8 qualify so far for Gluckstadt alderman seats
Since Gluckstadt does not have established wards, winners for the five alderman-at-Large positions will be determined by the candidates who receive the most votes, according to the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office.
As of Wednesday morning, there are eight candidates for the five available alderman-at-large seats.
Three of the candidates include incumbent aldermen Jayce Powell, Miya Warfield Bates and John Taylor.
Taylor and Powell are among the seven Republican candidates for the position. Bates is the only Democrat candidate at this time.
The other candidates are Jessie Young Campbell, Paul Harty, Chip Williams, Samuel Stonestreet, and Nathaniel David Rosener.
Incumbent aldermen Wesley Slay and Lisa Williams have not qualified as of noon Wednesday.
City Clerk Lindsay Kellum said that based on the guidance she has received from the Secretary of States and the 2025 Municipal Election Handbook, the majority vote threshold will be determined by dividing the number of valid cast votes by five, dividing that number by two and then adding one to that result.
In an election for five aldermen positions, if five candidates receive a majority vote in the first primary election, all have won and are the party’s nominees for office, who move forward to the general election, the Secretary of State’s office has said.
If fewer than five candidates receive a majority vote in the first primary, those who receive a majority vote have won and are the party’s nominees for office, who move forward to the general election. The remaining nominations must be determined in a second primary runoff election. The number of candidates who participate in the second primary election is based on how many nominations were not determined in the first primary election. At least two candidates for each nomination must participate in the primary runoff election.
For example, if one nominee is to be determined in the second primary, the two candidates who received the most votes in the first primary without getting a majority would be on the ballot. If two nominees are to be determined in the second primary, the four candidates who received the most votes in the first primary without getting a majority would be on the ballot in the second primary, and so on.
If more than five candidates received a majority vote in the first primary, the five candidates who received the most votes are the party’s nominees.
The municipal election will proceed in a similar fashion between the remaining available candidates.