George Flaggs Jr.

George Flaggs Jr. (born March 20, 1953) is an American politician and the incumbent Mayor of Vicksburg, Mississippi. A member of the Democratic Party, he won his first term as mayor in 2013 and was reelected in 2017.[2]

George Flaggs Jr.
Mayor of Vicksburg, Mississippi
Assumed office
July 2013
Preceded byPaul Winfield
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the 55th district
In office
1988–2013
Preceded byBuddie Newman
Succeeded byOscar Denton
Personal details
Born (1953-03-20) March 20, 1953
Edwards, Mississippi, U.S.
Political partyIndependent (2018–present)
Other political
affiliations		Democratic (before 2018)
Spouse(s)Linda Flaggs (Divorced) Children (Emmarie and Elliott Flaggs)
Alma materHinds Junior College (A.A.)
Jackson State University (B.S.)[1]

Prior to becoming mayor, Flaggs was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 55th district from 1988 to 2013. He was a youth court counselor in Warren County and a member of the Vicksburg Planning Commission and the Zoning Board of Appeals.[1]

In 2014, Flaggs married Valencia Jones, an employee of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center, in a small ceremony at Triumph Church.[3] He has two children from a prior marriage.[1] In March 2018, Flaggs left the Democratic Party and became an Independent.[4]

References
  1. "George Flaggs, Jr". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  2. Surratt, John (June 4, 2017). "Flaggs wins re-election, says this term is his last". Vicksburg Post. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  3. "Vicksburg mayor marries during lunch break". Mississippi Business Journal. September 18, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  4. Pender, Geoff (2018-03-05). "Vicksburg mayor switching to independent". The Clarion Ledger. Retrieved 2019-12-19.


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