Five Local Judges Are Unopposed In Election

WATER VALLEY – A U.S. Senate seat, the Second District U.S. Congressional seat, a District One Court of Appeals seat, five local judgeships and a statewide initiative concerning hunting and fishing will be on the Tuesday, November 4 General Election ballots.
    The only seats being challenged are the U.S. Senate seat currently held by longtime Republican Thad Cochran and U.S. House of Representative Seat currently held by longtime incumbent Democrat Bennie G. Thompson.
    Other Senate seat candidates are Democrat nominee and former First District U.S. Representative Travis Childers and perpetual Reform Party candidate Shawn O’Hara.
    Independent candidate Troy Ray and Reform candidate Shelley Shoemake have both offered their names for the 2nd District Congressional seat held by Thompson.
Names and positions on the ballot appearing unopposed for local judgeships include: Vicki B. Daniels, Chancery District 3-2, Place 2; Mitchell M. Lundy, Jr., 3-2, Place 3; Gerald W. Chatham, Sr., Circuit Judge Place 4; Smith Murphey, Circuit Judge Place 1; Jimmy McClure, Circuit Judge Place 2.
    Yalobusha voters in the 1st U. S. District will also see an unchallenged Jimmy Maxwell for the Court of Appeals, Position 1 on their ballot.
    All voters will see a proposed constitutional amendment that establishes hunting and fishing as a constitutional right subject only to regulations that promote wildlife conservation and management as the Legislature prescribes by law.
    Both courthouses in the county will be open until noon Saturday for absentee voting, which is the deadline to cast an early vote.