Jackson Free Press

In a move that contradicts the plethora of hats flying into the mayoral ring this week, Jonathan Lee posted on his Facebook page last night that he is not running in the mayoral special election (news broken on Twitter by Ross Adams of WJTV). It was rumored that Lee, a favorite of the business community in his run for the office last year, was interested in running again but was on the fence. We also understand that the business community has been conducting a poll to determine where it will put its collective support, but are not aware of findings at this point.

Ross Adams reported yesterday that 10 candidate packets had been picked up at City Hall. So far, Harvey Johnson Jr., Antar Lumumba, Melvin Priester Jr. and Tony Yarber have officially announced or will today. The Associated Press reported last night that Sen. John Horhn will officially enter the race Wednesday. Councilwoman Margaret Barrett-Simon says she is considering a run and will decide by week's end. We will post other candidate information as we receive it (send to [email protected] or [email protected]).

Here is a screenshot of Lee's statement announcing that he is not running.

http://jacksonfreepress.com/users/photos/2014/mar/11/16342/">https://jacksonfreepress.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2014/03/11/Screen_shot_2014-03-11_at_10.24.48_AM_t482x400.png?b05105811ffc5316a9dd0ebd77fdf5919148669f" alt="Jonathan Lee announced on Facebook that he will run in the mayoral special election.">

https://jacksonfreepress.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2014/03/11/Screen_shot_2014-03-11_at_10.24.48_AM_t482x400.png?b05105811ffc5316a9dd0ebd77fdf5919148669f">Jonathan Lee announced on Facebook that he will run in the mayoral special election. by Donna Ladd