North, South Mississippi Have Big Elections Today
2015/05/12 – There are two big elections today, a special election in north Mississippi to replace the late U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee and in Biloxi to replace longtime Mayor A.J. Holloway, who resigned.
The First District congressional race has a field of 13 candidates, and today’s vote is expected to result in a runoff, which would be June 2.
The candidates are: Boyce Adams, 30, a businessman from Columbus; Sam Adcock, 53, a businessman from Starkville; Nancy Collins, 67, a state Senator from Tupelo; Ed Holliday, 54, a dentist from Tupelo; Starner Jones, 38, an emergency room physician from Pontotoc; Trent Kelly, 49, a district attorney from Saltillo; Chip Mills, 31, an attorney from Fulton; Greg Pirkle, 53, an attorney from Tupelo; Henry Ross, 58, an attorney from Eupora; Daniel Sparks, 40, an attorney from Belmont; Mike Tagert, 44, Northern District PSC commissioner from Starkville; Quentin Whitwell, 42, an attorney from Oxford and Walter Zinn Jr., an attorney and political consultant from Pontotoc.
No party affiliation is listed on the special election ballots, but 12 of the candidates are self-identified Republicans, with Zinn the lone Democrat.
In Biloxi, businessman FoFo Gillich faces county Supervisor Windy Swetman III in a runoff. Both are Republicans.
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Source: The Clarion-Ledger
