Several candidates for Oktibbeha County elected offices have a distinct advantage this election cycle in that nobody else wants their jobs.
Chancery Clerk Monica Banks, County Attorney Roy Carpenter Jr. and Superintendent of Education James Covnington are all unopposed in their bids to serve another term in office. Tom Gregory, the lone candidate for county surveyor, will revive a long vacant position.
Chancery Clerk: Monica Banks
Banks, 53, is finishing her fourth term as chancery clerk. T
Jason Browne was previously a reporter for The Dispatch.
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