1. Johnny DuPree was born on November 18,1953 and is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the first African-American mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi from 2001 to 2017.
13 Facts About Johnny DuPree
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Johnny DuPree was the Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Mississippi in 2011, the first African-American major party nominee for governor in Mississippi since the Reconstruction era.
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Johnny DuPree was the Democratic candidate in Mississippi's 4th congressional district for the 2022 midterm elections.
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Johnny DuPree has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi, and a PhD from Jackson State University.
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Johnny DuPree is a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity.
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Johnny DuPree entered public service in 1987 when he was appointed to the Hattiesburg Public School Board.
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Ingram's predictions for Hattiesburg under the Johnny DuPree administration were largely accurate.
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Johnny DuPree told residents to expect no tap water for one or two days, and no power for two weeks.
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Johnny DuPree lost to Republican nominee Phil Bryant in the general election on November 8,2011.
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In 2017, Johnny DuPree was defeated in a bid for a fifth consecutive term as mayor, losing to Toby Barker, a Republican member of the state House of Representatives, who ran as an independent.
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In 2019, Johnny DuPree ran for Secretary of State of Mississippi and won the Democratic nomination in August.
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Johnny DuPree lost the November 2019 general election to Republican candidate Michael Watson.
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In 2021, Johnny DuPree announced his candidacy for Mississippi's 4th congressional district in the 2022 midterm elections.