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Tupelo council incumbents ousted in primary runoffs Someone in Okolona voting in the April 27, 2021 municipal party primary runoffs (Alvin Ivy) Two members of the Tupelo City Council lost their bids for re-election Tuesday in municipal primary runoffs. Posted: Apr 27, 2021 9:38 PM Posted By: Craig Ford TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) — Two members of the Tupelo City Council lost their bids for re-election Tuesday in municipal primary runoffs. Republican Janet Gaston defeated Ward 6 Councilman Mike Bryan with 60 percent of the vote. She will face Democrat Rasheeda Iyanda in the June general election....

TUPELO • City Council incumbents in Ward 6 and Ward 7 were ousted in primary runoffs Tuesday, while Chad Mims narrowly won the Republican primary for an open seat in Ward 1. Victories by women in Ward 6 and Ward 7 ensure that at least three members of the Tupelo City Council over the next four years will be women, a historic share of representation for female officeholders. Mims defeated Amanda Angle, receiving 51.1% of the votes to 48.9% for Angle. Angle performed better than her primary day totals to make the runoff race close. In Ward 6, Janet Gaston defeated fourth-term incumbent ...

TUPELO • Some voters in the All America City will cast ballots on Tuesday to decide who should represent them in City Hall over the next four years. Voters in three of the city’s wards — Ward 1, 6 and 7 — have an opportunity to participate in runoff elections to decide who should sit on the Tupelo City Council over the next four years. Two of the races, however, will not be completely settled on Tuesday night. In Ward 1, for example, Amanda Angle and Chad Mims are competing for the Republican nomination. The winner will face Geraldine Brinkley, the Democratic nominee, i...

TUPELO • A runoff election on Tuesday will see two incumbents on the ballot facing credible challengers, while a pair of newcomers vie for an open seat. Voters will be going to the polls in Ward 1, Ward 6 and Ward 7, with polls open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. All of these runoffs come after the April 6 primaries saw no candidates in these wards win more than 50% of the vote. Ward 1 With no incumbent in the race, Amanda Angle and Chad Mims are each hoping to win an open seat on the City Council, but only one of them can win the Republican primary runoff.

TUPELO • Absentee voting should begin this week for municipal runoff elections scheduled to occur in less than two weeks.