Anna Wolfe

4 days ago | mississippitoday.org | Anna Wolfe

Robert Gibbs, chairman of newly elected Jackson Mayor John Horhn’s transition team, discusses what issues the team has found with city administration and changes that may be forthcoming with Mississippi Today’s Jackson coverage team. Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.

3 weeks ago | djournal.com | Anna Wolfe

John Horhn, a longtime state senator, is the next mayor of Mississippi’s capital and will inherit a city with crumbling infrastructure, declining population, low economic mobility among residents and untold promise. The general election held June 3 did not come with a possibility of a runoff, meaning whoever secured the most votes won, even if they lacked a majority of votes – a requirement only in primaries.

3 weeks ago | mississippitoday.org | Anna Wolfe

John Horhn, a longtime state senator, is the next mayor of Mississippi’s capital and will inherit a city with crumbling infrastructure, declining population, low economic mobility among residents and untold promise.

3 weeks ago | mississippitoday.org | Anna Wolfe

Jackson residents are returning to the polls a third time this year for the June 3 general election to elect a new mayor and council members. With no runoff possibility, this will be the final voting day in the 2025 municipal elections, what one political analyst described a “last call” for voters this season. After defeating Mayor Chokwe Lumumba in the primary, Democratic nominee for mayor and state Sen.

4 weeks 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.