Ponto Downing
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Ponto Downing (Republican Party) is running for election for Mayor of Jackson in Mississippi. Downing declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on April 1, 2025.[source]
Downing was a 2015 Republican candidate for District 27 of the Mississippi State Senate.
Elections
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 |
| Les Tannehill (Independent) | 13.3 | 2,541 | ||
| Charlotte Reeves (Independent) | 8.9 | 1,705 | ||
| Shafeqah Lodree (Independent) | 4.2 | 805 | ||
| Jason Wells (R) | 4.1 | 790 | ||
| 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 |
| Kenneth Wilson | 18.6 | 3,702 | ||
 | Patty Patterson | 12.2 | 2,431 | |
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | Jason Wells | 73.9 | 298 | |
| Ponto Downing | 26.1 | 105 | ||
| 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.[1] 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
2021
Ponto Downing did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2021 Elections
External links
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