List of 2025 Municipal Election Candidates in South Mississippi

January 31, 2025

WXXV Staff,

The qualifying deadline for 2025 municipal elections in South Mississippi has passed. Here is a list of each candidate that qualified. WXXV News 25 will continue to update this list as more candidates are announced.

OCEAN SPRINGS:

Mayor: Kenny Holloway (R), Bobby Cox Jr. (R), Jon Hitchcock (R), Dennis McGrevey, (R)
Alderman at large: Ronald Chambers (R), Matthew Hinton Sr. (R), Dan Mobley (R), Adam Wilkerson (R), Oren Zweig (I)
Ward 1 Alderman: Jennifer Burgess (R), Steve Tillis (R), Greg Gipson (R)
Ward 2 Alderman: Rickey Authement (R), Karen Stennis (R)
Ward 3 Alderman: Kevin Wade (R)
Ward 4 Alderman: Jerry Munro (R), Shannon Grace Pfeiffer (R)
Ward 5 Alderman: Rob Blackman (R), James Lewis (I)
Ward 6 Alderman: Michael Impey II (R), Julie Messenger (R)
Executive Committee: Jon Rivera (R), Paul Gergen (R), James Ricketts (R)

BILOXI

Mayor: “FoFo” Gilich (R), Jordan Gollub (R), Andy Linville (I)
City Council Ward 1: Corey Christy (D), Edward “Ed” Gemmill (R), Wayne Gray (R), Godfrey M. Meyer (R), Stephan Santibanez (L)
City Council Ward 2: Felix O. Gines ( R ), Anthony L. Marshall (D), Tracey D. Smith (D), Sonya C. White (I)
City Council Ward 3: Robert “Mike” Nail (R), Eric C. Nelson (R), Dixie Newman (R), Ernest L. Ulrich Jr. (R)
City Council Ward 4: Jamie Creel (R), Rodney McGilvary (R)
City Council Ward 5: Paul Tisdale (R)
City Council Ward 6: Kenny J. Glavan Sr. (R)
City Council Ward 7: David Shoemaker (R)

DIAMONDHEAD

Mayor: Heidi Boyanton (R), Anna DeMarco Liese (R)
City Council At-Large: Gerard Maher (R), Joel Salsbury (R)
City Council Ward 1: Cle Collins (R), Michael J. Fandal (R), Shane Finley (R)
City Council Ward 2: Michael Meister (R), Richard “Ricky” Sheppard (R)
City Council Ward 3: Jessie Harwood (R), Leo Marino (R)
City Council Ward 4: Kim Buckman (R), Austin Clark

MOSS POINT

Mayor: Billy Knight (D), Richard McBride (R), Gerald McGee (D)
Alderman at Large: Howard Bailey (D), David Chapman Sr. (D)
Ward 1 Alderman: Sherwood Bradford Sr. (D), Houston Cunningham (D), Rodger L. Mann (D)
Ward 2 Alderman: Darius Wilson (D)
Ward 3 Alderman: Timothy Dubose (D), Jaylon Johnson (D), Blair Means (D)
Ward 4 Alderman: Victor J. Bovastro (D), Albert Long Jr. (D)
Ward 5 Alderman: Willie Chestang (D)
Ward 6 Alderman: Wayne Lennep (I)

GAUTIER

Mayor: Casey Vaughan (I), Phil Torjusen (R)
Councilperson at Large: Adam Colledge (R), James ‘Eric’ Minor (R)
Ward 1 Councilman: Cameron George (R)
Ward 2 Councilman: Richard Jackson (D)
Ward 3 Councilman: Shelia Dailey (I), Kay Jamison (R), Curtis Cleek (R)
Ward 4 Councilman: Lorenzo Fuller Sr. (I), Joshua Ward (I)
Ward 5 Councilman: Dante Elbin (R), Anthony Snow (I)

LONG BEACH

Mayor: Glen Powell (R), Raymond DeFlaviis (R), Larus ‘Wheelchair Larry’ Gunnarsson (R), Tim Pierce (R)
Alderman at Large: Donald Frazer (R)
Ward 1 Alderman: Patrick Bennett (R)
Ward 2 Alderman: Bernie Parker (R), Jesse Allen (R)
Ward 3 Alderman: Angela Johnson (R), Erika Long (R), Joseph Giuffria (R)
Ward 4 Alderman: Thomas ‘Skip’ Elsworth (R), Timothy McCaffrey Jr. (R)
Ward 5 Alderman: Greg Bonds (R), Clifford Yeoman (R), Mike Bohlke (R), Barbara Kimball (R)
Ward 6 Alderman: Peter McGoey III (R)
Republican Executive Committee: Thomas L. Carpenter (R), Frankie Castiglia (R), Dywana Sawyer (R), Ruth Gaddy (R), Tommy Moulton (R), Barbara Ellerman (R), Kelly Griffin (R), Jason Boyd (R)

Gulfport:

Mayor: Ronald “Ronnie” Henderson (D), Sonya Williams Barnes (D), Hugh Keating ( R)
Ward 1: Teresa Youngblood (D), Kenneth “Truck” Casey Sr ( D), Leonard C. Bennett (D), Kendal Lamar Buckner (D )
Cory M Watts (D)
Ward 2: Kevin Alford ( R), Ron P Roland ( R), Valerie Ewing (D), John Jones Jr ( R ), Howard Page (D), Jamion T Burney ( D)
Ward 3: Ella Holmes-Hines (D), Patrick White (D), Ronnie Matthew Harris (D)
Ward 4: FB “Rusty” Walker ( R), Dalaney Lee Mecham ( I )
Ward 5: Holly Gibbs (R), Craig Elliott Raybon (D), Don Harden ( R), Derek Bullock ( R),BJ Sellers ( R)
Ward 6: Bajon Williams (D), Carrissa Corbett ( D), Robert “R. Lee” Flowers ( R), Eddie Walley ( R)
Ward 7: Richard Kosloski (R), Johnny Hoggatt ( R)

Pascagoula

Mayor: Jay Willis (R), David Bates (R)
Councilman at Large: Amy Brandenstein (R)
Councilman Ward 1: Carlos R. Stallworth, Sr. (I), Michael Rodgers (D)
Councilman Ward 2: Felix “FeFe” Fornett (D)
Councilman Ward 3: Johnny Walker (R)
Councilman Ward 4: Matt Parker (R)
Councilman Ward 5: Chris Blythe (R)

BAY ST. LOUIS:

Mayor: Mike Favre (R), Gary Knoblock (R) and Henry “H.W.” Ward (D)
Council At Large: Tad Black (R); Lonnie J. Falgout (R), Greg Loftin (R), and Larry Smith (R)
Ward 1: Jordan Bradford III (R)
Ward 2: Eugene “Gene” Hoffman IV (R) and Nancy Moynan (D)
Ward 3: Phalba C. Holmes (D)
Ward 4: Kyle Lewis (R) and Jimmy Osbourn (R)
Ward 5: Linda Kay Davis (R) and Kathleen Hughes (R)
Ward 6: Josh DeSalvo (R) and Tami Curtis Guy (R)