After polls closed Tuesday night, Horhn received 74.75%, or 18,493 total votes in the Democratic runoff election. He decisively defeated incumbent Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba by more than 12,000 votes.

John Horhn won the Democratic primary for Jackson mayor but may not have secured the required majority to avoid a runoff. Incumbent Chokwe Antar Lumumba came in second, and Tim Henderson came in ...