Antonio Porter
Antonio Porter (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Jackson City Council to represent Ward 6 in Mississippi. Porter lost in the Democratic primary on April 1, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Jackson, Mississippi (2025)
General election
General election for Jackson City Council Ward 6
Lashia Brown-Thomas won election in the general election for Jackson City Council Ward 6 on June 3, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lashia Brown-Thomas (D) | 98.0 | 2,666 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.0 | 54 | ||
| Total votes: 2,720 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Jackson City Council Ward 6
Lashia Brown-Thomas defeated Emon Thompson in the Democratic primary runoff for Jackson City Council Ward 6 on April 22, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lashia Brown-Thomas | 52.5 | 1,542 | |
 | Emon Thompson | 47.0 | 1,381 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 13 | ||
| Total votes: 2,936 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Jackson City Council Ward 6
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Jackson City Council Ward 6 on April 1, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Emon Thompson | 22.8 | 716 |
| ✔ | Lashia Brown-Thomas | 20.9 | 656 | |
| Jonathan Cottrell | 13.5 | 422 | ||
| Lee Bernard | 12.1 | 380 | ||
| Daniel Walker | 10.2 | 320 | ||
| Lee Scott | 7.0 | 219 | ||
| Brad Davis | 6.6 | 206 | ||
| Antonio Porter | 4.2 | 131 | ||
| George Monroe | 2.2 | 70 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 15 | ||
| Total votes: 3,135 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Porter in this election.
2013
Porter ran in the special election for District 28 of the Mississippi State Senate. The seat was vacant following Alice Harden's (D) death on December 6, 2012. Porter lost against Cindy Ayers-Elliott, Tamarra Grace Butler, Marshand Crisler, Sollie B. Norwood, James "Jimmy" Stewart, Kathy L. Sykes, Tommy L. Wallace, II and Cassanda Welchlin in the special election on February 5, 2013. Candidates had until January 7 to file. Special elections in Mississippi are nonpartisan. As no candidate took over 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters - Crisler and Norwood - proceeded to a runoff.[1][2][3][4][5]
| Mississippi State Senate, District 28, Special Election, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Independent |  Marshand Crisler |
25.6% | 775 | |
| Independent | Sollie Norwood |
22.3% | 675 | |
| Independent | Cindy Ayers-Elliott | 3.9% | 119 | |
| Independent | Tamarra Grace Butler | 21.6% | 652 | |
| Independent | Antonio Porter | 0.5% | 15 | |
| Independent | James "Jimmy" Stewart | 5.4% | 162 | |
| Independent | Kathy L. Sykes | 4.5% | 136 | |
| Independent | Tommy L. Wallace, II | 6.8% | 204 | |
| Independent | Cassanda Welchlin | 9.4% | 284 | |
| Total Votes | 3,022 | |||
2011
Porter ran in the 2011 election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 70. He did not appear on the August 2, 2011 primary ballot. No Republican candidates filed to run for election. The general election took place on November 8, 2011.[6]
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Antonio Porter did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Clarion Ledger, "State Sen. Alice Harden dies at 64," December 6, 2012
- ↑ Clarion Ledger, "Bryant sets Senate 28 special election," December 18, 2012
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedlist - ↑ Fox 10tv.com, "Runoff scheduled in Senate District 28," February 6, 2013 (dead link)
- ↑ sos.ms.gov, "Official special election results," accessed November 15, 2013
- ↑ Mississippi Secretary of State, 2011 Official Primary Candidate List
