With only one day left to qualify for the Aug. 6 primary election, the ballot looks to be a crowed one, with several candidates putting their name in the hat for county and statewide elections.
Candidates for county office register with the circuit clerk’s office in their respective counties, while Independent statewide candidates register with Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann’s office.
Partisan statewide candidates register with their state party, such as the Mississippi Republican Party. However, the Mississippi Democratic Party has chosen not to disclose its candidates until qualifying deadline and officials from that office did not return calls for a candidate list.
The following is a list of available candidates who have qualified as of Wednesday morning:
FORREST COUNTY
Supervisors
• District 1: David Hogan (R)
• District 2: Charles Marshall (D), Sharon A. Thompson (D), Allen Rainey (R), Charles “Chip” Brown (D)
• District 3: Burkett Ross (R), Steve Stringer (R),
• District 4: Roderick (Rod) Woullard (D), Brian Cawthon (R),
Sampson Long (R)
• District 5: Chris Bowen (R), Brandon “Bama” Robertson (R)
Sheriff
• David Bassett (R), Nick Calico (R), Charlie Sims (R), Kenny Johnson (I), Jerry Oswalt (I)
Chancery Clerk
• Lance C. Reid (R)
Circuit Clerk
• Gwen Wilks (R)
Coroner
• Douglas “Butch” Benedict Jr. (R), Elizabeth Broome-Gillentine (I)
County Attorney
• Elizabeth Porter (R), David Myers (R)
Tax Assessor
• Mary Ann Palmer (R)
Tax Collector
• Malcolm Berch (R), Billy Hudson (R)
District Attorney
• Lin Carter (R), DeCarlo Hood (I)
Constable
• District 1: Mike Harris (R)
• District 2: John Tryner (R)
• District 3: Jennifer Brown-Travis (D), Prince Woullard Jr. (I)
• District 4: Phillip Hendricks (R), Tommy Cook (D), John Michael (R),
Anthony Bowens (D)
Justice Court Judge
• District 1: Wes Curry (R)
• District 2: Zach Vaughn (R), David Jarrell (R)
• District 3: Gay Polk-Payton (D)
• District 4: Robert Davis (D), Dale Beavers (I)
LAMAR COUNTY
Supervisors
• District 1: Steve Lampton (R)
• District 2: Warren Byrd (R)
• District 3: Terry Bass (R), Larry Bracey (R), Robert Hedgepeth (R), Richard “Ricky” Hill (R), James Smith (R)
• District 4: Joshua Kent Grantham (R), John Reese (R), J. Robert Burge (R), Tony E. Shifalo Jr. (R), Matthew L. Stuart (R), Mitch Brent (R), Eddie Thaggard (R), Brian McPhail (R)
• District 5: Dale Lucus (R), Jon Mark Herrington (R)
Sheriff
• Danny Rigel (R), Michael Rogowski (D)
Chancery Clerk
• Jamie Aultman (R), John Hale (R), Phillip D. Carlisle (R), Terry Jarrell (R), Melissa Breazeale Love (R), Cheree Sanders (R)
Circuit Clerk
• Martin Hankins (R)
County Attorney
• Joseph “Jop” Parker (R)
Tax Assessor/Collector
• Jack Smith (R)
District Attorney
• District 15: Hal Kittrell (R)
Constable
• District 1: Joey Walker (R), Dearl Head (R)
• District 2: Chance Curry (R), Johnny Whitehead (R)
• District 3: Scooter Coker (R), Lyn Thompson (R), Jimmy R. Daughdrill Sr. (R), Abner Keith (R)
Justice Court
• District 1: Bill Anderson (R), Dena Hurst Semmons (D), Matt Lott (R)
• District 2: Denton Plumlee (R), Shronda Carter (D)
• District 3: Charles Greer (R)
Coroner
• Anna Miller (R), Blake Matherne (R)
State Senate
• District 34: Juan Barnett (D), Steven L. Wade (R)
• District 41: Joey Fillingane (R)
• District 44: John Polk (R)
• District 45: Chris Johnson (R)
State House
• District 100: Ken Morgan (R)
• District 102: Missy W. McGee (R)
• District 104: Larry Byrd (R)
• District 106: Ben Winston (R), Jansen Owen (R), John Glen Corley (R)
