A public forum meant to allow voters in the special election for Vicksburg’s Ward 1 alderman to meet the ten candidates on the ballot has been scheduled for Thursday, May 2.

The forum, scheduled to be held at 6 p.m. at the Warren County Courthouse, is coordinated by the Vicksburg Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.,the First Mississippi Chapter of Blacks in Government (BIG), the Vicksburg Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Mu Xi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA), and Omicron Rho Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. 

Officials said the forum will provide the opportunity for voters to get to know the candidates vying to replace the late Michael Mayfield Sr., who passed away in March after a brief battle with cancer. 

The special municipal election to decide the new alderman is scheduled for Thursday, May 9.

Candidates who officially qualified for the race Monday include: Thomas “T.J.” Mayfield, Charles Selmon, Joseph Everette Williams Jr., Gregory E. Bingham, Daryl Hollingsworth, Kevin L. Winters Sr., Bobbie Bingham Morrow, Jamma F. Williams, Michael Anthony Gates, and Warren Jones.  

Officials with the coordinating organizations said an official roster of candidates agreeing to be part of the forum has not yet been finalized, but added they anticipate that all ten will attend.