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TUPELO • Todd Jordan, a Lee County supervisor and a realtor, on Tuesday night won the Republican primary for mayor, upending the local political status quo and cementing a rapid rise through the ranks of power. In unofficial results, Jordan, 50, defeated Markel Whittington, 71, a three-term member of the Tupelo City Council, by capturing 54.9% of the Republican primary vote. Jordan held a 416-vote lead, before absentee ballots were counted. According to the municipal clerk, there are only 179 outstanding absentee ballots in the Republican primary. Whittington ran as an experienced leader in city government who could lead Tupelo with a steady hand, but Jordan promised a fresh face and a new direction at City Hall, and didn’t hesitate to criticize outgoing Mayor Jason Shelton.

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