Gulfport mayoral candidate to inspect ballot boxes after election loss

The Gulfport mayoral race has yet another wrinkle.

Two weeks after Democratic mayoral candidate Sonya Williams Barnes was defeated by Republican Hugh Keating, and four days after the results were officially certified, Williams Barnes has requested an inspection of the ballots cast in the race.

Keating clipped Williams Barnes by 829 votes in the general election and is readying to be sworn into office in less than two weeks.

Williams Barnes, who was aiming to become the first Black woman to take the Gulfport mayor’s seat in city history, made it clear that she was not contesting the results of the election, but simply carrying out the final step of a fair process.




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