Only one person qualified this week for the upcoming Oktibbeha County elections.
Coroner Michael Hunt qualified Monday to run for re-election. As of Friday afternoon, no other candidates had qualified for the coroner”s race.
So far, 33 people have qualified for the elections in Oktibbeha County.
In the sheriff”s race, Dolph Bryan, in office since 1976, is running for reelection against challengers Steve Gladney and Charles Sanders.
In the District 1 constable race, William Ford, Curtis White, Joe Morse and Shank Phelps are vying to fill the role of Constable Jimmy Shurden, who is not running for reelection due to his ongoing battle with cancer.
District 2 Constable Curtis Randle has one challenger in Tim Cook, while District 3 Constable James Lindsey is running unopposed so far. Potential candidates have until March 1 to qualify.
District 1 Justice Court Judge William “Tony” Boykin and District 2 Justice Court Judge W. Bernard Crump had no challengers as of Friday in their bids for reelection, but District 3 Judge Jim Mills had one opponent in Buddy Johnston.
In the race for tax assessor/collector, Allen Morgan, Debbie Carrithers and Velisia “Lisa” Wynn have qualified to fill the seat of Pat Kight, who is not running for re-election.
On the county”s five-member Board of Supervisors, only District 4 Supervisor Daniel Jackson doesn”t yet have an opponent.
District 1 Supervisor Carl Clardy is being challenged by Willie L. Thompson and John Prate Montgomery Jr.; District 2 Supervisor Orlando Trainer has one opponent so far in Tremell Sherman; District 3 Supervisor Marvell Howard is being challenged by Dennis Daniels Jr. and Benny Perkins; and District 5 Supervisor John Young has two challengers so far in Sheila Lane and Leonardo “Knot-Knot” Thompson.
Chancery Clerk Monica Banks is running unopposed so far, along with Oktibbeha County School District Superintendent James Covington Jr.
Roy E. Carpenter Jr. is the only candidate to qualify for the county attorney race.
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