 Special Election
The Hinds County Board of Supervisors established the procedure for replacing District 2 Supervisor Doug Anderson, who died recently. To replace Anderson on a temporary basis, board President Robert Graham said the board would accept resumes through County Administrator Carmen Davis' office until the end of May or early June. …
MAY 6TH, 2013/IT'S ALL OVER BUT THE VOTING. FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS.
This mayoral race has always been about whether or not the voters want to fire Mayor Johnson. My assessment has always been that while they are contemplating doing so, they first want to see what and who their alternatives are. Voters are essentially conservative by nature (not necessarily by politics), and the incumbent they know will often be preferable to an exciting or intriguing but ultimately unproven replacement ( See Mayor Melton). Usually, things have to be pretty bad for voters to make that decision to fire the incumbent. Statistically, at the federal level congressional incumbents get reelected at a 90% rate, and nationally the municipal rate is near 80%. As a study of incumbency in municipal elections in the United States puts it: “It is virtually always better to be an incumbent than a challenger in American elections.”
FACTCHECK/UPDATED: Jonathan Lee Backers Gave More Than $1.2 Million to Republicans
Note: This story has been updated with a total donation figure that Lee's backers gave to federal Republican candidates since 2008. The new paragraph is bolded down below. In the WAPT-Clarion-Ledger debate, Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. alluded to the fact that he is a real Democrat when he unloaded on …
Lumumba, 20/20 PAC End Week in Campaign Reporting Hall of Shame
Who hasn't bothered to file campaign-finance reports for the primaries?
Fact Checking the Lee Email, Part 2: The Grants
We're trying to find the context of the $294,000/grant accusation in the email the Lee campaign sent out, but wouldn't document. We found the 2008 Clarion-Ledger story that the Lee campaign cited, as well as stories in the JFP. First, the Ledger story. It was about then-Mayor Melton's abysmal financial …
Is Miss. About to 'Lynch' an Innocent Man?
Willie Jerome Manning, convicted of the 1992 murders of two Mississippi State students, is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday May 7. Manning has always said he did not commit the crime; in fact, he says he was at a club on the night of the murders. For years, he's …
Allow Me to Rant About This Campaign for a Minute ...
The turn this mayoral campaign has taken is extremely frustrating, especially between the Harvey Johnson and Jonathan Lee campaigns. And from where we sit, trying to get out as much accurate information as possible, we see it all. It is one thing to get good, solid public information from a …