Ashby Foote wins Jackson Ward 1 City Council race

Jackson council race decided by mere 8 votes

The Jackson City Council Ward 1 race came down to an eight-vote difference between the winner and the runner-up.

Jackson, MS, Ward 1 election results are finally counted. Race came to 8 votes. Who won?

On Wednesday, June 11, Municipal Clerk Angela Harris and Jackson election commissioners convened to finish counting the remaining mail-in ballots.

Ashby Foote wins Jackson Ward 1 City Council race

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Incumbent Jackson City Councilman Ashby Foote (I) is the apparent winner of the Ward 1 City Council race. The unofficial results showed Foote received 1,739 votes. Grace Greene (I) received 1,731 votes, and Jasmine Barnes (D) received 1,716 votes. This comes after officials finished counting the ballots on June 11. Jackson Mayor-elect John Horhn names additional transition team members Foote told WJTV 12 News that h…

Ward 1 reelects Foote on Jackson City Council after hard-fought race

Foote wins re-election to Jackson’s Ward 1 by 8 votes - Mississippi Monitor

By: Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune   Ashby Foote   Incumbent Jackson Ward 1 City Councilman Ashby Foote has narrowly won his re-election bid, holding off his nearest challenger by only eight votes, according to unofficial results tabulated Wednesday morning by election officials. “The lesson here is that every vote counts,” Foote said after defeating fellow Independent Grace Greene and Democratic nominee Jasmine Barnes. Preliminary results show …

Nail-biting finish sees Foote win Jackson city council race - SuperTalk Mississippi

Jackson City Councilman Ashby Foote will return to his Ward 1 post after winning his reelection bid by the thinnest of margins. On Wednesday, voters in the northeast Jackson ward were informed who will represent them on the seven-member council following a photo finish to a race that was a near-dead heat. Foote earned his third term in office after receiving just eight more votes than the runner-up. Foote, who ran as an independent this year to …