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The only Winston County race that will require a party primary runoff will be for Winston County East Post Constable on the Democratic ballot.
Ty Hardin and Lester Holdiness will face off in the second primary on Aug. 27 for the open Winston County East Post Constable race. None of the three candidates for Winston County East Post Constable in the Aug. 6 Democratic primary earned the more than 50% necessary to avoid a runoff.
Holdiness led the field on Aug. 6 with 1072 votes vote, followed by Hardin with 925 votes, according to unofficial final results with affidavits. Marvin Tucker came in third with 289 votes.
A person must vote in the same primary on Aug. 27 as they did on Aug. 6, or may vote in either if they did not vote at all in the first primary and met the July 29 voter registration deadline for the primary runoff election.
“We thank all the hard work of the poll workers, election commissioners and everyone who helped this election go smoothly,” said Winston County Circuit Clerk Kim Ming.
Sheriff’s race
Sheriff Jason Pugh faced Mike Perkins in the Democrat Primary runoff with Pugh securing his relection with 2934 votes to Perkins’ 1767 votes. Pugh has no challenger on the November General election.
Supervisor Races
All present county supervisors ran in the Democratic primary. In the District 5 Supervisor race, Charlie Wilkes was elected as the new representive in the district. Wilkes defeated present District 5 Supervisor Lary Duran and another contender Tim Reed. Wilkes gained 483 votes to Duran’s 296 and Reeds 164. Wilkes avoided a runoff by securing more than the 50% plus 1 vote in the totals.
District 1 Supervisor James “Burr” Warner, Jr. in the Democratic primary won relection by defeating Tim Rogers and Bill Criddle. Warner received 505 votes to Rogers’ 111 and Criddle’s 65 votes.
District 4 Supervisor Ralph Goss won relection by defeating Linda Floyd with 506 votes to her 463 votes.
District 3 Supervisor Marion E. ‘Kenny’ Jordan defeated Joe Louis Jernigan, Jr. in the Democratic Primary. Supervisor Jordan will face Rhonda Cooper Prisock on Nov. 5 in the general election.
District 2 Supervisor Luke Parkes had no primary or general election opponents.
Other County Races
Justice Court judge Robert Beck retained his post after defeating Stacey Goss Spiva and Jeremy Yates. Beck received 1574 votes to Spiva’s 410 and Yates 358. Justice Court Judge Mike Fuller has no democratic opponent but will face William McNeel in the Nov. 5 election.
Ed Hunt won reelection in the August 6 primary with 1317 votes against Lee Brown who had 868 votes and George Rembert with 81 votes.
In the Republican primary locally, Bryon K. Foster received 796 votes to defeat Blake Edwards who received 447. Foster will face Scott Gregory in the November election.
Also on the November 5 ballots will be Rusty Foster and Justin Keller vying for the Chancery Clerk post. Chancery Clerk Julie Cunningham did not seek reelection. County Prosecuting Attorney Zachary Madison will face Taylor Tucker in the November 5 election.
Darlene Bane will continue to serve as Tax Assessor with no opponents. Kim Ming will continue as circuit clerk with no opponents.
District Offices
The state legislators whose districts include all or part of Winston County will be returning to office because none face opposition in the general election.
Rep. Joey Hood of Choctaw County faced Billy Tabb of Eupora for the District 35 House seat in the Republican primary. Hood received over 70% of the vote districtwide and nearly 88% in Winston County.
Rep. Carl Mickens of State House 42 race won reelection against Dirk Dickerson.
Unopposed for reelection was District 45 Rep. Michael Ted Evans, District 32 Sen. Sampson Jackson and District 18 Senator Jenifer Branning.
John Caldwell of Nesbit and Geoffrey Yoste of Oxford will meet in a runoff election for the Republican nomination for Northern District transportation commissioner. Districtwide, Caldwell received 33% of the vote and Yoste captured 26% in the five-person Republican primary race.
Trey Bowman of Ackerman carried Winston County with 584 votes, followed by Yoste with 319 and Caldwell with 242. The other Republican candidates were E.A. Hathcock and Jeremy Martin.
Caldwell is a former DeSoto County supervisor, and Yoste is a defense contractor and a retired officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The runoff winner will face Democrat Joey Grist of Tupelo, who was unopposed, on Nov. 5 in the race to succeed Republican incumbent Mike Tagert.
A person must vote in the same primary on Aug. 27 as they did on Aug. 6, or may vote in either if they did not vote at all in the first primary and met the July 29 voter registration deadline for the primary runoff election.
Unopposed in the Democratic primaries were District Attorney Doug Evans and Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley. Each is assured of another term with no opposition in the general election.
State Races
At the state level, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves led the Republican ticket for governor with about 49% to former Supreme Court Justice Bill Waller’s 33%. With no candidate getting a majority, they will be in a runoff.
Reeves carried Winston County with 754 votes to Waller’s 376 and Foster’s 235. Attorney General Jim Hood vanquished seven candidates in the Democratic primary and received 71% of the vote.
Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann won the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor against Shane Quick of Lake Cormorant and handily carried Winston County. Hosemann will face state Rep. Jay Hughes of Oxford, who was unopposed in the Democratic primary, in November.
In the race for attorney general, Treasurer Lynn Fitch led the field but will face attorney Andy Taggart in the Republican runoff on August 27. Fitch carried Winston County. A person must vote in the same primary on Aug. 27 as they did on Aug. 6, or may vote in either if they did not vote at all in the first primary and met the July 29 voter registration deadline for the primary runoff election.
The Republican nominee will face Democrat Jennifer Riley-Collins in the November general election.
These nominees were the respective primary winners in other statewide races:
• Secretary of State: Democrat Johnny Dupree, former mayor of Hattiesburg, and Republican state Sen. Michael Watson of Pascagoula.
• Treasurer: Democrat Addie Lee Green of Bolton (unopposed) and Republican David McRae, an investment manager and department store heir from Ridgeland.
• Auditor: No Democratic candidate ran and Republican incumbent Shad White was unopposed.
• Insurance Commissioner: Democrat Robert E. Amos and Republican incumbent Mike Chaney (both unopposed).
• Agriculture Commissioner: Democrat Rickey Cole and Republican incumbent Andy Gipson (both unopposed.
Absentee Voting
The primaries had a voter turnout of 46.57% in Winston County since 43% of the county did not vote on August 6, they may vote on August 27 in either primary runoff.
The circuit clerk’s office in the courthouse in will be open from 8 a.m.-noon the next two Saturdays, Aug. 17 and 24, for absentee voting.
A person must vote in the same primary on Aug. 27 as they did on Aug. 6, or may vote in either if they did not vote at all in the first primary and met the July 29 voter registration deadline for the primary runoff election.
Editor’s Note: A summary report of the Winston County primary election can be viewed in on our website https://www.redhillsmsnews.com.
