Janice Lomax

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**Mayor Janice Lomax** is a fictional character on *General Hospital*.

## Casting

She was portrayed by actress Saidah Arrika Ekulona since May 23, 2012. She made brief guest appearances in May 2012, August 2012, March 2013, January 2015, May/June 2015, and most recently in August 2015.

In December 2015, it was revealed that actress Shari Belafonte is going to replace Saidah Arrika Ekulona as Mayor Janice Lomax. She made her first appearance on January 19, 2016. She was last seen on June 24, 2016 before being replaced by James Patrick Stuart as Valentin Cassadine two weeks later and later Jack Dylan Grazer as Donald Cassadine and Scarlett Fernandez as Charlotte Cassadine for a year and a half filling in the void before returning on December 20, 2017 before being since replaced back by James Patrick Stuart as Valentin Cassadine and Scarlett Fernandez as Charlotte Cassadine before Greg Evigan debuted as Jim Harvey in the beginning of 2018.

## Storylines

In February 2016, Lomax had no skills of being a hostage negotiator when the wedding disaster at the All Saints Church occurred in revenge for Helena Cassadine and she became outraged after she violated everybody's constitutional rights. The aftermath of the wedding disaster lead Mayor Lomax being interviewed by the press as security at the All Saints Church to be tightened. Then came the will reading of Helena Cassadine afterwards.

On June 24, 2016; Lomax was last seen before being replaced by Valentin Cassadine arrived to Port Charles who later became the ownership of Spoon Island one month after Sabrina Santiago's death and Mayor Lomax gained Valentin as a friend for a year and a half.

In January 2017, Mayor Lomax filed a protection order against Sonny and Olivia under Valentin and Nina's orders offscreen while Sonny was on house arrest framed by Olivia Jerome as Sonny was also told that he was not allowed to see Charlotte Cassadine via court order. Mayor Lomax gained Charlotte as a new friend because she and Valentin supports the mayor and respects her very well.

In December 2017, Mayor Lomax reappeared once again for the Charles Street redevelopment project after a year and a half of her absence and being replaced by her supporters Valentin Cassadine and his own children Donald and Charlotte and nearly two months after the crime at the Metro Court Hotel restaurant by two suspects who are revealed to be in revenge for Cesar Faison as they were arrested, lawyered up, and sent to prison leaving Dante's partner Nathan West unharmed along with Franco who was also unharmed and she became outraged in the aftermath. Her conspiracy in tampering with electoral votes was exposed to the public and she soon stepped down from her position as Mayor.

After her resignation, Jim Harvey coming to Port Charles who tries to follow Janice's idea in the beginning of 2018 as well as Cesar Faison coming back to Port Charles leaving the city unprotected nearly three weeks later on January 19 after Janice became a fan of *The Invader*.

In 2020, former Mayor Lomax approves of Valentin Cassadine as the CEO of ELQ International to help benefit Charlotte and her future because she likes the idea. She also likes the idea of Valentin wanting to become mayor and follow in her footsteps.

## Crimes Committed

* Conspired with Kyle Sloane and Nikolas Cassadine to tamper with electoral votes, thus causing her manipulated mayoral win against Felicia Scorpio in revenge for the late Peter Harrell, Sr. and the late Peter Harrell, Jr. aka Levi Dunkleman [revealed Jan 13, 2015; exposed Dec 2017]
* Complicity; helped Liesl Obrecht and Landon Dixon violate a chapel-full of people's constitutional rights at the All Saints Church at the All Saints Church [Feb 19, 2016; Janice's involvement revealed Mar 18, 2016]
* Struggled with Olivia Falconeri for her (Olivia's) phone after the wedding disaster at the All Saints Church by violating a chapel-full of people's constitutional rights with a hostage situation by Landon Dixon under Janice's orders [Mar 18, 2016]
* Threatened Olivia Quartermaine multiple times with multiple things [2016]
* Threatened Alexis Davis (to have her license to practice revoked) and Carly Corinthos (to have the Metro Court Hotel shut down) in revenge for Landon Dixon [Mar 18, 2016]
* Threatened to have Julian Jerome put under surveillance [Mar 18, 2016]

## Health and Vitals

* Assaulted by Olivia Falconeri over a breastfeeding dispute [Jan 19, 2016; revealed Jan 20, 2016]
* Struggled with Olivia Falconeri for her (Olivia's) phone after the wedding disaster at the All Saints Church by violating a chapel-full of people's constitutional rights with a hostage situation by Landon Dixon under Janice's orders [Mar 18, 2016]

## Relationships

* Friends
* Enemies

* Jordan Ashford - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department and current Deputy Mayor of Port Charles
* T.J. Ashford - Jordan's only son
* Scott Baldwin - Former District Attorney
* Charles Bellamy
* Nelle Benson - (deceased)
* John Bentley
* Shawn Butler - Moved to San Francisco
* Drew Cain - Former Navy SEAL
* Charlotte Cassadine - Valentin's daughter with Lulu, Victor and Helena's granddaughter, and Janice's friend
* Donald Cassadine - Valentin's son with Elaine and Victor and Helena's grandson, and Janice's friend
* Valentin Cassadine - Paul Hornsby's counterpart, Victor and Helena's son, Britt's-ex-cousin-in-law, Janice's friend, and CEO of ELQ as Janice Lomax approves
* Amber Chua
* Laura Collins - Current Mayor of Port Charles
* Michael Corinthos
* Steven Culp - Former editor of *The Invader*
* Alexis Davis - Former District Attorney
* Kristina Davis
* Margaux Dawson - Janice's counterpart and friend, Charlotte's grownup counterpart, former District Attorney, and Paul's successor
* Anna Devane - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department
* Dante Falconeri - Detective of the Port Charles Police Department
* Pres Floyd - Janice's predecessor
* Alice Gunderson
* Paul Hornsby - Former District Attorney, former crush, and Margaux's predecessor (imprisoned)
* James Horowitz
* Mary Pat Ingles - Former nurse at Ferncliff Asylum and Brad's counterpart (deceased)
* Jasper "Jax" Jacks
* Kiki Jerome - (deceased)
* Epiphany Johnson - Former General Hospital Head Nurse (deceased)
* Maxie Jones
* Molly Lansing-Davis - Alexis and Ric's daughter
* Ric Lansing - Former District Attorney
* Kurt Lazarus
* Andre Maddox
* Todd Manning
* Liesl Obrecht - Former General Hospital Chief of Staff, Valentin's ex-aunt-in-law, and Donald and Charlotte's former great aunt by marriage
* Monica Quartermaine - Former General Hospital Chief of Staff
* Ned Quartermaine - Janice's successor and Laura's predecessor
* Tracy Quartermaine
* Coleman Ratcliffe
* Natalie Rawles - Court judge and Janice's friend
* Nina Reeves - Valentin's ex-wife and Britt's cousin
* Heather Roth
* Luke Spencer - (deceased)
* Lulu Spencer - (hospitalized)
* Henry Sullivan
* Kevin Sumner
* Gerald Taylor - Officer of the Port Charles Police Department and Janice's friend
* Twyla - Janice's successor
* David Walters - Court judge
* Rupert Watson - Former orderly at Ferncliff Asylum and Epiphany's counterpart
* Bruce Webber
* Nathan West - Former Detective of the Port Charles Police Department, Dante's former partner, and Britt's brother (deceased)
* Britt Westbourne - Nathan's sister, Nina's cousin, Valentin's ex-cousin-in-law, Donald and Charlotte's ex-stepcousin once removed, and former doctor and Chief of Staff at General Hospital (deceased)

* Andreas
* Frank Anderson - Faison's former henchman (imprisoned)
* Hank Archer - aka Shiloh who bore a striking resemblance to Nathan West (deceased)
* Franco Baldwin - Scott's son with Heather who bores a striking resemblance to Jerry Jacks, Jerry's former accomplice, and former Art Therapist at General Hospital (deceased)
* Greg Barnes - Faison's former henchman (imprisoned)
* Helena Cassadine - Her friend Valentin's mother; Nikolas, Donald, and Charlotte's paternal grandmother; and Ava's ex-grandmother-in-law (deceased)
* Stavros Cassadine - Helena's son, Nikolas' father, and Ava's ex-father-in-law (deceased)
* Victor Cassadine - Her friend Valentin's father, Donald and Charlotte's paternal grandfather, and Ava's ex-great uncle-in-law (deceased)
* Stephen Clay - aka Caleb Morley (deceased)
* Russ Delvin - Faison's former henchman (hospitalized and later imprisoned)
* Landon Dixon - Helena's male counterpart (captured)
* Cesar Faison - (deceased)
* Sonny Faison
* Dan Garvey - (deceased)
* Chris Gentry - Valentin Cassadine and Olivia Jerome's new friend, accomplice, and armed robber wanted revenge for Olivia Jerome a week after she was sent to D'Archum Asylum (imprisoned)
* Paul Gentry - Valentin Cassadine and Olivia Jerome's new friend, accomplice, and armed robber wanted revenge for Olivia Jerome a week after she was sent to D'Archum Asylum (imprisoned)
* Gregorio
* Peter Harrell, Jr. - aka Levi Dunkleman (deceased)
* Charlie Heineck - Jerry Jacks and Paul Hornsby's former henchman (deceased)
* Jerry Jacks
* Ava Jerome - Nelle's former sister-in-law, Nikolas' ex-wife, and Helena's ex-granddaughter-in-law
* Julian Jerome - Nikolas' ex-brother-in-law (deceased)
* Olivia Jerome - Nelle's former sister-in-law and Nikolas' former sister-in-law (imprisoned)
* Richard Klein - Faison's former henchman
* Kobe - (deceased)
* Kostas
* Raj Patel - Stavros' younger counterpart (deceased)
* Cassandra Pierce - (deceased)
* Carlos Rivera - (deceased)
* Winston Rudge - Valentin Cassadine's South African counterpart who is Olivia Jerome's henchman and Valentin's associate who bores an uncanny resemblance to Valentin (imprisoned)
* Jeffrey Scribner - (deceased)
* Spiros
* Erich Sydney - (imprisoned)
* Elizabeth Webber
* Heather Webber - Franco's biological mother before becoming a serial killer known as "The Hook" killer concealing her face and identity nearly five years after Mayor Lomax's resignation as Mayor and nearly a year after the death of Jason Morgan on Cassadine Island via tunnel collapse (imprisoned)
* Johnny Zacchara - (imprisoned)