Absentee and affidavit ballots have been added to election night numbers and Mario Magsby will be Coahoma County’s next Sheriff, Sherita Wilson is the new Chancery Clerk and Will Young will be the District 5 Supervisor.
A larger-than-normal turnout saw voters cast 5,284 ballots in the Coahoma County General Election Tuesday, with larger boxes reporting more than 500 voters.
“It was a good day, we still had a low voter turnout, but the weather was good and people this was a larger than normal turnout,” said Coahoma County Circuit Clerk. “Affidavit and absentee ballots will be counted tomorrow.”
Election Commissioner Andrew Thompson said those ballots will probably not make a difference in the local contested races.
“We had a few glitches and we had to print more ballots for Lula,” said Thompson. “But we got right on top of these things and it went pretty smooth today.
Final balloting results were post at about 8:30 p.m. Coahoma County has 13,930 registered voters and 37.93 percent voted Tuesday.
State and county candidates will take office on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2023.
Democrat Brandon Presley took Coahoma County in the Governor’s race over Republican Tate Reeves.
Unofficial Coahoma County totals are:
SHERIFF
3,589, Mario Magsby, D
1,353, Stacy Lester, I
102, Write-ins
CHANCERY CLERK
3,233, Sherita Wilson, D
946, Tasheena Galmore, I
932, Maria Scheider, I
TAX ASSESSOR
4,647, Ann Marie Williams, D
17, Write-ins
CIRCUIT CLERK
4,735, Demetria Jackson, D
15, Write-ins
COUNTY ATTORNEY
4,624, John Sherman, D
SUPERVISOR Dist. 1
1,094, Paul Pearson, D
16, Write-ins
SUPERVISOR Dist. 2
962, Pat Davis, D
5, Write-ins
SUPERVISOR Dist. 3
914, Derrell Washington
7, Write-ins
SUPERVISOR Dist. 4
772, Jesse Harris, D
5, Write-ins
SUPERVISOR, Dist. 5
542, Will Young, D
478, Tony Young, I
CORONER
4,698, Scotty Meredith
20, Write-ins
J.C. JUDGE, North
2,613, Burks Rogers, D
8, Write-ins
J.C. JUDGE, South
1,923, Derek Hopson, D
28, Write-ins
CONSTABLE, North
2,625, John Rybolt, D
14, Write-ins
CONSTABLE, South
1,985, Floyd Williams, D
13, Write-ins
SURVEYOR
4,414, Terry Smith, D
ELECTION COMM. 2
848, Andrew Thompson, I
7, Write-ins
ELECTION COMM, 4
625, Eva Cole-Lee, I
9, Write-ins
STATEWIDE RACES
(Coahoma County only)
GOVERNOR
3,994, Brandon Presley, D
1,196 Tate Reeves, R
76, Gwendolyn Gray, I
LT GOVERNOR
3,501, Ryan Grover, D
1,570, Delbert Hosemann, R
SECRETARY OF STATE
3,415, Ty Pinkins, D
1,612, Michael Watson, R
ATTORNEY GENERAL
3,451, Greta K. Martin, D
1,589, Lynn Fitch, R
STATE AUDITOR
3,326, Larry Bradford, D
1,686, Shad White, R
STATE TREASURER
3,574, Addie Green, D
1,406, David McRae, R
AG COMMISSIONER
3,656, Robert Bradford, D
1,347, Andy Gipson, R
INSURANCE COMM.
3,417, Bruce Burton, D
1,535, Mike Chaney, R
PUBLIC SERVICE COMM.
3,068, Chris Brown, R
154, Write-ins
TRANSPORTATION COMM.
3,051, John Caldwell, R
146, Write-ins
DIST. ATTORNEY
4,259, Brenda Mitchell
77, Write-ins
SENATE Dist. 11
3,383, Reginald Jackson, D
42, Write-ins
SENATE Dist. 12
775, Derrick Simmons
9, Write-ins
HOUSE Dist. 9
478, Cedric Burnett, D
141, Randy Denton, R
HOUSE Dist. 26
3,950, Orlando Paden
19, Write-ins
Questions or concerns about voting issues, candidate residency, policy and procedure for any election should be directed to the Secretary of State’s office at (601) 359-1350.
Questions or concerns about candidate qualifications, ethics and conduct while in office should be directed to the Attorney General’s Public Integrity Division at (601) 359-4258.
Qualifications vary from office to office but the main requirements to be a candidate for public office are to be a resident and qualified voter from the ward, district or county they plan to represent. Candidates who fraudulently file election paperwork or who vote in a district where they do not live can be charged with federal crimes.
Candidates may not have been convicted of a federal crime or certain Mississippi crimes defined as felonies punishable by incarceration in a state penitentiary, unless they have received a full pardon. They also may not be convicted of a crime in another state that is considered a felony under Mississippi law.
Candidates cannot have been legally declared mentally incompetent.
