CHANCERY COURT CONTESTED ELECTION RESULTS
November 4, 2010 § 1 Comment
In District 7 (Tunica, Quitman, Coahoma, Tallahatchie and Leflore Counties), Place 1, Catherine Farris-Carter of Shaw opposed Tom T. Ross, Jr., of Clarksdale.
Farris-Carter 52% Elected
Ross 48%
Also in District 7, Place 3, W. M. Sanders of Greenwood and Jimmy Miller of Marks faced off for a newly-created seat.
Sanders 63% Elected
Miller 37%
District 8 (Hancock, Harrison and Stone Counties) to take the place of retiring Chancellor Margaret Alfonso. Candidates were: Jennifer Schloegel and Dara Skinner, of Gulfport; and Robert G. Harenski, William E. Tisdale and Fran Yeatts, all of Biloxi.
Schloegel 51% Elected
Skinner 13%
Harenski 11%
Tisdale 21%
Yeatts 3%
In District 10 (Forrest, Lamar, Pearl River and Perry Counties), for Place 2, to replace Judge Sebe Dale. The candidates were Dawn H. Beam of Sumrall, Scott Phillips of Columbia, and Aaron L. Russell of Carriere.
Beam 47% Runoff
Phillips 36% Runoff
Russell 17%
In District 10 (Forrest, Lamar, Pearl River and Perry Counties), to replace deceased Judge James H. Thomas, write-in.
I learned from an unofficial but well-placed source that Judge Thomas actually received 54% of the vote, and, as a result, Governor Barbour will appoint a replacement.
In District 13 (Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, and Smith Counties), incumbent Judge Larry Buffington of Collins faced opponents Douglas MacArthur Magee of Mendenhall and David Shoemake of Collins.
Buffington 44% Runoff
Magee 11%
Shoemake 45% Runoff
In District 18 (Benton, Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall and Tippah Counties), incumbent Judge Edwin H. Roberts, Jr. was opposed by Helen Kennedy Robinson of Oxford.
Roberts 69% Elected
Robinson 31%
A comprehensive recap of all the election results is here.
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