Who is running in the MS Coast election on Tuesday? Here’s what you need to know.
Tuesday, April 6, is primary Election Day for residents of 10 cities in South Mississippi.
Here is the important information for this year’s election:
What: Voters will be choosing party candidates for mayor, council and alderman, who will serve for the next four years.
- Most cities won’t have the uncontested races on the primary ballot.
- The runoff in the primary election is April 27.
- The general election is June 8.
- Diamondhead won’t hold a primary election because there aren’t any contested primary races.
- Waveland will hold municipal elections in 2022.
- Those who live in unincorporated areas of South Mississippi don’t go to the polls.
Who: When there is more than one candidate from the same party running for an office, the primary will narrow the field of candidates to one candidate from each party.
Independent candidates won’t be on the ballot until the general election.
These are the candidates in the 2021 municipal election.
The offices in bold are contested races with two or more candidates in the same party, and will be on the ballot April 6.
Bay St. Louis
Mayor — Incumbent Michael Favre (R)
Council:
At large — Incumbent Gary Knoblock (R), Jerry Felder (R)
Ward 1 — Incumbent Doug Seal (R), Tisha Murphy (R)
Ward 2 — Incumbent Gene Hoffman IV (R), Wendy McDonald (D)
Ward 3 — Incumbent Jeffrey Reed (D)
Ward 4 — Incumbent Larry Smith (R), Kyle Lewis (R)
Ward 5 — Incumbent Buddy Zimmerman (R), Thaddeus Collier (R)
Ward 6 — Incumbent Josh DeSalvo (R)
Biloxi
Mayor —Incumbent Andrew Gilich Jr. (R)
Council:
Ward 1 — Incumbent George Lawrence (D), Keith Anderson (R), Steve “Stevie” Brosh Jr. (R), Becca Vanderford (R)
Ward 2— Incumbent Felix Gines (D), Tracey D. Smith (IND)
Ward 3— Incumbent Dixie Newman (R)
Ward 4 — Incumbent Robert Deming III (R), Rodney McGilvary (R)
Ward 5— Incumbent Paul Tisdale (R), Terry Shelton (R), Sugar Stallings (D)
Ward 6 — Incumbent Kenny Glavan (R), Jason Gibson (R)
Ward 7 — Incumbent Nathan Barrett (R)
D’Iberville
Mayor — Incumbent Rusty Quave (R)
Council:
At-Large — Incumbent Joey Bosarge (R), Quentin Lyles (D)
Ward 1 – Incumbent Randall Pelous (R)
Ward 2 — Theresa “Sissy” Andrews (R), Kecia Lane-DeShazo (R), Carrie Taranto-Chipley (R)
Ward 3 — Incumbent Craig “Boots” Diaz (R), Zach Grady (R), Crystal Wingo (IND)
Ward 4 — Gerald Burdine (R), Travis Burke (R), Todd Echelberry (R), Jody Entrekin (R)
Diamondhead
Mayor — Incumbent Nancy Depreo (R)
Council:
At large — Jason Hightower (D), Gerard Maher (R)
Ward 1 —Incumbent Shane Finley (R)
Ward 2 — Incumbent Alan Moran (R)
Ward 3 — Richard “Ricky” Sheppard Jr. (R)
Ward 4 — Incumbent Charles “Chuck” Clark (R)
Gautier
Mayor — Incumbent Phil Torjusen (R), Casey Vaughan (Ind.), the current Ward 3 councilman
Council:
At Large — Incumbent Mary Martin (R), Adam Colledge, (R)
Ward 1 — Incumbent Cameron George (R), Tony Miller (R))
Ward 2 — Incumbent Richard Jackson (D)
Ward 3 — Gordon Gollott (R), Chris Hoover (R)
Ward 4 — Incumbent Charles “Rusty” Anderson (R)
Ward 5 —Dante Elbin (R)
Gulfport
Mayor — Incumbent Billy Hewes (R), Jennifer Adams (R), Howard Page (D), William Thompson (R)
Council:
Ward 1 — Incumbent Kenneth “Truck” Casey Sr. (D), Lorraine Price (D)
Ward 2 — Incumbent Ron Roland (R), Patrice Lombard (D)
Ward 3 —Incumbent Ella Holmes-Hines (D), Patrick White (D)
Ward 4 —Incumbent F.B. “Rusty” Walker (R), Derek Bullock (R), Steve Martin (R)
Ward 5 — Incumbent Myles Sharp (R), Bajon Williams (D)
Ward 6 — Incumbent Robert “R.Lee” Flowers (R), Taylor Moran Godwin (D)
Ward 7 — Incumbent Cara Pucheu (R), Richard Kosloski (R), Barbara Nalley (R), Shawn Petro (R)
Long Beach
Mayor — Incumbent George Bass (R), John Ruth (R)
Alderman:
At large — Incumbent Donald Frazer (R) Allen Holder Jr. (R)
Ward 1 — Incumbent Ronald Robertson (R), Patrick Bennett (R), John Shupe (R)
Ward 2 — Incumbent Bernie Parker (R), Shane Walker (R)
Ward 3 — Incumbent Angela “Angie” Johnson (R)
Ward 4 — Incumbent Timothy McCaffrey Jr. (R)
Ward 5 — Mike Brown (R)
Ward 6 — Junior Husband (R), Peter McGoey (R), Owen McNally (R)
Moss Point
Mayor — Jeramey Anderson (D) Howard Bailey (IND), Tenesha Batiste (D), Sherwood Bradford Sr. (D), Billy Knight (D), Richard McBride (R), Ashelia McCorvey (D), Shira Stallworth (D)
Alderman:
At-Large — Incumbent David Chapman Sr. (D), Isaiah “Ike” Hayes (D), Jason Jackson (IND), John Mosley Jr. (IND)
Ward 1 — Houston Cunningham (D), Rosa Dorsey (D)
Ward 2 — Incumbent Charles Redmond (D), Darius Wilson (D)
Ward 3 — Deloris Braxton (D), Timothy DuBose (D), Jimmy Lee Wilson Jr. (D)
Ward 4 — Incumbent Ennit Morris (D)
Ward 5 — Joshua Barton (D), Willie Chestang (D)
Ward 6 — Incumbent Gary Wayne Lennep, (Ind.) Gerald Jackson Sr. (D), Lazaro Rovira (D)
Ocean Springs
Mayor —Melanie Allen (R), Frederick “Chic” Cody (R), Summer Devrow (R), Jeff Guice (R), Kenny Holloway (R)
Alderman:
At Large — Incumbent Bobby Cox (R), Matt Stebly (Ind.)
Ward 1 — Michael Bryant (R), Jennifer Burgess (R), Greg Gipson (Ind.), Brandon Riches (D)
Ward 2 — Incumbent Rickey Authement (R), Karen Stennis (R)
Ward 3 — Incumbent Joey Bellman (R), Kevin Wade (R), Doug Walker Wineki (R)
Ward 4— Incumbent Ken Papania (R), Richard Daniels (R), Elizabeth Feder-Hosey (IND)
Ward 5 — Incumbent Robert Blackman (R), Jeffrey Mortenson (R)
Ward 6 — Incumbent Mike Impey II (R), Melanie Milburn (R)
Pascagoula
Mayor — Jay Willis (R)
Council:
At Large — Incumbent Jennifer Colmer (R), Patrick Gatchell (R)
Ward 1 — Michael Hyde (D)
Ward 2 — Incumbent Felix “FeFe” Fornett (D)
Ward 3 — Johnny Walker (R), Ernie Denmark (R)
Ward 4 — Incumbent Matt Parker (R), Burton “Burt” Hill (R)
Ward 5 — Chris Blythe (R), Christopher Langston (R)
Pass Christian
Editor’s note: Kirk Kimball, a candidate for Ward 3 Alderman in Pass Christian, will be on the ballot after winning his court case. Judge Dickie McKenzie ruled that he was improperly disqualified based on an attorney general’s opinion and he does meet residency requirements.
Mayor — Zenas Cappie (Ind.), Peggy Johnson (D), Adam Pace (R), Jim Rafferty (R)
Alderman:
At-Large — Incumbent Kenny Torgeson (R), Calvin Ishee (R)
Ward 1 — Incumbent Buddy Clarke (R), Betty Sparkman (IND)
Ward 2 — Incumbent Regina Charlot (D), Joseph Piernas (D)
Ward 3 — Incumbent Anthony Hall (D), Kirk Kimball (R), Catherine Williams (R)
Ward 4 — Incumbent Victor Pickich (R)
Waveland
The city’s elections are in 2022.
Polling places
When: The polls are open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
Where: All polling places will be open in cities where there is a contested race for mayor or council/alderman at large. In many of the cities with only council/alderman contested races, only those polls in the contested wards will be open.
Polling places are:
Bay St. Louis
Ward 1 — Bay High School, 750 Blue Meadow Road
Ward 2 — Bay St. Louis Library, 312 U.S. 90
Ward 3 — Senior Citizen Center, 601 Bookter St.
Ward 4 — Christ Episcopal Church, 912 South Beach Blvd.
Ward 5 — American Legion Post 139, 645 Green Meadow Road
Ward 6 — Fire Station No 2, 9998 Mississippi 603
Biloxi
Ward 1 — Gruich Community Center, 591 Howard Ave., Lopez-Quave Public Safety Center, 170 Porter Ave.
Ward 2 — East Biloxi Senior Center, 461 Parker St., Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Municipal Building, 676 MLK Blvd., Lee Chinn Fire Station 4, 168 Veterans Ave.
Ward 3 — West Biloxi Library, 2047 Pass Road
Ward 4 — Margaret Sherry Library & Fire Complex, 2141 Popp’s Ferry Road
Ward 5 — Donal Snyder Community Center, 2520 Pass Road
Ward 6 — A.J. Holloway Sports Complex, 785 Wells Drive
Ward 7 — Woolmarket City Center, 13034 Kayleigh Cove
D’Iberville
All Wards — D’Iberville Civic Center, 10395 Auto Mall Parkway
Gautier
All Wards — Gulfport Community Center, 2012 Library Lane
Gulfport
Ward 1
1A — Gaston Hewes, 2733 33rd Ave.
1B — Gaston Point, 1505 Mills Ave.
1C — 19th Street Community Center, 3319 19th St.
Ward 2
2A — Westside Community Center, 4006 8th St.
2B — Lynn Meadows Discovery Center, 246 Dolan Ave.
2C — Grancis Collins Lifetime Fitness, 2204 Swetman Blvd.
Ward 3
3A — Isiah Frederick Community Center, 3312 MLK Blvd.
3B — Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, 15000 MLK Blvd.
3C — Knights of Columbus Hall, 733 34th st.
Ward 4
4A — Bayou View Elementary, 4898 Washington Ave.
4B — Handsboro Community Center, 1890 Switzer Road
Ward 5
5 A & 5B — Orange Grove Community Center, 14416 Dedeaux Road
5C — St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 11322 West Taylor Road
Ward 6
6A — Fire station No. 11, 13000 Three Rivers Road
6B — Pepsi Cola Co., 13300 Dedeaux Road
6C — Fire station No. 10, 12001 Dedeaux Road
Ward 7
7A — Lyman Community Center, 13272 U.S. 49
7B — Harrison County Library, 12135 Old Highway 49
Long Beach
Ward 1 — Methodist Church-Christian Life Center, 208 Pine St.
Ward 2 — Presbyterian Church Education Building-McGinnis Wharton Hall,
208 South Burke Ave.
Ward 3 — Hardy Hall Ballroom at USM Gulf Park Campus, 703 East Beach Blvd.
Ward 4 — Police Department Shelter, 201 Alexander Road
Ward 5 — Grace Lutheran Church, 19221 Pineville Road
Ward 6 — Long Beach School District Central Office,19148 Commission Road
Moss Point
Wards 1 & 2 — Kreole Fire Station, 4225 Kreole St.
Wards 3 & 4 — Sue Ellen Rec Center, 4131 Sue Ellen St.
Wards 5 North & 6 North — Pelican Landing, 6217 Mississippi 613
Wards 5 South & 6 South — YMBC, 3406 Dantzler St.
Ocean Springs
Ward 1 — Grace Baptist Church - 3707 Bienville Blvd.(Previously City Hall - will be polling location for all future City Elections)
Ward 2 — Villa Maria Retirement Apartments, 921 Porter Ave.
Ward 3 & Ward 4 — Ryan Youth Center Armory, 726 Pine Drive
Ward 5 & Ward 6 — Civic Center, 3730 Bienville Blvd.
Pascagoula
Ward 1 — Pascagoula Senior Center, 1912 Live Oak Ave.
Ward 2 — Iglesia Bautista Fuente De Vida, 3819 Arlington St.
Ward 3 — Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 3702 Quinn Drive
Ward 4 — Lighthouse Baptist Church, 3003 Belair St.
Ward 5 North — Collective Church, 4007 Pascagoula St.
Ward 5 South — First Presbyterian Church,1819 Pascagoula St.
Pass Christian
Ward 1 — Cornerstone Baptist Church, 1410 East Second St.
Ward 2 — Fire Station No. 1, 808 East Second St.
Ward 3 — Pass Christian Municipal Court, 105 Hiern Ave.
Ward 4 — Fire Station No. 2, 707 W. North St.
Sample ballots for 2021 primary election
This story was originally published April 1, 2021 at 5:50 AM.
