Four area Republican primaries will be decided by runoffs on Tuesday, with three of those setting up general election tilts in November.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday. In-person absentee voting ends at noon Saturday.
In Lowndes County, the Republican runoff for tax collector between Kalee Talley and Diane Whaley Stephens will decide the race.
Talley took first place with 43% of the vote in the three-candidate Aug. 8 primary. Stephens received 32%.
For District 1 supervisor, Michael Brock just missed claiming outright victory among three Republican candidates Aug. 8, receiving just shy of 50% of the vote. Second-place Matt Furnari received almost 36%. The runoff winner will face Democrat Tommy Lee Kidd in the Nov. 7 general election.
In Oktibbeha County, Ben Carver and Ed Whitehurst are squaring off in the runoff for District 1 supervisor, and Kenny Watkins and Joe Morse are battling in a runoff for District 1 constable.
Carver placed first in the four-candidate Aug. 8 primary by a healthy margin, picking up 47% of the vote compared to 32% from second-place Whitehurst. The runoff winner will face Democrat Erik Thomas in the general election.
The three-candidate constable primary was much closer between first and second place, with Watkins edging Morse by a mere 11 votes. The runoff winner will face Democrat William Ford in November.
As of Friday morning, 76 in-person or mail absentees had already been received in Lowndes County, while 17 that were mailed out had not yet been returned, according to the circuit clerk’s office. In Oktibbeha, 25 had voted absentee, with 17 more ballots mailed out.
Zack Plair is the managing editor for The Dispatch.
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