Local results expected to be certified this week

Published 11:43 am Thursday, August 25, 2011

Results from Tuesday’s primary runoffs are expected to be certified by local party officials this week.

Democratic and Republican executive committee members gathered signatures Wednesday on official recap sheets for the Circuit Clerk’s Office to send to the Secretary of State’s Office, which has set a Sept. 2 deadline to receive all such information from county-level party committees statewide.

Runoffs for chancery clerk and county supervisor in District 1 were settled Tuesday. For clerk, Donna Farris Hardy, 57, a retired health care administrator, defeated Doug Whittington for the Republican nod by 75 votes out of 3,723 cast. She faces Democrat Walter Osborne, 52, city clerk since 1999, and independents Alecia Ashley, 36, and Gene Thompson, 69, in the Nov. 8 general election.

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John Arnold, 57, a Republican and a real estate broker, bounced three-term incumbent Republican David McDonald in the runoff by nearly 10 percentage points. He faces independents Jerry Briggs and Reed Birdsong on the general ballot.

Other supervisor races in November are:

• District 2 Supervisor William Banks, 60, a Democrat, versus Republican Trey Smith III, assistant chief of the Culkin Volunteer Fire Department, and independent De Reul.

• District 3 Supervisor Charles Selmon, 51, a Democrat, versus Vicksburg Warren School District Trustee James Stirgus Jr., 52, an independent. Selmon is seeking a fifth term on the board.

• District 4 Supervisor Bill Lauderdale, 64, an independent, versus Democrat Casey Fisher, 45, a minister and retired postal employee. Lauderdale is seeking a sixth, nonconsecutive term on the board.

• District 5 Supervisor Richard George, 62, an independent, versus independents J.W. Carroll, 64, a retired electrical contractor, Joe Wooley, 68, in his fourth bid for the office, and Ellis Tillotson, 56, a local farmer. George is seeking a fifth, nonconsecutive term on the board.

Countywide races in November are:

• Circuit clerk, where incumbent Shelly Ashley-Palmertree, 41, a Democrat, faces Republican David Sharp, 28, and independents Jan Hyland Daigre, 50, and Robert Terry, 54.

• Sheriff, where incumbent Martin Pace, 52, an independent, faces Democrat Bubba Comans, 56.

• Tax assessor, where Democrat Angela Brown, 42, faces Republican Mike Caruthers, 56, and independents Ben Luckett, 38, and Doug Tanner, 52.

• Tax collector, where incumbent Antonia Flaggs Jones, 39, a Democrat, faces Republican Patty Mekus, 45.