Johnny DuPree

Quick Facts

Full Name	Johnny DuPree
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Nov 18, 1953(1953-11-18)
Age	71
Country	United States
Birth City	Fort Benning
Horoscope	Scorpio

Johnny DuPree Biography

Johnny DuPree is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on November 18, 1953 in Fort Benning, United States. Johnny DuPree (born November 18 1953) is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi from 2001 until 2017. The mayor was also elected the Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Mississippi in the year 2011. The first major African-American party candidate for Governor in Mississippi in the Reconstruction period. On February 19, 2019, DuPree announced his candidacy for Secretary of State.

On the Sunday prior to the hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in 2005, DuPree was invited to address the members at Mt Carmel Baptist Church, in which he warned the congregation regarding his warning about the “devastation churning its way across the Gulf of Mexico.” Following Katrina, the town was without water and power for a few days. In the absence of an intervention to FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the city, DuPree had to resort to leasing vital items and equipment by itself, like generators, for instance, that typically are accessible through state and federal emergency services. Due to its position in the region as an important hub as well as the first major metropolitan area that was not part the city of New Orleans, the city was overwhelmed by hundreds of people who had to be evacuated. Following the storm, the government of DuPree was able to meet the demands of the displaced evacuees , without aid from federal agencies.

In the 2013 mayoral election, DuPree faced fourth ward councilman Dave Ware, a Republican who ran as an independent, along with three minor candidates in his bid for a fourth term as mayor. In the June 4 election, DuPree was believed to be the winner by 37 votes out of over 9,600 cast, but concerns were raised about possible voter fraud, eligibility of some voters, and the fact that the city clerk left ballots unsecured in city hall the night before the election. Ware filed an election challenge on June 24, and a special judge was appointed by the state Supreme Court to hear the case. The jury initially found in favor of Ware in a 9-3 vote, the bare minimum for a verdict, however after Judge William Coleman polled the jurors, the count shifted to 8-4 and a mistrial was declared.

In 2017, 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.

The year 2001 was the time that DuPree made history as the first African American to be elected as the mayor of Hattiesburg after he received five- thirds of the votes. He was reelected twice in the subsequent decade. When he ran for his first election as Mayor, DuPree ran on a campaign of strengthening education and protecting small-scale businesses. In that time Robert Ingram, the executive director of economic development at the University of Southern Mississippi, predicted that DuPree will support local owned small-scale businesses, while also engaging in industrial recruiting. Despite the destruction to the city’s infrastructure caused by Hurricane Katrina and global economic recession The state of Hattiesburg’s small-scale enterprises remained stable throughout DuPree’s term as the city’s mayor. Ingram’s forecasts for Hattiesburg in Dupree’s administration DuPree administration were mostly correct. The 2010 employment data revealed Hattiesburg having a rate of 8.6 percent, at times when the rate of unemployment in the state of 11.2 as well as the nationwide rate of 11.1. In addition, during the time DuPree was Mayor, the annual crime statistics published through Hattiesburg Police Department Hattiesburg Police Department in showed an overall reduction of 10 percent in crimes reported in 2008.

Johnny DuPree Net Worth

Johnny DuPree is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Johnny DuPree 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

DuPree is married to Johniece since the year 1972. They have two daughters: April and Monica and two grandchildren, Chandler DuPree Taylor and Chesney DuPree Taylor. His oldest daughter, April DuPree Taylor (Coustaur Taylor) is employed in the Department of Communication at the University of South Alabama. Their younger child, Monica DuPree, is an educator for the Hattiesburg Public School District.

DuPree began his public service career in 1987, when he was appointed to Hattiesburg Public School Board. In the following year DuPree and his wife started a small company that dealt in property. In 1991 He got elected to the Forrest County Board of Supervisors which he held for 10 years, before running for the office of Mayor of Hattiesburg in 2001.

In the Democratic primary of the 2011 Mississippi gubernatorial election, DuPree faced businessman and future Clarksdale mayor Bill Luckett and two minor candidates. Despite a significant fundraising disadvantage, on August 23, 2011, DuPree defeated Luckett by 179,748 votes (43.6%) to 161,833 (39.2%). He lost to Republican nominee Phil Bryant in the general election on November 8, 2011.

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Who is Johnny DuPree Dating?

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