Ponto Downing

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Ponto Downing

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Republican Party

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Last election

April 1, 2025

Ponto Downing (Republican Party) ran for election for Mayor of Jackson in Mississippi. Downing lost in the Republican primary on April 1, 2025.

Downing was a 2015 Republican candidate for District 27 of the Mississippi State Senate.

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
	Submit photo	Rodney DePriest (Independent)	27.6	6,747
		Zach Servis (Independent)	2.5	621
	Submit photo	Kenneth Gee (R)	0.9	232
	Submit photo	Lille Stewart-Robinson (Independent)	0.8	203
	Submit photo	Kim Wade (Independent)	0.8	197
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	62

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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
✔	Submit photo	Kenneth Gee	59.2	100
		Wilfred Beal	34.9	59
		Other/Write-in votes	5.9	10

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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
	Submit photo	Tim Henderson	13.6	3,499
	Submit photo	Delano Funches	8.2	2,118
	Submit photo	Marcus Wallace	4.1	1,041
	Submit photo	Socrates Garrett	2.7	684
	Submit photo	David Archie	2.1	552
	Submit photo	LaKeisha Crye	1.4	361
		Albert Wilson	1.1	281
	Submit photo	James Hopkins	1.0	264
	Submit photo	Kourtney Page	0.3	85
	Submit photo	James Butler	0.1	29
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	133

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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
✔	Submit photo	Kenneth Gee	37.7	134
✔		Wilfred Beal	34.4	122
	Submit photo	Ponto Downing	20.6	73
		Other/Write-in votes	7.3	26

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 355
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Downing in this election.

2021

See also: Mayoral election in Jackson, Mississippi (2021)

General election

General election for Mayor of Jackson

Incumbent Chokwe Antar Lumumba defeated Les Tannehill, Charlotte Reeves, Shafeqah Lodree, and Jason Wells in the general election for Mayor of Jackson on June 8, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chokwe Antar Lumumba (D)	69.4	13,220
	Submit photo	Les Tannehill (Independent)	13.3	2,541
	Submit photo	Charlotte Reeves (Independent)	8.9	1,705
	Submit photo	Shafeqah Lodree (Independent)	4.2	805
	Submit photo	Jason Wells (R)	4.1	790

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,061
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Jackson

Incumbent Chokwe Antar Lumumba defeated Kenneth Wilson and Patty Patterson in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Jackson on April 6, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chokwe Antar Lumumba	69.2	13,804
	Submit photo	Kenneth Wilson	18.6	3,702
		Patty Patterson	12.2	2,431

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,937
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mayor of Jackson

Jason Wells defeated Ponto Downing in the Republican primary for Mayor of Jackson on April 6, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Jason Wells	73.9	298
	Submit photo	Ponto Downing	26.1	105

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 403
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2015

See also: Mississippi State Senate elections, 2015

Elections for the Mississippi State Senate took place in 2015. A primary election was held on August 4, 2015, and the general election was held on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 27, 2015. Incumbent Hillman Frazier was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Ponto Downing was unopposed in the Republican primary. Frazier defeated Downing in the general election.
Gerald Kucia was removed from the candidate list before the primary.

Mississippi State Senate, District 27 General Election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Hillman Frazier Incumbent	75.5%	9,672
	Republican	Ponto Downing	24.5%	3,145
Total Votes				12,817

Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Ponto Downing did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.

2021

Ponto Downing did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

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