York Wins School Board Race
The vote-counting extended into the early morning hours last Wednesday as an unprecedented number of absentee votes were cast in the county. Members of the resolution board (from left) Suzette Shields Ware, Tyler Hill, Christine Fielder, Joyce Courtney and Lamar Burgess (not pictured) meticulously checked the paperwork for over 1,200 absentee ballots before they were inserted into the voting machines to be counted. The group started at 1 p.m. Tuesday afternoon and finished just after 1 a.m. Wednesday morning.
WATER VALLEY – Kathryn York won the District 4 School Board race in the Water Valley School District and voters will return to the polls on Nov. 24 to determine the winner for the District 3 slot.
York defeated Andy Parrish, 371 to 184 votes, according to unofficial election results.
The Water Valley School Board District 3 race will be settled in a runoff after Angela D. Brown led the three-person ticket with 266 votes but did not receive a majority of the votes cast. She will face Joseph Flippin, who received 228 votes, in the Nov. 24 runoff. A third candidate in the race, Annette Trefzer, received 64 votes.
In a third locally contested race on the ballot, William “Bill” Harris won the race for District 1 Election Commissioner, outpolling Colleen Craven, 696 to 594 votes. Harris will take office in January, replacing Steve Cummings who opted not to seek a fifth term.
Yalobusha County Circuit Clerk Daryl Burney reported over 73 percent voter turnout in the county.
United States President and Vice President
Joseph R. Biden/Kamala D. Harris 2,782
Donald J. Trump/Michael R. Pence 3,667
Other presidential candidates 81
United States Senate
Mike Epsy 3,005
Cindy Hyde-Smith 3,411
Jimmy L. Edwards 88
US House Of Representatives 2nd Congressional District
Brian Flowers 3,491
Bennie G. Thompson 2,975
Supreme Court District 3 Position 3
Josiah Dennis Coleman 3,544
Percy L. Lynchard 2,274
Election Commissioner District 1
Colleen Craven 594
William G. (Bill) Harris 696
Election Commissioner District 2
Missy Kimzey 1,008
Election Commissioner District 3
Tammy McMinn Tedford 1,264
Election Commissioner District 4
Gerald G. Booker 1,145
Election Commissioner District 5
Vivian B. Simmons 1,036
School Board Coffeeville District 4
Vencie Lawerence Varnado 341
School Board Water Valley District 3
Angela D. Brown 266
Joseph Flippin 228
Annette Trefzer 64
School Board Water Valley District 4
Andy Parrish 184
Kathryn York 371
Statewide Ballot Measure 1 (Medical Marijuana)
For approval of Either Initiative No. 65 4,394
OR alternative Measure No. 65 A
AGAINST BOTH Initiative Measure 1,713
No. 65 and Alternative Measure No. 65 A
AND
For 65 4,006
For 65 A 1,396
Statewide Ballot Measure 2
Yes 5,011
No 1,191
Statewide Ballot Measure 3 (Flag)
Yes 4,658
No 1,770
