Jackson’s Democratic primary, which has historically decided the city’s next mayor, saw a field of 12 mayoral candidates this year. Incumbent Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, who has deployed a relatively small-dollar campaign, ran against other past or present elected officials such as state Sen. John Horhn, former county supervisor David Archie and former Edwards mayor Marcus Wallace.
Also on the ticket were Tim Henderson, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and military consultant, personal injury attorney Delano Funches, businessman and city contractor Socrates Garrett, as well as two nonprofit operators, a nurse practitioner, former TV personality and retired plumber.
With all 80 precincts reporting just after 9 p.m., Horhn was well in the lead with 11,909, 48%, of the roughly 24,800 votes, but did not receive enough in the unofficial count so far to avoid a runoff. Lumumba came in second with 4,124 votes, or about 17% of the vote. Absentee ballots — 876 — and affidavit ballots were not included in this count…