Deadline to Qualify for Local, State Elections is Friday

By Alyssa Schnugg
News Editor
alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com

In the last week leading up to the deadline to qualify for local and state elections, District 1 supervisor Democratic candidate Brent Larson got his first opponent after Anthony Cox qualified as a Republican last week to run for the same seat.

Current District 1 Supervisor Kevin Frye is running for Mississippi Senate District 9, leaving his supervisor position open with no incumbent.

Larson was the only candidate qualified to run for Frye’s seat for several weeks. Cox was the only additional candidate to qualify last week for any of the local races. 

This is the last week people can qualify for elections. The deadline is 5 p.m., March 1.

Lafayette County Candidates for 2019 as of Monday, Feb. 25
Chancery Clerk: Sherry Wall (D), incumbent
Circuit Clerk: Jeff Busby (D) and Karen Curtis Borden (D)
Tax Collector/Assessor: Sylvia Baker (D), incumbent
Sheriff: Joey East (D), Jeffrey Clinton South, (Ind.) and Raymond Westley Sides (D)
County Attorney: Jay Chain (D), incumbent
Coroner: Rocky Kennedy (D), incumbent
Justice Court Judge Southern: Johnny Wayne McLarty, incumbent
Justice Court Judge Central: Mickey Avent (D), incumbent
Justice Court Judge Northern: Incumbent Carolyn Pettis Bell (D), Andy Turner Arant Jr.(R) and Emily Smathers Ratliff (R)
Constable Northern: Greg “Spankey” Pettis, incumbent
Constable Central: Jody Mayfield (D), incumbent
Constable Southern: Jack E. Theobald (D), incumbent
Supervisor District 1: Brent Larson (D), Anthony Cox (R)
Supervisors District 2: Max Hill (D), Larry Gillespie (R), J.E. (Ed) Neilson (D), Ava Halon Bonds Gossett (D), Leslie Spense (D), Darryl Booker (D), Joshua McGlawn (D) and Chad Mills
Supervisors District 3: David Rikard, incumbent (R), Cynthia Parham, (D), Dale Timothy Gordon (D), Alonzo Hilliard (D), Davii Jo Chinault (R), Lakeisha Borum (Ind) and Scott Michael (R)
Supervisors District 4: Chad McLarty, incumbent (D), Scott Allen (D) and Derek Mooney (R)
Supervisor District 5: Mike Roberts, incumbent (D) and Johnny Mike Fortner (R)

State Races with local candidates:
Senate District 9: Kevin Frye (D) and Nicole Boyd (R)
House District 12: Tiffany Kilpatrick (D) and Clay Deweese (R)
House District 13: Steve Massengill (R)
House District 23: Charles Beckett (R)
Lt. Gov.: Jay Hughes (D), Delbert Hosemann (R) and Shane Quick (R)
Transportation Commissioner of the Northern District: Geoffrey O. Yoste (R), Jeremy A. Martin (R) and Trey Bowman (R)