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Runoffs Provide Decisive Wins

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Ward 6 gave City Council candidate Chokwe Lumumba a decisive win in the Democratic runoffs yesterday.

More than 32,400 voters turned out to vote in Jackson yesterday, handing former Mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr. a decisive win in the Democrat runoff elections. Hinds County's unofficial results show Johnson beating former two-term City Councilman Marshand Crisler by just under 8,500 votes. The final tally is Johnson, 20,475 (63.089 percent) to Crisler, 11,979 (36.911 percent). Johnson now faces a slate of Republican and Independent candidates in the June 2 General Election.

In Jackson's wards, City Council seats were up for grabs in ward 2, 4, 5 and 6.

Chokwe Lumumba also handed Wydett Hawkins a decisive loss in Ward 2, where Lumumba took nearly 61 percent of the votes. Incumbents took the wins in Wards 4 and 5. Frank Bluntson will retain his seat In Ward 4, and Charles Tillman won in Ward 5. Both wards were close, though, with the winning candidates coming in with small 4 and 5 percent victories. None of these winners from last night's runoff, however, face any opposition in the General Election.

In Ward 6, left in contention by Crisler's run for mayor, Tony Yarber defeated Joe Lewis, taking just over 55 percent of the vote. Yarber will face Independent Samuel Kazery June 2.

Comparing the May 5 primary turnout to last night's runoffs, 1,255 fewer Jacksonians voted yesterday.

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