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TUPELO • Three city council races are headed to runoffs, with challengers trying to oust incumbents in Ward 6 and Ward 7 and two fresh-faces to local politics vying for an open seat in Ward 1. In Ward 1, Amanda Angle and Chad Mims will meet in an April 27 runoff. Ward 6 Councilman Mike Bryan will face challenger Janet Gaston. Ward 7 Councilman Willie Jennings will face challenger Rosezlia “Rosie” Jones. After Republican primary results were tabulated, nearly-complete but still uncertified results showed that in Ward 1, Mims nearly won the four-person field outright with a...

TUPELO • Four candidates are competing in the Republican primary for the Tupelo City Council’s Ward 1 seat, an open race that has drawn a competitive field of candidates The current councilman representing that ward, Markel Whittington, is running for mayor. That means no incumbent candidate will appear on the ballot. The candidates – Amanda Angle, Eric Hampton, Megan Kessler and Chad Mims – will face off in the Republican primary, which occurs on April 6. If no single candidate receives a share of the vote that exceeds 50%, a runoff will occur between the top two vote-get...

TUPELO • Eric Hampton, a Tupelo business owner, and Demetra Sherer, a Tupelo real estate agent, have qualified to run for Tupelo City Council’s Ward 1 and Ward 2 seat, respectively. Hampton, 42, is a native of Lee County and owns several businesses in town and has been active in local politics for several years. He’s running as a Republican for the Ward 1 seat and has previously said that one of his core priorities would be to ensure economic growth continues in Tupelo. “Our city needs to grow both sectors of jobs, both blue collar and the white collar,” Hampton previ...

TUPELO • Amanda Angle, an accountant, and Eric Hampton, a business owner, each say they intend to run for Tupelo’s Ward 1 City Council seat as Republicans, signaling at least one contested primary for a council seat in next year’s municipal elections. Both candidates either own or help lead private businesses in town. In exclusive interviews to the Daily Journal, each detailed that, if elected, he or she would work to support local businesses and to be a voice for entrepreneurs inside City Hall. Hampton, 42, is a native of Lee County, owns several businesses in town and has bee...