Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Election night thread. It's YARBER & LUMUMBA

Here we are.  Another election night. Another campaign behind us.  Time to find out who wins, who loses.  Lets get started.


WJTV reporting at 8:00 that 20% of the vote is counted.

Yarber, 1,387 30%
Octavian 1,346 29%
Junior 733 16%
Margaret 646 14%
Horhn 240 5%
Harvey   157 3%
Regina 94 2%

Nice.  20% of vote counted and posted on tv stations.  City of Jackson shows not votes counted. Nice.

8:13 PM 40% votes counted

Yarber: 3,321 31%
Octavian: 3,189 29%
Junior: 1,719 16%
Margaret: 1,435 12%
Horhn: 550 5%
Harvey: 395 3%
Regina: 222 2%

8:17 PM 54%

Octavian: 4,483 32%
Yarber: 4,242 30%
Junior: 2,016 14%
Margaret: 1,638 12%
Horhn: 664 5%
Harvey: 554 4%
Regina: 294 2%
Hemp: 17

8:30 62%



Octavian: 5,452 31%
Yarber: 5,371 31%
Junior: 2,588 15%
Margaret: 2,015 12%
Horhn: 848 5%
Harvey: 743 4%
Regina: 377 2%
Hemp: 26 0%


8:35 70%

Octavian: 6,535 32%
Yarber: 6,472 32%
Junior: 2,898 14%
Margaret: 2,200 11%
Horhn: 1,001 5%
Harvey: 803 4%
Quinn: 400 2%

Never thought Harvey would have less than a thousand votes at this point in the vote-counting.  Looks like Yarber and Octavian will face each other in Thunderdome.  Expect Junior and his crowd to back Chokwe.  Don't see Margaret or Harvey votes jumping for Octavian but it may not matter.

8:42 PM 76%

Octavian: 7,351 31%
Yarber: 7,293 31%
Junior: 3,523 15%
Margaret: 2,775 12%
Horhn: 1,177 5%
Harvey: 994 4%
Regina: 501 2%
Hemp: 30 0%

Junior needs 3,700 or so votes with only 24% out to get in runoff? 

8:45 PM 84%

Yarber 8,692 32%
Octavian: 8,448 31%
Junior: 3,782 14%
Margaret: 2,949 11%
Horhn: 1,296 5%
Harvey: 1,162 4%
Regina 591 2%
Hemp 30%

8:47 PM 91%

Yarber: 9,684 32%
Octavian: 9,518 31%
Junior: 4,431 14%
Margaret: 3,334 11%
Horhn: 1,534 5%
Harvey: 1,350 4%
Regina: 696 2%
Hemp: 30 0%

9:00 PM 94%

Yarber 10,215 31%
Octavian: 10,126 31%
Junior: 4,849 15%
Margaret: 3,512 11%
Horhn: 1,650 5%
Harvey: 1,456 4%
Regina 749 4%
Hemp: 36 0%

9:05 PM 97%

Octavian: 10,326 31%
Yarber: 10,317 31%
Junior: 4,934 15%
Margaret: 3,573 11%
Horhn: 1,666 5%
Harvey: 1,487 5%
Regina: 756 2%
Hemp 41 0%


Here are the results of my anti-poll. Had to stick these results somehwere:


John Horhn
  156 (9%)
 
Melvin Priester, Jr.
  259 (16%)
 
Tony Yarber
  203 (12%)
 
Harvey Johnson
  297 (18%)
 
Regina Quinn
  74 (4%)
 
Chokwe Lumumba, Jr.
  463 (28%)
 
Margaret Barrett-Simon
  150 (9%)

39 comments:

Anonymous said...

It was difficult to pick from so many underwhelming candidates... but in the end, Yarber got my vote.

Anonymous said...

I pray we don't allow Detroit to move to Jackson and destroy this city like they did Detroit.

Anonymous said...

MBS seems to have fulfilled her purpose.

Anonymous said...

Doubt the MBS and Priester votes will move to Octavian in run-off. Yarber is a fighter and he won't allow the Detroit crowd to label him an Uncle Tom.

Anonymous said...

Horhn's Senate seat will be in play next year. The power in that district is moving to southern Madison Co and considering the money he spent his showing tonight is laughable.

Anonymous said...

WJTV showing Priester in 2nd & Tony in 3rd just now...surely that's a mistake since everything else is showing it the other way around...?

Anonymous said...

Tony Yarber! Sympathy votes and a rapper's endorsement just don't do it for me in a situation like this. Now, if it were the Grammy's, maybe. A mayor for ALL the people, of ALL the people!!!

Anonymous said...

Below please find my first comment, before Yarber had gotten-in, regarding this race;

Anonymous said...

Runoff between Antar and Harvey. Antar wins. Or, Antar wins straight-up! Antar is the next mayor of what's left of Jackistan.

March 10, 2014 at 10:19 PM

I believe this to be my next comment regarding this race:

Anonymous said...

Only in the land of the blind, where the one-eyed guy is King, would the media trumpet a poll where the respondents were 90% minority-Democrat voters, and the poll was done by a Republican polling concern.

The only thing to know at all about this special election in Jackson for Mayor is that Antar will be in the runoff, and then he will win the runoff, because that is how they will vote, to keep the dream alive!

Now go back to sending checks to your brat college kids, they are broke after spring break ya know.
March 19, 2014 at 9:17 AM

This state, Jacksitan, and the readers around here, the one thing you all share in common: you are COMPLETELY PREDICTABLE!!!

Anonymous said...

...and now we move on to the portion of the program entitled "Endorsement Sweepstakes," during which we watch just how far Octavian can and will bend over and kiss ass to chase votes! What a dilemma for Benny, too, as he has to figure out a way to save face and endorse Octavian.

Anonymous said...

Such a horrid field of candidates, that I couldn't even bring myself to go vote... Sad day for Jackson. Time to give up and move.

Anonymous said...

Might be hope for Jackson after all if Yarber wins. Will there a debate.

Anonymous said...

YAWN .... SSSssssnnnnnnooooorrrreeeee

Anonymous said...

Oh looky here, a comment I left just yesterday:

Anonymous said...

Matters not, Antar ends up mayor in the end.

April 7, 2014 at 2:22 PM

REPEAT AFTER ME, THE DREAM, THE DREAM, KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE!!!

Anonymous said...

9:21 , you gotta lot of contempt for a lotta people.

Anonymous said...

9:30 enjoy Madison, redneck.

Anonymous said...

I predicted Harvey and Yarber after the first debate. Got a lot of flack for both. I'm surprised by Harvey's lack of support. Looks like I wasn't too far off, though. Yarber is a contender. It will be interesting to see what happens now and who's support goes where.

Anonymous said...

About 34,000 votes cast. That has to be a pretty low turn out, right?

Anonymous said...

glad to see that Big Ben's candidate got his ass handed to him. perhaps racist ben's power is beginning to recede.

Anonymous said...

Waiting on the conspiracy theories to start tomorrow. MBS helped throw the vote. Somebody had the mural painted over ect. God forbid somebody puts out a Go Vote sign in NE Jax.

Anonymous said...


I am a black resident of Jackson. If either Harvey Johnson or Melvin Priester Jr./Bennie Thompson was going to be elected Mayor, I was going to move to Madison!

Lumumba or Yarber will be okay as Mayor--better than what we had the past 16 years.

Hearing you clowns give accolades to Harvey Johnson shows just how uninformed is the general populace.

KF tried to show you the depth of Harvey's scams, schemes and cronyism with his piece on The Bond Pimp.

I thank the Jackson voters for exercising good sense by sending Mr. Johnson back to his home in Madison County.

Fromma Distance said...

How will Benny explain this? Can't believe Harvey scored this low. Will he run again in four years? Who the fuck is Octavian? Does See-Mone need any more validation of her irrelevance? Ben can work with anybody to put lipstick on a pig. Are there pictures of Hohrn at the package store tonite at 9:55? The yawner is back.

Anonymous said...

Ben Allen, on his radio show, recommended everybody remember to vote and made some reference to 'The Free World'. Was this a veiled reference to 'Free The Land'?

Anonymous said...

I grew up in Jackson & truly hate what my hometown has become.

Call me Nostradamus, but during the early 90's, I saw what was coming & got the hell out.
That was the best decision I've ever made.
I actually made a profit on my NorthEast Jackson house.

I didn't move to Madison or Rankin Counties. (Those two counties have already realized their future)

Thankfully, I now live 150 miles outside of Jackson in a very rural (albeit charming) law abiding, thug free, small town.

I watch with amusement . . . these Black-on-Black political fights in the "Capitol City".

BTW, the racial makeup of my rural utopia is about 50/50 Black & White.

Anonymous said...

12:14, where is your utopia? After this, I am contemplating a move myself.

Anonymous said...

KEEP IT A SECRET, 12:14. It was a fantasy post anyway.

Anonymous said...

Will those of you who have peculiar hate for one of the winners please keep your mouths shut for 30 days?

We do not need your hatred used as a campaign tool to aid the one you hate the most!

And, yes, I meant to write " peculiar" though I'm sure the reference is not understood by some of you.

And, those of you so certain Jackson will fail should shut the hell up as well. If you are right, you can gloat later. If you are mistaken, you are making it more difficult for the STATE you pretend to love to increase revenues.

We do have events in Jackson in the future , including IBC so please stop trying to make people afraid to come. Let us rise or fail on what actually happens , not on your doomsdays predictions.

The Natural Science Museum had a fabulous event last weekend. Everyone who attended had a wonderful experience and the children, who haven't learned to be racist yet, played beautifully together at both museums and the outdoor events . They and the adults with them learned a lot.

More children should have been able to enjoy the learning experience. Nevertheless, hundreds did and all lived to tell about it! NO negative incidents...none, zero, de nada!

One woman from Kentucky visiting her grandchild in Jackson commented to me as we watched the children play that she'd been afraid to come because one of her friends in Laurel, MS had told her awful things. She felt terrible not to have brought her Kentucky grandchildren with her.

She had also enjoyed dinner with her family at the Mayflower the night before and was surprised that despite construction, Jackson downtown had improved so and that young people were obviously living downtown.






Anonymous said...

Hope all who were eliminated will clean up their signs.

Anonymous said...

Biggest loser after last night (aside from Jacksonians generally): Massah Bennie. I was convinced he would cement the Jackson city limits as the boundary of his plantation. Well done welfare cases and hipsters! Well done, indeed! I'm Anonymous, and I was wrong.

Anonymous said...

You are still wrong 8:55 am.

Please just keep your opinions to yourself and you mighto stop embarrassing your family.

Avery Wiseman said...

8:14, you've got to get over yourself and your racial fixation. Your generation's time has passed and, with it, the simpleton's explanation that it's all about race. Today, it's about economic standing and cultural norms. I'm sorry you feel the need for more self-flagellation, but you should have been more focused on that in the 70's and 80's when you were spending all your time at the disco.

In 2014, race is far more of a correlative factor than it is a causative one. It's long been that way, but you simply refused to accept it. Fortunately, your ilk loses population hourly and at an accelerating pace. Your admonitions ring hollow, your relevance fades daily, and your worldview is an anachronism, much like your city which has come late to the race-guilt game but believes it has found something new and lasting.

Shalom.

Anonymous said...


Damn, Avery. I don't know what you just said, but it sure sounds impressive!

Like Melvin Priester Jr., you are much smarter than most of us; so going foward, I would ask that you dumb it down a bit so we fully appreciate the depth of your comments.

Anonymous said...

10:24, shalom to you too. Can you please point out where 8:14 mentioned race in his or her post? Isn't it ironic that you are criticizing people for talking about race, but you read race in to something that is not about race and then give a two paragraph response to what you think you saw? Pot calling kettle black? Also, speaking of things the last generation did that the new generation is rejecting in larger numbers - what about moving to the suburbs? And please, on what are you basing your assumption that 8:14 is old? Have a nice day.

Anonymous said...

@11:02, re-read paragraph 6 from @8:14. Thanks for playing and please feel free to come back when your reading skills improve.

Anonymous said...

8:14 And, I quote: "Jackson downtown had improved so". Improved how, may I ask??? On what planet are you people living?? It's certainly not the one where others of us are living! The City of Jackson has gone to "Hell in a Handbasket" and it is truly sad!! Jackson was a wonderful city, it is the capitol of our state and I would like nothing better than to see it improve and return to the great place it once was. Unfortunately that is not happening until it gets some decent leadership and so far there are no signs of significant change!

Anonymous said...

my apologies to MBS. glad she ran. i was worried she may keep yarber from runoff. wouldnt have predicted back then how much distaste black community would have for priester and how hard yarber was gonna work. he absolutely campaigned his butt off and the results showed. mbs stole votes from tony but turned out to be a good thing this first go round. hes in the runoff and if he keeps up the hard work i feel good about his chances.

Anonymous said...

Hey 11:19, with all that snark, one might think you were related to Donna Ladd. So the guy stated that the kids played together, regardless of their race. Avery wiseman (an ironic name indeed) devoted a two paragraph reponse about race to a comment that was not about race, which is pretty hypocritical. The point was that the vitriol hurts the city, and yes, the entire area as well. Thank you for playing as well.

Anonymous said...

12:03 Obviously the black community has distaste for Mr. Priester because he is educated and speaks the king's english!! It's plain to see that is distasteful to the majority of the City of Jackson voters. Maybe he would have been more popular if he had spoken ebonics, did a rap commercial and dressed with his pants down to his butt or been the son of a known activist! You have to want to do better before you can do better. The majority of Jackson voters has made their choice! Shame on them!!

Anonymous said...

One of the reasons I voted for Yarber is his consistent stance that he represents ALL constituents. Many of his competitors consistently pander only to blacks, only to democrats, etc.

It's been very eye-opening to see so many black democrats publicly disparage Bennie Thompson over the last week, and express the wish to see him out of office. His campaigning for Priester seems to have REALLY pissed some people off.

I join them in the desire to see him out of office - but for other reasons!

Anonymous said...

Ha I actually think Bennie's endoresment hurt Melvin more than it helped him. He should have thought about that beforehand..



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