Anna Wolfe
Investigative Reporter at Mississippi Today
Complicating the narrative on poverty and providing job security to FOIA officers for @MSTODAYnews. Story tips go: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
mississippitoday.org | Anna Wolfe
Candidates running in Jackson’s general election June 3 have doled out nearly half a million dollars vying for public office, with state Sen. John Horhn far in the lead with nearly $200,000 in campaign expenditures since the beginning of the year. The Democratic nominee for mayor reported raising $350,000 this year and holding less than $25,000 in cash-on-hand, according to campaign finance reports due Tuesday.
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1 month ago |
mississippitoday.org | Anna Wolfe
Jackson voters visited the polls again Tuesday, three weeks after the primary, to vote in a runoff race for mayor between Democratic candidates Chokwe Lumumba, the incumbent, and John Horhn, a state senator. Read Mississippi Today’s live election blog documenting the day and evening.
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2 months ago |
mississippitoday.org | Anna Wolfe
Candidates in Jackson’s 2025 municipal races raised and spent over half a million dollars, at least, on their campaigns for office, mostly in the mayor’s race. John Horhn, a 32-year state senator from Jackson, dominated the primary election April 1, receiving over 48% of the unofficial vote after raising over $101,000 and spending about half that in 2025.
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2 months ago |
mississippitoday.org | Anna Wolfe
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.
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2 months ago |
mississippitoday.org | Anna Wolfe
LaKeisha Crye, one of the lesser-known Democratic candidates for mayor this year, walked into the Jackson City Clerk’s office 10 minutes before 5pm Tuesday to deliver her campaign finance report. This act is one of the most tangible ways candidates can demonstrate transparency and integrity around their candidacies.
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