Jackson's primary election is just weeks away, set for April 1, while the city's general election will be held on June 3.

In-person and mail-in absentee ballots are now available in municipal clerks' offices for the Mississippi Municipal Elections on April 1, 2025.

In-person and mail-in absentee ballots are available in municipal clerks’ offices in Mississippi for the Municipal Primary Election on April 1, 2025. Mississippians can utilize the Secretary of State’s Y’all Vote website or contact their municipal clerk to verify eligibility.

Mississippi Today contacted each of the whopping 54 candidates (including two mayoral candidates who were disqualified) running for municipal office in 2025 and asked them to answer questions about themselves and their vision for Jackson. This post serves as a guide to the city’s elections that will shape its next generation. John Horhn

Never mind that the Republican National Committee — and at times President Donald Trump — publicly embraced early voting last year: Gov. Reeves promptly took shots at England on social media after the state Senate voted 40-11 to pass the bill on to the House.

Municipal election campaigns are in full swing and some voting begins tomorrow, February 18. Absentee voting for the April 1 primary starts on Tuesday. The Republican and Democratic Primary will be held in person six weeks later.

An alarming video captured the moment Mississippi's Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann collapsed on stage while presiding over the state senate Wednesday morning.

We’re proud to announce this week that we’re adding a new aim to our newsroom’s mission: We’re launching a team of journalists focused solely on the city of Jackson.

A special election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 23 has been called for March 25, 2025. A general runoff, if necessary, has been called for April 22, 2025. The

Court-Ordered Redistricting Will Require Do-Over Legislative Elections This Year Five Mississippi House seats will be re-decided in a November special election, pending court approval, under a ...

State campaign finance laws are back in the headlines after Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba filed three missing reports at the end of January.