The 2014 mayoral election in Jackson, Mississippi took place on April 22, 2014. It was necessitated after the death of incumbent mayor Chokwe Lumumba.HERBERT BUCHSBAUM, "Jackson Mourns Mayor With Militant Past Who Won Over Skeptics", New York Times, 9 March 2014, accessed 8 June 2015 Councilman Tony Yarber defeated the late Lumumba's son Chokwe Antar Lumumba in a runoff. Other candidates in the race included former mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr., city council members Melvin Priester and Margaret Barrett-Simon, and state senator John Horhn.
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