Here is the list of unofficial winners in yesterday's statewide primaries:
— GOVERNOR: First-term Republican incumbent Phil Bryant beat Mitch Young, a Navy veteran. Three candidates are in the Democratic primary: Robert Gray, a Jackson truck driver, finished in first place; Dr. Valerie Adream Smartt Short of Ridgeland, an obstetrician-gynecologist and military veteran; and Vicki Slater of Madison, an attorney.
— LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR: First-term Republican incumbent Tate Reeves defeated Alisha Nelson McElhenney, who lives in Moss Point and teaches in Alabama. Tim Johnson of Madison, who served as a Republican state senator from 1996 to 2004 and switched to the Democratic Party this year to run for lieutenant governor, won against Jelani Barr, a Greenwood bookkeeper.
— TREASURER: First-term Republican incumbent Lynn Fitch defeated David McRae, a Ridgeland attorney.
— AUDITOR: Second-term Republican incumbent Stacey Pickering was challenged by longtime Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler but held her off. Democrat Joce Pritchett was unopposed in the primary.
— INSURANCE COMMISSIONER: Second-term Republican incumbent Mike Chaney was unsuccessfully challenged by body shop owner John Mosley of Clinton.
Regional primaries:
— PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER, CENTRAL DISTRICT: Tony Greer of Clinton beat Brent Bailey of Canton. Cecil Brown of Jackson and Bruce Wilder Burton compete in the Democratic primary.
— TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONER, CENTRAL DISTRICT: Mary Coleman of Jackson won over Natasha Magee-Woods of Madison and Robert Amos of Jackson.
Here's the breakdown for Hinds County:
PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 113). . . . . 113 100.00
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . 0
REGISTERED VOTERS - DEMOCRATIC PARTY . 0
REGISTERED VOTERS - REPUBLICAN PARTY . 0
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . 43,987
BALLOTS CAST - DEMOCRATIC PARTY . . . 34,250 77.86
BALLOTS CAST - REPUBLICAN PARTY . . . 9,737 22.14
BALLOTS CAST - NONPARTISAN. . . . . 0
BALLOTS CAST - BLANK. . . . . . . 162 .37
- (DEMOCRATIC PARTY) *
GOVERNOR
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 113 OF 113 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Robert Gray. . . . . . . . . . 9,680 31.19
Valerie Adream Smartt Short . . . . 7,572 24.40
Vicki Slater . . . . . . . . . 13,337 42.97
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 449 1.45
Total . . . . . . . . . 31,038
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 113 OF 113 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Jelani Barr. . . . . . . . . . 8,971 30.37
Tim Johnson. . . . . . . . . . 20,570 69.63
Total . . . . . . . . . 29,541
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONER
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 113 OF 113 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Robert Amos. . . . . . . . . . 8,725 28.18
Mary H. Coleman . . . . . . . . 17,501 56.52
Natasha Magee-Woods . . . . . . . 4,364 14.09
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 374 1.21
Total . . . . . . . . . 30,964
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 113 OF 113 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Cecil Brown. . . . . . . . . . 24,538 79.24
Bruce Wilder Burton . . . . . . . 6,215 20.07
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 213 .69
Total . . . . . . . . . 30,966
DISTRICT ATTORNEY DIST 7
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 113 OF 113 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Stanley Alexander. . . . . . . . 9,148 28.21
Robert Shuler Smith . . . . . . . 23,075 71.16
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 204 .63
Total . . . . . . . . . 32,427
SENATE DISTRICT 26
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 16 OF 16 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
John Horhn . . . . . . . . . . 5,586 73.83
Stephen Thompson . . . . . . . . 1,944 25.69
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 36 .48
Total . . . . . . . . . 7,566
SENATE DISTRICT 29
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 25 OF 25 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
David Blount . . . . . . . . . 6,424 82.87
Eclecius L. Franklin. . . . . . . 427 5.51
Kathryn Michell Orey Perry. . . . . 811 10.46
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 90 1.16
Total . . . . . . . . . 7,752
SENATE DISTRICT 36
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 11 OF 11 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Albert Butler . . . . . . . . . 1,030 73.21
Elvis E. Colenberg, Sr.. . . . . . 171 12.15
Jeffery Harness . . . . . . . . 159 11.30
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 47 3.34
Total . . . . . . . . . 1,407
HOUSE DISTRICT 63
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 12 OF 12 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Deborah Butler Dixon. . . . . . . 1,488 47.86
Machelle Shelby Kyles . . . . . . 1,596 51.33
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 25 .80
Total . . . . . . . . . 3,109
HOUSE DISTRICT 65
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 11 OF 11 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Christopher M. Bell . . . . . . . 1,593 49.41
Arquillas Coleman. . . . . . . . 786 24.38
James Covington . . . . . . . . 819 25.40
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 26 .81
Total . . . . . . . . . 3,224
HOUSE DISTRICT 66
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 15 OF 15 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Jarvis Dortch . . . . . . . . . 2,145 62.26
Brad Oberhousen . . . . . . . . 1,270 36.87
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 30 .87
Total . . . . . . . . . 3,445
HOUSE DISTRICT 68
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 12 OF 12 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Credell Calhoun . . . . . . . . 1,783 69.89
Kenneth Shearrill. . . . . . . . 748 29.32
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 20 .78
Total . . . . . . . . . 2,551
HOUSE DISTRICT 69
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 12 OF 12 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Alyce Griffin Clarke. . . . . . . 1,752 75.03
Plavise 'Patty' Patterson . . . . . 563 24.11
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 20 .86
Total . . . . . . . . . 2,335
HOUSE DISTRICT 70
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 18 OF 18 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Samuel Lee Begley. . . . . . . . 1,097 32.27
Tammy Cotton . . . . . . . . . 952 28.01
Kathy Sykes. . . . . . . . . . 1,320 38.83
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 30 .88
Total . . . . . . . . . 3,399
HOUSE DISTRICT 72
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 6 OF 6 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Kimberly L. Campbell. . . . . . . 2,655 88.56
Corinthian Sanders . . . . . . . 329 10.97
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 14 .47
Total . . . . . . . . . 2,998
CHANCERY CLERK HINDS
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 113 OF 113 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Eddie Jean Carr . . . . . . . . 23,727 74.78
Stephanie McKenzie Foster . . . . . 7,804 24.60
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 199 .63
Total . . . . . . . . . 31,730
CIRCUIT CLERK HINDS
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 113 OF 113 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Vikki Dillon-Mumford. . . . . . . 8,495 26.11
Cedric Morgan . . . . . . . . . 2,996 9.21
Zack Wallace . . . . . . . . . 20,694 63.59
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 356 1.09
Total . . . . . . . . . 32,541
SHERIFF HINDS
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 113 OF 113 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Tyrone L. Lewis . . . . . . . . 14,534 43.55
Victor P. Mason . . . . . . . . 17,226 51.61 Anthony P. Thomas. . . . . . . . 1,272 3.81
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 344 1.03
Total . . . . . . . . . 33,376
TAX COLLECTOR HINDS
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 113 OF 113 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Santore' D. Bracey . . . . . . . 6,622 20.30
Eddie J. Fair . . . . . . . . . 25,813 79.13
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 187 .57
Total . . . . . . . . . 32,622
SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 1
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 20 OF 20 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Robert Graham . . . . . . . . . 5,763 74.13
Vallena J. Greer . . . . . . . . 1,147 14.75
Albert Wilson . . . . . . . . . 795 10.23
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 69 .89
Total . . . . . . . . . 7,774
SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 2
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 29 OF 29 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
David L. Archie . . . . . . . . 3,182 39.77
Alphonso Hunter . . . . . . . . 1,362 17.02
Darrel McQuirter . . . . . . . . 3,368 42.09
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 90 1.12
Total . . . . . . . . . 8,002
SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 3
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 24 OF 24 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Silas Bolden, Jr.. . . . . . . . 810 13.11
Peggy Hobson Calhoun. . . . . . . 4,158 67.31
Jeff Stallworth . . . . . . . . 1,141 18.47
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 68 1.10
Total . . . . . . . . . 6,177
SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 4
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 15 OF 15 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
James "Lap" Baker. . . . . . . . 2,176 46.04
Vern O. Gavin . . . . . . . . . 2,494 52.77
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 56 1.18
Total . . . . . . . . . 4,726
SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 5
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 27 OF 27 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Keith Cameron . . . . . . . . . 296 5.18
Henry D. Fuller . . . . . . . . 470 8.22
Henry Grigsby . . . . . . . . . 233 4.07
William Billy Halcomb . . . . . . 473 8.27
Connie E. Little . . . . . . . . 841 14.71
Bobby McGowan . . . . . . . . . 1,394 24.38
Eric Stringfellow. . . . . . . . 1,760 30.78
George S. Welch . . . . . . . . 214 3.74
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 37 .65
Total . . . . . . . . . 5,718
CONSTABLE DISTRICT 1
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 20 OF 20 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Jerry Moore. . . . . . . . . . 4,902 65.81
Lee Van Young, Sr. . . . . . . . 2,507 33.66
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 40 .54
Total . . . . . . . . . 7,449
CONSTABLE DISTRICT 3
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 24 OF 24 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Joe Coleman. . . . . . . . . . 2,055 33.82
Lawrence Funchess. . . . . . . . 3,455 56.85
Lonnie Gene Holmes, Jr.. . . . . . 498 8.19
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 69 1.14
Total . . . . . . . . . 6,077
CONSTABLE DISTRICT 4
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 15 OF 15 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Lawrence Duncan . . . . . . . . 1,853 38.68
Leon Seals . . . . . . . . . . 2,896 60.45
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 42 .88
Total . . . . . . . . . 4,791
- (REPUBLICAN PARTY) *
GOVERNOR
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 113 OF 113 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Phil Bryant. . . . . . . . . . 8,453 89.11
Mitch Young. . . . . . . . . . 855 9.01
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 178 1.88
Total . . . . . . . . . 9,486
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 113 OF 113 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Alisha Nelson McElhenney . . . . . 1,167 12.57
Tate Reeves. . . . . . . . . . 8,118 87.43
Total . . . . . . . . . 9,285
STATE AUDITOR
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 113 OF 113 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Mary Hawkins Butler . . . . . . . 2,679 28.38
Stacey E. Pickering . . . . . . . 6,582 69.72
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 180 1.91
Total . . . . . . . . . 9,441
STATE TREASURER
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 113 OF 113 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Lynn Fitch . . . . . . . . . . 5,546 58.79
David McRae. . . . . . . . . . 3,713 39.36
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 174 1.84
Total . . . . . . . . . 9,433
COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 113 OF 113 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Mike Chaney. . . . . . . . . . 5,333 56.71
John Mosley. . . . . . . . . . 3,899 41.46
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 172 1.83
Total . . . . . . . . . 9,404
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 113 OF 113 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Brent Bailey . . . . . . . . . 3,013 33.90
Tony Greer . . . . . . . . . . 5,694 64.06
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 181 2.04
Total . . . . . . . . . 8,888
SENATE DISTRICT 25
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 9 OF 9 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Bill Billingsley . . . . . . . . 450 21.78
William F. 'Will' Longwitz. . . . . 1,602 77.54
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 14 .68
Total . . . . . . . . . 2,066
SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 4
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 15 OF 15 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Mike Maldonado. . . . . . . . . 674 20.31
Mike Morgan. . . . . . . . . . 2,600 78.36
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 44 1.33
Total . . . . . . . . . 3,318
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