Three Vicksburg-area legislators picked up opponents in this year’s primary and general elections.

State Rep. George Flaggs, D-Vicksburg, qualified in May for a seventh term representing central Vicksburg. Sam Smith, a local restaurant industry veteran, qualified for the race as a Republican. Flaggs, 58, defeated Smith, 47, in 1987 when the area’s senior legislator first won the seat.

Flaggs chairs the House Banking and Financial Services Committee and holds spots on the Appropriations, Executive Contingent Fund, Fees and Salaries of Public Officers, Gaming, Investigate State Offices, Legislative Budget, Medicaid, Public Health and Human Services committees.

State Rep. Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, represents parts of three precincts in northeast Warren County. Jim Culberson, of Yazoo City, filed for the seat as a Democrat. Gunn was first elected in 2003.

State Rep. Chuck Middleton, D-Port Gibson, faces fellow Democrat Jeffery Harness, of Fayette, in the Aug. 2 primary. Middleton’s district covers parts of three precincts in south Warren County. Middleton chairs the House Enrolled Bills Committee and sits on the Agriculture, Appropriations, Forestry, Public Property and Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks committees, as well as the Select Committee on Utility Cost Recovery.

State Rep. Alex Monsour, R-Vicksburg, is unopposed for a second term representing most of nonmunicipal Warren County, Issaquena County and part of Sharkey. Monsour sits on the House Juvenile Justice; Judiciary B; Ports, Harbors and Airports; and Transportation committees.

Same for state Sen. Briggs Hopson III, R-Vicksburg, who has no opponent for his try at a second term. Hopson, an attorney, vice-chairs the Senate Judiciary A and Public Health and Welfare committees and serves on the Judiciary B, Appropriations, Environmental Protection, Conservation and Water, Ports and Marine Resources, Tourism and Universities and Colleges committees.