Live updates: Mississippi Coast election results for mayors, city councils and more

10:30 p.m.

Find the full results in our stories from each city:

▪ Bay St. Louis: City Council will have at least one new face after incumbent defeated

▪ Biloxi: Mayor and 2 council members re-elected, with 3 races to be decided in June

▪ D’Iberville: Mayor will serve 8th term with at least 2 new council members

▪ Gautier: Incumbent councilwoman defeated as attention turns to mayor’s race

▪ Gulfport: Mayor wins primary election, and at least one council race is going to a runoff

▪ Long Beach: Mayor easily defeats Republican challenger. One incumbent upset.

▪ Moss Point: State representative, business leader will go to a runoff for mayor

▪ Ocean Springs: 2 candidates are headed for runoff in mayoral race

▪ Pascagoula: New mayor elected. One incumbent defeated for city council.

▪ Pass Christian: Rafferty wins primary for mayor. One race is going to a runoff.

9: 45 p.m.

Results for Gautier:

• Mayor — Incumbent Phil Torjusen (uncontested until general election)
• Council At Large — Adam Colledge - 772, incumbent Mary Martin - 658
• Ward 1 — Incumbent Cameron George 242, Tony Miller - 110
• Ward 2 — Incumbent Richard Jackson (uncontested)
• Ward 3 — Gordon Gollott - 150, Chris Hoover - 104
• Ward 4 — Incumbent Charles “Rusty” Anderson (uncontested until general election)
• Ward 5 —Dante Elbin (uncontested)

Results for Gulfport:

• Mayor — Incumbent Billy Hewes - 3,382, Jennifer Adams - 921, William Thompson - 167
• Ward 1 — Incumbent Kenneth “Truck” Casey Sr. - 281, Lorraine Price - 91
• Ward 2 — Incumbent Ron Roland - (uncontested until the general election)
• Ward 3 —Incumbent Ella Holmes-Hines - 371, Patrick White - 258
• Ward 4 —Incumbent F.B. “Rusty” Walker - 727, Derek Bullock - 585, Steve Martin - 153
• Ward 5 — Incumbent Myles Sharp - (uncontested until the general election)
• Ward 6 — Incumbent Robert “R.Lee” Flowers - (uncontested until the general election)
• Ward 7 — Incumbent Cara Pucheu - 272, Richard Kosloski - 212, Shawn Petro - 74, Barbara Nalley - 54

9:30 p.m.

Moss Point results in with the mayor’s race going to a runoff and one incumbent upset in Ward 2:

• Mayor — Billy Knight - 1,197, Jeramey Anderson - 701, Sherwood Bradford Sr. - 379, Tenesha Batiste - 237, Ashelia McCorvey - 57, Shira Stallworth - 44
• Alderman At-Large — Incumbent David Chapman Sr. - 1,825, Isaiah “Ike” Hayes - 539
• Ward 1 — Houston Cunningham - 162, Rosa Dorsey - 107
• Ward 2 — Darius Wilson - 330, incumbent Charles Redmond - 112
• Ward 3 — Timothy DuBose - 193, Deloris Braxton - 128, Jimmy Lee Wilson Jr. - 167
• Ward 4 — Incumbent Ennit Morris (uncontested)
• Ward 5 — Willie Chestang - 241, Joshua Barton - 166
• Ward 6 — Gerald Jackson Sr. - 285, Lazaro Rovira - 220

— Isabelle Taft

Pass Christian results are in, and a contentious race has been decided with Jim Rafferty elected as mayor:

• Mayor — Jim Rafferty - 741, Adam Pace - 432
• Alderman At-Large — Incumbent Kenny Torgeson - 715, Calvin Ishee - 321
• Ward 1 — Incumbent Buddy Clarke (uncontested until general election)
• Ward 2 — Incumbent Regina Charlot - 50, Joseph Piernas - 48
• Ward 3 — Kirk Kimball - 150, Catherine Williams - 122
• Ward 4 — Incumbent Victor Pickich (uncontested)

— Margaret Baker

9: 15 p.m.

Long Beach results are in with one incumbent upset and Ward 6 race going to a runoff:

• Mayor — Incumbent George Bass - 1,755, John Ruth - 458
• Alderman At large — Incumbent Donald Frazer 925, Allen Holder Jr. - 890
• Ward 1 — Patrick Bennett - 196, incumbent Ronald Robertson - 140, John Shupe - 13
• Ward 2 — Incumbent Bernie Parker - 266, Shane Walker - 124
• Ward 3 — Incumbent Angela “Angie” Johnson - (uncontested)
• Ward 4 — Incumbent Timothy McCaffrey Jr.- (uncontested)
• Ward 5 — Mike Brown- (uncontested)
• Ward 6 — Peter McGoey - 160, Owen McNally - 153, Junior Husband - 112

9 p.m.

Ocean Springs results are in:

• Mayor —Melanie Allen - 1,150, Kenny Holloway - 901, Frederick “Chic” Cody - 710, Jeff Guice - 384, Summer Devrow - 95
• Alderman At Large — Incumbent Bobby Cox (uncontested until general election)
• Ward 1 — Jennifer Burgess - 277, Michael Bryant - 122
• Ward 2 — Incumbent Rickey Authement - 556, Karen Stennis - 402
• Ward 3 — Doug Walker Wineki - 203, Kevin Wade - 201, Incumbent Joey Bellman - 124
• Ward 4— Incumbent Ken Papania - 334, Richard Daniels - 172
• Ward 5 — Incumbent Robert Blackman - 427, Jeffrey Mortenson - 70
• Ward 6 — Incumbent Mike Impey II - 160, Melanie Milburn - 101

— Isabelle Taft

Contested races for Biloxi also in:

• Ward 1 — Keith Anderson - 227, Becca Vanderford — 72, Steve “Stevie” Brosh Jr. — 24
• Ward 4 — Incumbent Robert Deming III — 373, Rodney McGilvary — 328
• Ward 5 — Incumbent Paul Tisdale — 266, Terry Shelton — 35
• Ward 6 — Incumbent Kenny Glavan — 292, Jason Gibson — 63

— Mary Perez

8:45 p.m.

Two incumbent council members won re-election in Gulfport Democratic primaries.

Kenneth “Truck” Casey defeated Lorraine Price, 270 votes to 79 in Ward 1.

In Ward 3, Ella Holmes-Hines defeated Patrick White with 340 votes to 249.

— Anita Lee

8:35 p.m.

All Bay St. Louis city council wards have been counted with an upset in Ward 4:

• Ward 1 — Incumbent Doug Seal - 280, Tisha Murphy - 195
• Ward 2 — Incumbent Gene Hoffman IV (uncontested until general election)
• Ward 3 — Incumbent Jeffrey Reed (uncontested)
• Ward 4 — Kyle Lewis - 245, incumbent Larry Smith - 164
• Ward 5 — Incumbent Buddy Zimmerman - 98, Thaddeus Collier - 66
• Ward 6 — Incumbent Josh DeSalvo (uncontested)
• At large — Incumbent Gary Knoblock - 842, Jerry Felder - 558 (votes from all wards will decide winner)

— Geoff Belcher, Sea Coast Echo

8:20 p.m.

Pascagoula is the first city with all votes counted, except absentee and affidavit, with an upset for council member at large:

• Mayor — Jay Willis - (uncontested)
• Council At Large — Patrick Gatchell - 1,508, incumbent Jennifer Colmer - 636
  
  
• Ward 1 — Michael Hyde - (uncontested)
• Ward 2 — Incumbent Felix “FeFe” Fornett - (uncontested)
• Ward 3 — Johnny Walker - 291, Ernie Denmark - 158
• Ward 4 — Incumbent Matt Parker - 344, Burton “Burt” Hill - 255
• Ward 5 — Chris Blythe - 511, Christopher Langston - 287

— Isabelle Taft

8 p.m.

Bay St. Louis city council’s wards 3, 4, 5 and 6 have been counted with an upset in Ward 4:

• Ward 3 — Incumbent Jeffrey Reed (uncontested)
• Ward 4 — Kyle Lewis - 245, incumbent Larry Smith - 164
• Ward 5 — Incumbent Buddy Zimmerman - 98, Thaddeus Collier - 66
• Ward 6 — Incumbent Josh DeSalvo (uncontested)
• At large — Incumbent Gary Knoblock - 442, Jerry Felder - 317 (votes from all wards will decide winner)

— Geoff Belcher, Sea Coast Echo

7:45 p.m.

Results in for D’Iberville:

• Mayor — Incumbent Rusty Quave - (uncontested)
  
  
• Council At-Large — Incumbent Joey Bosarge - (uncontested)
• Ward 1 – Incumbent Randall Pelous - (uncontested)
• Ward 2 — Carrie Taranto-Chipley - 109, Kecia Lane-DeShazo - 76, Theresa “Sissy” Andrews - 18
• Ward 3 — Incumbent Craig “Boots” Diaz - 151, Zach Grady - 137
• Ward 4 — Gerald Burdine - 97, Travis Burke - 95, Todd Echelberry - 27, Jody Entrekin - 15

7 p.m.

The polls have closed for municipal primary elections across Mississippi. Now the counting begins.

▪ Ten South Mississippi cities held primaries Tuesday: Biloxi, Gulfport, Bay St. Louis, Ocean Springs, Long Beach, Pass Christian, D’Iberville, Pascagoula, Moss Point and Gautier. There aren’t any contested primary races in Diamondhead, and Waveland will hold municipal elections in 2022.

▪ The big races include those in the running to be the new mayor of Ocean Springs, Moss Point and Pass Christian. A few voting precincts in Ocean Springs and Moss Point had already reported hundreds of voters by mid-morning.

▪ A primary election is held when there is more than one candidate from the same party running for an office. The general election will include one candidate from each party, including independent candidates.

▪ Several races will be decided tonight because all the candidates were from the same party.

▪ Any race where the top candidate does not get 50% of the vote plus one will go to a runoff with the next-largest vote-getter.

▪ The primary runoff election is April 27.

▪ Mississippi’s general election is June 8.

This story will update as results are reported across the Coast.

This story was originally published April 6, 2021 at 7:08 PM.