(22 Apr 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jackson, Mississippi – 17 -18 April 2025
1. Close up of Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, City of Jackson, Mississippi at campaign event
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Eric R. Schmidt, Millsaps College Assistant Professor:
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"Chokwe Antar Lumumba has served as Mayor of Jackson for coming up on two terms. He’s running for his third term in office."
3. Jackson city seal
4. Close up of Lumumba campaign sign
5. UPSOUND (English) Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, City of Jackson, Mississippi:
"One city. One aim. One destiny."
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Millsaps College Assistant Professor Dr. Eric R. Schmidt:
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"The mayor has been indicted on multiple counts of conspiracy and bribery."
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Jackson, Mississippi – 7 November 2024
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, City of Jackson, Mississippi:
"I am not guilty. And so I will not proceed as a guilty man."
8. Thad Cochran Courthouse sign
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Jackson, Mississippi – 17 -18 April 2025
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, City of Jackson, Mississippi:
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"Residents have been, you know, told a narrative that should — that should give them every reason for us not to be here, right? And we’re trying to make it clear that that’s not who we are."
10. Lumumba campaign sign being held in the air
11. SOUNDBITE (English) State Sen. John Horhn, Mississippi:
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"People are ready for something different. They are ready for change; they’re ready for leadership; they’re ready for better streets; they’re ready for less crime."
12. Man sitting on bench
13. Horhn for mayor billboard
14. SOUNDBITE (English) State Sen. John Horhn, Mississippi:
"I’ve run several times. This is my fourth try actually."
15. Pile of Horhn campaign signs
16. SOUNDBITE (English) State Sen. John Horhn, Mississippi:
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"I ran in ’17 and we came in second to the incumbent."
17. Medium shot of Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, City of Jackson, Mississippi at campaign event
18. "Office of the Mayor" sign
19. SOUNDBITE (English) State Sen. John Horhn, Mississippi:
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"And I feel that the fourth time may be the charm."
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Eric R. Schmidt, Millsaps College Assistant Professor:
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“What’s different is that John Horhn has the support, for example, of Congressman Bennie Thompson… what’s different is that he came very close to winning the Democratic party nomination outright; and what’s different as well is the cloud that the criminal indictment against the current mayor has cast over the race.”
21. Horhn campaign signs
22. Mississippi and US flag flapping
23. Close up of State Sen. John Horhn, Mississippi
24. "Vote here" sign
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Jackson, Mississippi – 7 November 2024
25. Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, City of Jackson, Mississippi walking down courthouse steps
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Jackson, Mississippi – 17 -18 April 2025
26. Large Lumumba campaign sign
STORYLINE:
After being indicted on federal bribery and conspiracy charges last year, the mayor of Mississippi’s capital is now fighting to keep his job. Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is facing off against State Sen. John Horhn in a democratic primary runoff on April 22, 2025.
AP Video shot by Sophie Bates, Emily Wagster Pettus
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