All five Calhoun County election commissioners qualified for re-election with no opposition. The qualifying deadline was June 6.
Bernadette Coleman, district one; Jerry Brasher, district two; Faye Morris, district three; Phil Lucius, district four; and Robert Easley, district five; will all be on the November ballot.
No one new has joined the district two supervisor race for a few months now. The five candidates currently in the race are Josh Bennett, Justin Hawkins, Lynn Murphree, Homer Moore, and Buddy Nelson. Qualifying is open until September 9 at 5 p.m.
There will be three school board races this year.
Districts one and two will be having regular elections. These positions are currently held by Reginal Baskin and Danny Harrelson. District five will have a special election due to the resignation of Whit Casey of Vardaman. Don Hardin was appointed to the position, serving until the election. Qualifying will open Aug. 10 and ends Sept. 9.
Mississippi Supreme Court races on the ballot in Calhoun County will feature the race for the open seat in District three, Place one due to Justice Ann Lamar of Senatobia not seeking re-election. Four candidates are running: John Brady of Columbus is an attorney in private practice; Circuit Judge Bobby Chamberlin of Hernando has been on the bench since 2004 in a district covering DeSoto, Panola, Tallahatchie, Tate and Yalobusha counties; Steve Crampton of Tupelo has been an attorney for Christian legal groups including Liberty Counsel and the American Family Association Center for Law & Policy; and Circuit Judge James T. “Jim” Kitchens of Caledonia has been on the bench since 2003 in a district covering Clay, Oktibbeha, Lowndes and Noxubee counties.
District three, place one: Justice Jimmy Maxwell is unopposed. He served on the Court of Appeals from 2009 until Gov. Phil Bryant appointed him to the Supreme Court in January to succeed former Justice David Chandler, who stepped down to direct the foster-care system.
Incumbent Jim Greenlee is running unopposed for the Mississippi Court of Appeals district one position.
There will also be voting for the U.S. House of Representatives’ First District of Mississippi. The current representative, Republican Trent Kelly, of Tupelo, is up for re-election. Opposition includes Democrat Jacob Aaron Owens of Booneville, Libertarian Chase Wilson, and Reform Party candidate Cathy L. Toole.
This year is also a presidential election year.
Circuit Clerk Carlton Baker said he will have an official sample ballot by mid-September.