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2009 City Election
Candidates for City of Jackson elections, 2009:
Mayor:
Democrats:
Dorothy Benford - Former Educator, Mortgage Broker, and Frequent Candidate
Marshand Crisler - Jackson City Councilman
Eddie Fair - Hinds County Tax Collector
Joyce Harper - Withdrew, Endorsed Melton
John Horhn - State Senator
Harvey Johnson Jr. - Former Mayor
Robert Johnson - Former Jackson Police Chief
John H. Jones Jr. - owner Access Telecommunications; former telecommunications director, Jackson State University
Frank Melton - Mayor
Faye Peterson - Former District Attorney
Brenda Scott - Mississippi Alliance of State Employees President
Jabari Toins - Former School Attendance Officer
Republicans:
George Lambus
Walter Sloane
Independents:
Robert Amos - Small Business Owner & Former Finance Officer at Virginia College
David Archie - radio talk show host
Charlotte Reeves - Small Business Owner & Frequent Candidate
Rick Whitlow - Financial Advisor & Former Sports Anchor
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City Council:
Ward 1
Republicans:
Jonathan S. Jones - emergency medicine physician
Jeff Weill - City Councilman
Ward 2
Democrats:
Donald Beard - former Director of State Juvenile Facilities
Clarence Bolls - restaurant owner
Wydett Hawkins - business owner, developer
Chokwe Lumumba - Attorney
Vance Siggers - Ward 2 Administrator, Ph.D. Candidate
Tom Stingley - Attorney
Stacey Webb - Realtor
Verna White
Ward 3
Democrats:
Harrison Michael - Assistant Principal, Wingfield High School
Kenneth Stokes - incumbent
Albert Wilson - founder/director, Genesis & Light Center
Ward 4
Democrats:
Jacqueline R. Amos-Norris - Coach, Jackson Academy
Paula Taylor Anders - nurse
Frank Bluntson - City Councilman
Bo Brown - Former City Councilman
Henry Fuller - history teacher, Lanier High School
Derrick T. Trimble - teacher, Brinkley Middle School
Dwayne D. Young
Ward 5
Democrats:
Milton Jacques Chambliss - insurance agency owner
Bettye Dagner-Cook - Former City Councilwoman
Charles Tillman - City Councilman
Maggie Benson White - former school board member
Ward 6
Democrats:
Von Anderson - 2005 Candidate
Nelson Atkinson
Rodney R. Dixon - Attorney
Brian Fry - Youth and Family Services Advocate
Shabaka K. Harrison - Hinds County Community College student
Joe Lewis - Former Head of Jackson Community Improvement Division and former Hinds County Justice Court Judge
Chander Lott - lab adminstrator
Johnnie McDaniels - Community Prosecutor
Sylvester McDonald - Pearl Water Department Employee
Antonio Porter - grievance counselor, Mississippi Dept. Human Services
Timothy Rush Sr. - Dean of Students, Hinds County Community College - Utica Campus
Jason Wells - private investigator
Tony T. Yarber - Principal, Marshall Elementary School
Independents:
Samuel Joseph Kazery - business owner, former music promoter
Ward 7
Democrats:
Margaret Barrett-Simon - City Councilwoman
Republicans:
Ponto R. Downing
Independents:
Luther G. Latham
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