Two More Join Sheriff’s Race

By David Howell
Editor

    This week has brought two more candidates qualifying to run in county elections this year.

    Columbus Buford, Jr. and William Beard Sr. qualified to run for sheriff, both as Democrats. This pushes the field of candidates to five for sheriff, with incumbent Lance Humphreys, Jamie Caldwell and Luther Folson also qualifying for the August Democratic Primary.

    Other Yalobusha candidates who have qualified so far includes: for circuit clerk, incumbent Daryl Burney; for chancery clerk, incumbent Amy McMinn; for tax assessor-collector, incumbent Linda Shuffield; for county coroner, incumbent Ronnie Stark; for county prosecuting attorney, David Burns and Daniel Martin; for district one supervisor, incumbent Tommy Vaughn; for district two supervisor, incumbent Amos Sims; for district three supervisor, Lee McMinn, Bailey Walker and Kenneth Goolsby; for district four supervisor, incumbent George Suggs; for district five supervisor, incumbent Frank “Bubba” Tillman. All of these qualifiers are running as a Democrat.

    Incumbent District Two  Justice Court Judge Steve Riley has also drawn two competitors. Larry Lawler and Trent Howell have each qualified for this post. Riley and Lawler are running as Democrats while Howell will run as an independent. Gary Tippit has qualified to seek another term as District One Justice Court Judge. He is running as a Democrat.

    Other candidates who have qualified include: district one constable, Marvin Horton, Ralph Byford,  Brent Anderson and Terry Ellis; district two constable, in-cumbent Randy Simmons.

    Party primary runoff elections, if required, will be August 23. The deadline to qualify is March 1.