A St. George mayoral candidate has reportedly withdrawn from the race. On Tuesday, Republican candidate Jim Morgan withdrew from the race. He said in a statement, “Today I’m announcing that I’m dropping out of the race for the mayor of St.

He’s already the first mayor Louisiana’s newest city has ever had, but Dustin Yates is now going to be St. George’s first elected mayor. Without even having to run a race. Yates, who was appointed mayor in the initial organization of the city by Gov.

St. George's interim mayor, Dustin Yates, is now poised to win the city's first mayoral election without a challenger.

Jim Morgan, one of the two candidates in the race for mayor in the new city of St. George race for mayor, dropped out of the race Tuesday.