Ingram Wins Ward 2 Primary
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WATER VALLEY – A one-term incumbent alderman was defeated by fives votes in the Democratic Primary election in Water Valley on April 1. Demetrius Ingram won the Ward 2 Alderman primary in Water Valley with 34 votes, defeating Freddie Folson to capture the Democratic nomination. Freddie Folson received 29 votes.
Ingram now advances to the General Election where he will face independent candidate Fred White on June 3.
In a second race in the April 1 Democratic Primary, Woodrow Wilson Daniels, III, was unopposed in the Ward 4 Alderman race and received 23 votes. He will face incumbent Nicole Folson in the general election. Nicole Folson is running as an independent candidate.
Other contested races in Water Valley in the June 3 General Election include Ward One Alderman, and incumbent Ron Hart and political newcomer Joseph “Joe” Magnuson are both running as independents. In the alderman-at-large position, incumbent Herbert Alan Rogers and Terry L. Allen, Jr. will be on the ballot.
In Ward Three, political newcomer Grant Thompson is unopposed. Incumbent Ward Three Alderwoman Bonnie Cox did seek re-election. Mayor Tommy Reynolds is also unopposed.
In Coffeeville and Oakland, all candidates are running as independents and will appear on the General Election ballot on June 3. In the mayoral race in Coffeeville, incumbent William Shelton will face Brenda Cartwright and Brad Ayers. In other Coffeeville positions, incumbent Rhonda Spearman is unopposed for Ward One Alderman. In Ward 2, incumbent Sonya Murray will face Nakia “Kia” Shelton. In Ward 3, incumbent Eddie Brewer is unopposed. In Ward Four, Kimitria Smith and Keith Canterbury are on the ballot.
In the bid for Alderman-at-large, Michael Cook, Stanford Spearman and Kelvin Booker will be on the ballot.
In Oakland, Stephanie Patterson and Robert Jenkins qualified to run for mayor after longtime incumbent James Riley Swearengen did not seek re-election. Patterson currently serves as an alderwoman.
Candidates for alderman or alderwoman are incumbents Marzet Bland, Terry Ellis, Joe W. Jenkins and Sharonda Jones. Former alderman George Booker is also a candidate, as are political newcomers Keontovious Clinton, Terry Crowder, Kenneth “Bud” Leland and Latonya Richardson Sayle. There are no wards in Oakland, and the top five vote-getters are elected to serve as an alderman or alderwoman.
Absentee voting in the General Election starts on or around April 19, or 45 days before the June 3 General Election.
