The runoff for Oktibbeha County Court judge race is set.
Lee Ann Turner and Charles Bruce Brown will face off on Nov. 29. Both are vying to become the first county court judge in Oktibbeha County, after the court was established due to the county reaching a population of 50,000 in the 2020 census.
It will hear all youth court cases and serve as an intermediate court between municipal/justice and circuit courts.
Turner easily outpaced Brown and Marty Haug in the three-candidate race, securing a spot in the runoff after in-person and absentee ballots were counted Tuesday. The race for second was too close to call, however, with Brown leading Haug by 190 votes with 306 affidavits left to process.
Of those, 199 were accepted Wednesday and helped swell Brown’s lead over Haug to 224 votes.
With final unofficial totals, counting the affidavits, Turner garnered 4,572 votes (44.7 percent), Brown had 2,925 votes (28.6 percent) and Haug finished with 2,711 votes (26.5 percent).
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