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Ali ShamsidDeen
Ali ShamsidDeen (Democratic Party) ran for election for Mayor of Jackson in Mississippi. He was disqualified from the Democratic primary scheduled on April 1, 2025.
Biography
Ali ShamsidDeen earned his B.A. from the University of Washington and his J.D. from the Cumberland School of Law. He also holds an MPPA from Jackson State University. ShamsidDeen's career experience includes serving as a municipal court judge for Jackson, Mississippi. He previously served in the U.S. Army. ShamsidDeen has also worked as a law clerk, an associate with the firm Lumumba and Freelon, in private practice with the firm Ali M. ShamsidDeen, as a public defender for Bolton, Mississippi, and as an editor for the Jackson Advocate Newspaper.[1]
ShamsidDeen has been affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- Member, Magnolia Bar Association
- Member, Mississippi Bar Association
- Member, American Trial Lawyers Association
- Member, National Bar Association
- Member, NAACP
- Member, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Elections
2025
See also: Mayoral election in Jackson, Mississippi (2025)
General election
General election for Mayor of Jackson
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Jackson on June 3, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Horhn (D) | 67.0 | 16,402 |
| Rodney DePriest (Independent) | 27.6 | 6,747 | ||
 | Zach Servis (Independent) | 2.5 | 621 | |
| Kenneth Gee (R) | 0.9 | 232 | ||
| Lille Stewart-Robinson (Independent) | 0.8 | 203 | ||
| Kim Wade (Independent) | 0.8 | 197 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 62 | ||
| Total votes: 24,464 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Emmerich (Independent)
Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Mayor of Jackson
John Horhn defeated incumbent Chokwe Antar Lumumba in the Democratic primary runoff for Mayor of Jackson on April 22, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Horhn | 74.5 | 18,593 |
 | Chokwe Antar Lumumba | 25.1 | 6,275 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 103 | ||
| Total votes: 24,971 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Mayor of Jackson
Kenneth Gee defeated Wilfred Beal in the Republican primary runoff for Mayor of Jackson on April 22, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kenneth Gee | 59.2 | 100 | |
 | Wilfred Beal | 34.9 | 59 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 5.9 | 10 | ||
| Total votes: 169 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mayor of Jackson
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Jackson on April 1, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Horhn | 48.1 | 12,359 |
| ✔ | | Chokwe Antar Lumumba | 16.7 | 4,285 |
| Tim Henderson | 13.6 | 3,499 | ||
| Delano Funches | 8.2 | 2,118 | ||
| Marcus Wallace | 4.1 | 1,041 | ||
| Socrates Garrett | 2.7 | 684 | ||
| David Archie | 2.1 | 552 | ||
| LaKeisha Crye | 1.4 | 361 | ||
 | Albert Wilson | 1.1 | 281 | |
| James Hopkins | 1.0 | 264 | ||
| Kourtney Page | 0.3 | 85 | ||
| James Butler | 0.1 | 29 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 133 | ||
| Total votes: 25,691 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Keyshia Sanders (D)
- Ali ShamsidDeen (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mayor of Jackson
Kenneth Gee and Wilfred Beal advanced to a runoff. They defeated Ponto Downing in the Republican primary for Mayor of Jackson on April 1, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kenneth Gee | 37.7 | 134 | |
| ✔ | | Wilfred Beal | 34.4 | 122 |
| Ponto Downing | 20.6 | 73 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 7.3 | 26 | ||
| Total votes: 355 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for ShamsidDeen in this election.
2014
See also: Mississippi judicial elections, 2014
ShamsidDeen ran for election to the Seventh Judicial District.
General: He was defeated in the general election on November 4, 2014, after receiving 35 percent of the vote. He competed against Jeff Weill.
[2]
2010
ShamsidDeen was defeated in the general election for the Mississippi Circuit Court, winning only 25 percent of the vote.[3][4]
- See also: Mississippi judicial elections, 2010
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ali ShamsidDeen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ali ShamsidDeen Campaign Website, "Profile," accessed August 22, 2014
- ↑ Mississippi Secretary of State, "2014 Candidate Qualifying List," accessed June 9, 2014
- ↑ NEMS360.com, "Judicial Race Results," November 3, 2010
- ↑ Mississippi Secretary of State, "2010 General Election Results by County," accessed June 10, 2014
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