Melanie Allen and Kenny Holloway to Advance to April 27th Runoff for Ocean Springs Mayor, Ward 3 Alderman Runoff

Five Republicans squared off for the Republican nomination for Mayor of Ocean Springs in Tuesday’s primaries – Melanie Allen, Frederick “Chic” Cody, Summer Devrow, Jeff Guice and Kenny Holloway.

Melanie Allen and Kenny Holloway will face each other in a runoff April 27th. The winner of that race will be Ocean Springs’s new mayor since no Democrat is running. Allen garnered the most votes with 35-percent, followed by Holloway with 28-percent. Cody rounded up 22-percent. Devrow tallied 3-percent, and Guice landed 12-percent of the vote.

There will be one runoff race on April 27th for the seat of Ward 3 Alderman between Republicans Doug Walker and Kevin Wade.

News 25’s Grant Chighizola shared this live update from Ocean Springs as the final tally came in.

 

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