City Elections Are Tuesday
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WATER VALLEY – Voters in Water Valley, Coffeeville and Oakland will go to the polls Tuesday, June 3, to cast their vote in the General Election.
In Water Valley, incumbent Ron Hart and Joseph “Joe” Magnuson are running for Ward 1 Alderman. Both candidates are running as independents. In Ward 2, Demetrius Ingram and Fred White are on the ballot. Ingram defeated incumbent Freddie Folson in the Democratic Primary. White is running as an independent.
In Ward 4, incumbent Nicole Folson will face Woodrow Wilson, III. Nicole Folson is running as an independent and Wilson is running as a Democrat.
In the only city-wide race in Water Valley, incumbent Herbert “Herbie” Rogers and Terry Allen, Jr. are on the ballot for alderman-at-large. Both candidates are running as independents.
In Ward Three, political newcomer Grant Thompson is unopposed. Mayor Tommy Reynolds is also unopposed.
In Coffeeville and Oakland, all candidates are running as independents. In the mayoral race in Coffeeville, incumbent William Shelton will face
Brenda Cartwright and Brad Ayers. There is not a runoff election in the general election and a candidate does not have to receive a majority of the votes cast to win.
In other Coffeeville positions, incumbent Rhonda Spearman is unopposed for Ward One Alderman. In Ward 2, incumbent Sonya Murray will face Nakia “Kia” Shelton. In Ward 3, incumbent Eddie Brewer is unopposed. In Ward Four, Kimitria Smith and Keith Canterbury are on the ballot.
In the bid for Alderman-at-large, Michael Cook, Stanford Spearman and Kelvin Booker will be on the ballot.
In Oakland, Stephanie Patterson and Robert Jenkins qualified to run for mayor after longtime incumbent James Riley Swearengen did not seek re-election. Patterson currently serves as an alderwoman.
Candidates for alderman or alderwoman are incumbents Marzet Bland, Terry Ellis, Joe W. Jenkins and Sharonda Jones. Former alderman George Booker is also a candidate, as are political newcomers Keontovious Clinton, Terry Crowder, Kenneth “Bud” Leland and Latonya Richardson Sayle.
There are no wards in Oakland, and the top five vote-getters are elected to serve as an alderman or alderwoman.
The deadline to cast an in-person absentee ballot is Saturday, May 31 at noon. State law requires the municipal clerks’ offices to open from 8 a.m. until noon on May 31. In Mississippi, registered voters are eligible to vote absentee because of age, health or work demands, or their affiliation with the U.S. Armed Forces. For example, voters who will be outside their county of residence on election day are entitled to vote by absentee ballot.
The polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. on election day.
