MERIDIAN, Miss. (Queen City Newsfeed) – With absentee ballots counted and all 14 precincts reporting, Percy Bland leads Independent Jimmy Copeland by 98 votes — 3,174 to 3,076. Mail-in and affidavit ballots remain uncounted, but Bland is the presumed winner.
We caught up with him at his watch party at the Drury Inn, where he spoke about restoring communication with citizens and the media, praised Copeland’s campaign, and explained why he ran:
“Because I’m a winner, and our city wasn’t winning.”
Voter Turnout:
Total Registered Voters: 17,323
Ballots Cast: 6,281
Voter Turnout: 36.26%
Watch the full interview below.
