Marcus Wallace
Marcus Wallace (Democratic Party) ran for election for Mayor of Jackson in Mississippi. Wallace lost in the Democratic primary on April 1, 2025.
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) | 67.2 | 16,377 |
| Rodney DePriest (Independent) | 27.6 | 6,736 | ||
 | Zach Servis (Independent) | 2.5 | 620 | |
| Kenneth Gee (R) | 1.0 | 232 | ||
| Lille Stewart-Robinson (Independent) | 0.8 | 202 | ||
| Kim Wade (Independent) | 0.8 | 196 | ||
| Total votes: 24,363 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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 | 74.9 | 17,729 |
 | Chokwe Antar Lumumba | 25.1 | 5,940 | |
| Total votes: 23,669 | |||
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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 | 63.5 | 99 | |
 | Wilfred Beal | 36.5 | 57 | |
| Total votes: 156 | |||
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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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Wallace in this election.
2019
See also: Mississippi Transportation Commissioner election, 2019
General election
General election for Mississippi Transportation Commission Central District
Willie Simmons defeated Butch Lee in the general election for Mississippi Transportation Commission Central District on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Willie Simmons (D) | 51.1 | 149,573 |
| Butch Lee (R) | 48.9 | 143,003 | ||
| Total votes: 292,576 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mississippi Transportation Commission Central District
Willie Simmons defeated Marcus Wallace in the Democratic primary for Mississippi Transportation Commission Central District on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Willie Simmons | 60.3 | 66,394 |
| Marcus Wallace | 39.7 | 43,673 | ||
| Total votes: 110,067 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mississippi Transportation Commission Central District
Butch Lee defeated Ricky Pennington Jr. in the Republican primary for Mississippi Transportation Commission Central District on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Butch Lee | 65.2 | 63,890 | |
 | Ricky Pennington Jr. | 34.8 | 34,044 | |
| Total votes: 97,934 | |||
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Marcus Wallace did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Marcus Wallace did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
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