Jackson Free Press

Dewayne Thomas and Virginia Carlton were victorious in run-off elections held on Tuesday. Carlton, who was running against Ed Patten for a seat on the court of appeals, took 20, 852 votes to Patten's 17,791, according to figures from WLBT. Thomas, who was running against William Bell for chancery court, took 3,525 votes to Bell's 2,478.

Previous Comments

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90163

Comment

Agreed on the vote against Carlton. Words that automatically turn me off: "Good, basic Republican values." Us non-Republicans have no values? Gag me with a spoon.

Author

Lady Havoc

Date

2006-11-21T14:34:40-06:00

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90164

Comment

I will most likely always vote against incumbents unless they are stellar. I believe in giving people a chance to prove themselves. On a side note, did anyone hear that Yerger announced he was retiring in 2 years? I heard that "from a friend of a friend...."

Author

LawClerk

Date

2006-11-21T14:37:05-06:00

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90165

Comment

Right, Lady. I don't think I ever heard her utter a word that impressed me.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2006-11-21T14:51:07-06:00

ID

90166

Comment

I didn't know who to vote for in the Thomas runoff until the N-JAMmers started gunning for him, and then I realized his civil rights record must be pretty good for that to be the case. Not sure I'm going to be able to make it to the polls today, because I didn't realize until just now that it was the runoffs and I've got a full afternoon, but I might. Cheers, TH

Author

Tom Head

Date

2006-11-21T15:21:30-06:00

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90167

Comment

Let's not forget what happened to Dewayne Thomas when he ran for senate? The seat he won fair and square, was stolen from him and given to Richard White--and Haley Barbour helped.

Author

blu_n_a_redstate

Date

2006-11-21T16:21:55-06:00

ID

90168

Comment

We had the Clay/Skinner runoff over here, along with the Carlton/Patten runoff. Voting for us is really cool. We vote as a family: hubby takes one child and I take the other, and they go with us to the booth. I had #1 daughter tonight, and I let her read the candidates' names (to herself), and showed her who I was voting for and how to vote. I believe you can never get the voting bug too early. We need to enocurage our younger generation that, no matter how small or insignificant the ballot may seem, that voting is a right and a privilege. All ballots must be taken seriously. I am thankful for the right to vote.

Author

Lady Havoc

Date

2006-11-21T19:20:19-06:00

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90169

Comment

Honestly, I have no clue who some of these people are most of the time. It's usually flip-the-coin for me. :)

Author

Ironghost

Date

2006-11-21T19:31:52-06:00

ID

90170

Comment

What a wonderful thing y'all are doing for your kids! I did show up to vote about 30 minutes ago--Thomas and Patten, just as the doctor ordered. (I already knew Virginia Carlton was bad news but, here again, would never have known to vote for Dewayne Thomas were it not for N-JAM.) We'll see where that goes. Cheers, TH

Author

Tom Head

Date

2006-11-21T19:41:03-06:00

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90171

Comment

I could wallpaper a room with the ads I've received in the mail for Carlton. Each ad makes me ill. "Republicans don't forget," the most recent one said. Well, this former Republican forgot about her. :) And, Tom, I didn't think it was anything beyond the norm. The junior Havoc set enjoys seeing what we do and learning why we do it. I about had a poll worker's head in the Primary elections, though. She gave me a reaming for (supposedly) allowing my son to vote. She was nasty and rude. The gentleman who was running the actual booth saw that I was the one wielding the popsicle stick: I was just explaining it to our son. "If he touched the screen, we would have to cancel your vote," she said. I was a poll worker in KY: I know better. And I told her so. :D

Author

Lady Havoc

Date

2006-11-21T20:45:45-06:00

ID

90172

Comment

Amen. What bugs me the most about Carlton's campaign is that she's openly running as a Republican--when judges are not supposed to run under a party banner. Thomas just beat Bell by a 59-41 landslide, by the way, and Patten is currently leading Carlton 51-49 with 56% of precincts reporting. Keeping my fingers crossed... Over on the Other Blog, they boasted that "northeast Jackson" turnout (how euphemistic) would give Bell a clear victory. They predicted the JPS bond initiative would also fail due to "northeast Jackson" (wink, wink) voters. Sounds like N-JAM's opinion of northeast Jackson is much more negative and cynical than ours. Re the idiot poll worker: Gosh, I'm sorry to hear that, but it doesn't surprise me. At the YDA conference, someone from the disabilities coalition told of how adults with disabilities were often not allowed to bring folks into the booth to help them vote--even though there is absolutely no legal restriction on such things. Then again, I was treated like crap by folks at Kroger's earlier today because my photo ID is not a driver's license. It's amazing how many people feel so powerless that the opportunity to make other people's lives unpleasant in small ways gives them such a sense of purpose. Cheers, TH

Author

Tom Head

Date

2006-11-21T22:07:20-06:00

ID

90173

Comment

Well, we're one for two. On the one hand, we got Dewayne Thomas. On the other, we've got Virginia Carlton. She's just one judge, but if this becomes a trend, whatever concept of independent judiciary authority can exist under the elect-a-judge model will be destroyed. Which N-JAM is crowing about now, but if the next judges happen to be as openly Democratic as Carlton is Republican, they'll be singing a different tune. That's the problem with being a fascist: It only works when your people happen to be the ones in charge. Cheers, TH

Author

Tom Head

Date

2006-11-22T03:53:25-06:00

ID

90174

Comment

I'm not surprised about Carlton; it'll be good not to have her in the Legislature, at least. I would have guessed that Thomas would win if I ever did that in advance—I heard a good number of Republicans in North Jackson badmouth Bell. Also, it is clear that "conventional wisdom" about North Jackson is changing dramatically. And I'm sure that has certain people all nervous and atwitter. ;-)

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2006-11-22T11:19:25-06:00

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90175

Comment

Anyone care to spill the beans on Carlton? What exactly is the beef with her? (Not sure where all the food-related idioms are coming from...I guess it's lunchtime.)

Author

Mark Geoffriau

Date

2006-11-22T13:19:10-06:00

ID

90176

Comment

mgeoff, Carlton ran rather blatantly as a Republican--"Republican values" and so on--when judicial races are supposed to be nonpartisan. Cheers, TH

Author

Tom Head

Date

2006-11-22T14:58:58-06:00

ID

90177

Comment

Yeah, mgeoff. You made me hungry. :) And I have a whole bunch of mailers from her, touting herself as a Republican. The last one I got was from the Mississippi Republican Party. Now, I vote for who I think is the best candidate, regardless of party: but her ads turned my stomach. And Donna's non-endorsement didn't hurt, either.

Author

Lady Havoc

Date

2006-11-22T15:26:30-06:00