Municipal primaries: Cleveland finds new mayor as Clarksdale Democrats go to runoff - SuperTalk Mississippi

Municipal primaries: Cleveland finds new mayor as Clarksdale Democrats go to runoff - SuperTalk Mississippi

A couple of outgoing mayoral posts will soon be filled in the Mississippi Delta, particularly in Clarksdale and Cleveland. On Tuesday, voters were able to narrow the field of candidates. In Clarksdale, the electorate took to the polls to vote for a leader to take the place of current mayor Chuck Espy, a Democrat. In the crowded Democratic primary consisting of seven office-seekers, Bubba O’Keefe and state Rep. Orlando Paden emerged as the top ch…