2025 Gulfport mayoral election
June 3, 2025
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The 2025 Gulfport mayoral election was held on June 3, 2025, to elect the mayor of Gulfport, Mississippi. Incumbent mayor Billy Hewes was eligible for re-election to a second four-year term, but announced that he would retire.
Primary elections were held on April 1, 2025. Former Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives Sonya Williams-Barnes won her party's primary, defeating former professional basketball player Ronnie Henderson, and Republican attorney Hugh Keating won his party's nomination unopposed. In the general election, Keating defeated Barnes by a margin of 6.4%, as the race has become more competitive.
Although Barnes lost the election, she praised the city for having its highest voter turnout in history, with over 13,000 citizens voting.