One mayoral, four alderman candidates join Caledonia races
When Bill Darnell announced he would not seek another term as aldermen for the town of Caledonia, it appeared there wouldn’t be a Darnell in town government for the first time since 1979.
As it turns out, that may have been premature. In the final 48 hours of the qualifying period, five candidates joined the race, including the wife and nephew of the long-time alderman.
Two more candidates qualify for municipal elections
Two new candidates qualified in Columbus City Council races before Friday’s filing deadline, an independent candidate in Ward 3 and a Republican challenger in Ward 6.
5 alderman races contested in Starkville
Four new candidates qualified in aldermen races on Friday, including two Republicans in Ward 5.
Friday was the final day to enter the 2021 municipal races.
Five candidates running for West Point mayor
The race to succeed outgoing West Point Mayor Robbie Robinson, who is retiring, grew to five candidates before Friday’s qualifying deadline, and all but one member of the board of selectmen will face a challenger.
Third candidate running for West Point mayor
A third candidate has entered the race to succeed outgoing West Point Mayor Robbie Robinson, who announced in January that he will retire instead of run for a third term.
Cole Bryan running for mayor in West Point
A second candidate has qualified to run in the Democratic primary for mayor.
Cole Bryan, 36, filed qualifying paperwork Monday morning, joining State Farm agent and former Ward 1 selectman Rod Bobo in the race.
Former selectman Bobo running for mayor in West Point
WEST POINT — The end of the first week of qualifying for city elections brought a list of so-far unchallenged selectmen incumbents, as well as a new candidate for mayor.
Wiggins will not seek re-election as Caledonia mayor; will instead try to return to aldermen board
Voters in Caledonia will elect a new mayor and at least three new aldermen this year, based on a poll of incumbents.
Circuit clerks laud successful election despite pandemic, record turnout
Oktibbeha County Circuit Clerk Tony Rook and Clay County Circuit Clerk Kim Brown Hood didn’t have a frame of reference by which to compare Tuesday’s presidential election, but both were amazed by its scale.
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Absentee voting up more than 50 percent from 2016 in Golden Triangle
Months ago, long before absentee voting for the Nov. 3 election began, Clay County Circuit Clerk Kim Brown Hood was notified by the Secretary of State’s office to expect a lot more people to vote by absentee than during the 2016 presidential election.
Voter registration booms ahead of Nov. 3 election
Lowndes County Circuit Clerk Teresa Barksdale was not surprised by the large volume of new voter registrations ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
“It’s always like that in a presidential election year,” Barksdale said.
Hundreds of absentee ballots already requested, cast for general election
There are more than 40,672 registered voters in Lowndes County, with more people registering every day, Circuit Clerk Teresa Barksdale said.
“And I think they’ve all been in the office this week,” she told Columbus Exchange Club, of which she is a member, at its weekly meeting at Lion Hills Center on Thursday.
Circuit clerks brace for high absentee turnout for general election
As is common with presidential elections, area circuit clerks expect a big turnout on Nov. 3.
It’s how those votes are cast that may set this year’s election apart.
Officials expect low turnout in Lowndes, higher in Oktibbeha
Low or pretty good?
While voters continue to go to the poll today to cast ballots in the Democratic and Republican primaries, the expected turnout varies.
Espy says he’s better prepared for 2020 campaign
Democrat Mike Espy says he has a clearer strategy to win a U.S. Senate seat in Mississippi in 2020 than he had when he ran for the same seat last year.
Miss. democrats evaluating election losses
Some Mississippi Democrats are second-guessing the party’s strategies after Republicans swept all eight statewide offices in this year’s general election.
Lowndes sheriff’s candidates hit pavement for support in runoff
Right before the rain started to pour Friday afternoon, Lowndes County Republican sheriff’s candidate Eddie Hawkins walked through a New Hope neighborhood with a stack of pamphlets and a notepad in-hand.
Roberts enters chancery clerk race
The chancery clerk election in Lowndes is now a two-person race.
Flowers joins chancery clerk race
Two rematches have been set for this year’s elections in Oktibbeha County.