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Judges across Mississippi will run for election on uesday November 5, 2002 with any necessary run-off elections to be held two weeks later on November 19. Contested races have the seats indicated by being bold green and campaigns with a web page are properly linked (government/official web pages are not linked at this time). Judicial campaigns in Mississippi are nonpartisan. Send any corrections, campaign page notifications or other comments regarding these races to judicial@magnoliareport.com or by fax at 601-355-7885.

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Supreme Court Judge
DISTRICT 1 (CENTRAL)
[Race canceled per Senate Bill 2289]

James Graves Jr. (Jackson) [I]
Ceola James (Vicksburg)

DISTRICT 2 (SOUTHERN)
Larry Buffington (Collins)
Jess Dickinson (Gulfport)
Charles R. "Chuck" McRae (Pascagoula) [I]
Tony Mozingo (Hattiesburg) [Withdrew before deadline]

DISTRICT 3 (NORTHERN)
[Race canceled per Senate Bill 2289]

William "Bill" Bambach (Columbus)
George C. Carlson (Batesville) [I]

Appellate Court Judge
DISTRICT 1 - POSITION 2
Ralph Doxey (Holly Springs)
Roger H. McMillin Jr. (New Albany) [I]

DISTRICT 2 - POSITION 1
Tyree Irving (Jackson) [I]

DISTRICT 3 - POSITION 2
Jim Brantley (Madison) [I]
Kenny Griffis (Ridgeland)

DISTRICT 4 - POSITION 2
Joe Lee (Terry) [I]

DISTRICT 5 - POSITION 1
William H. "Bill" Myers (Ocean Springs) [I]

Chancery Court Judge
DISTRICT 1
(Three Chancellors Elected)

William L. "Bill" Griffin Jr. (Booneville)
Talmadge D. Littlejohn (New Albany)
Jacqueline Estes Mask (Tupelo) [I]
John C. Ross Jr. (Corinth) [I]
Rodney E. Shands (New Albany)
Charles D. Thomas (Pontotoc) [I] [Withdrew]

DISTRICT 2
(One Chancellor Elected)

H. David Clark II (Forest)

DISTRICT 3 SUBDISTRICT 01
(One Chancellor Elected)

Percy L. Lynchard (Hernando)

DISTRICT 3 SUBDISTRICT 02
(Two Chancellors Elected)

Charlie Gaines Baker (Batesville)
Gail Birdson Barton (Oakland)
Vicki Wilbanks Cobb (Batesville)
Mitchell M. Lundy Jr. (Grenada)
Melvin McClure Jr. (Senatobia) [I]
Adam Pittman (Batesville)
Ted Lucas Smith Sr. (Batesville)
James P. "Jimmy" Vance (Grenada)

DISTRICT 4
(One Chancellor Elected)

Hollis McGehee Meadville

DISTRICT 5 SUBDISTRICT 01
(One Chancellor Elected)

Stuart Robinson (Jackson)

DISTRICT 5 SUBDISTRICT 02
(One Chancellor Elected)

Patricia D. Wise (Jackson)

DISTRICT 5 SUBDISTRICT 03
(One Chancellor Elected)

Denise S. Owens (Jackson)

DISTRICT 5 SUBDISTRICT 04
(One Chancellor Elected)

William Hale "Bill" Singletary (Jackson)

DISTRICT 6
(Two Chancellors Elected)

John C. Love Jr. (Kosciusko) [I]
Edward C. Priscock (Louisville) [I]

DISTRICT 7 SUBDISTRICT 1
(One Chancellor Elected)

William G. Willard Jr. (Clarksdale)

DISTRICT 7 SUBDISTRICT 2
(One Chancellor Elected)

Jon M. Barnwell (Greenwood)

DISTRICT 8 PLACE 1
(One Chancellor Elected)

H.E. "Ed" Ellis Sr. (Biloxi)
Malcolm Jones Pass (Christian)
James B. "Jim" Persons (Gulfport)
Walter W. (Wes) Teel (Gulfport) [I]

DISTRICT 8 PLACE 2
(One Chancellor Elected)

Margaret Alfonso (Biloxi) [I]
William W. "Bill" Dreher Jr. (Gulfport)

DISTRICT 8 PLACE 3
(One Chancellor Elected)

Sanford R. '"Sandy" Steckler (Biloxi) [I]
Herbert J. Stelly Sr. (Gulfport)

DISTRICT 8 PLACE 4
(One Chancellor Elected)

Carter Bise (Gulfport)
Michael C. "Mike" Hill (Gulfport)

DISTRICT 9 SUBDISTRICT 1
(One Chancellor Elected)

W. Dean Belk (Indianola)
Sarah Hodnett-Brooks (Rolling Fork)
Walter B. Swain Jr. (Greenville)
Marie Wilson (Greenville)

DISTRICT 9 SUBDISTRICT 2
(One Chancellor Elected)

Jane R. Weathersby (Indianola)

DISTRICT 9 SUBDISTRICT 3
(One Chancellor Elected)

Vicki Roach Barnes (Vicksburg)

DISTRICT 10 PLACE 1
(One Chancellor Elected)

James H. C. Thomas Jr. (Hattiesburg)

DISTRICT 10 PLACE 2
(One Chancellor Elected)

Sebe Dale Jr. (Columbia)

DISTRICT 10 PLACE 3
(One Chancellor Elected)

Johnny L. Williams (Hattiesburg)

DISTRICT 11 SUBDISTRICT 1
(One Chancellor Elected)

John I. Donaldson (Yazoo City)
Janace Harvey Goree (Canton)
Richard J. Rohman (Yazoo City)
Gail Shaw-Pierson (Lexington) [I] [Withdrew]

DISTRICT 11 SUBDISTRICT 2
(One Chancellor Elected)

Bill Lutz (Canton)

DISTRICT 12
(Two Chancellors Elected)

Jerry G. Mason (Meridian)
Sarah P. Springer (Meridian)

DISTRICT 13
(One Chancellor Elected)

Larry Buffington (Collins)

DISTRICT 14 SUBDISTRICT 1
(One Chancellor Elected)

Kenneth M. Burns (Okolona)
George M. Mitchell Jr. (Eupora)
Rex Sanderson (Houston)
Cecil L. Simmons (Maben)

DISTRICT 14 SUBDISTRICT 2
(One Chancellor Elected)

Robert L. Lancaster (Columbus)

DISTRICT 14 SUBDISTRICT 3
(One Chancellor Elected)

Dorothy W. Colom (Columbus)

DISTRICT 15
(One Chancellor Elected)

Edward E. Patten Jr. (Hazlehurst)

DISTRICT 16 PLACE 1
(One Chancellor Elected)

D. Neil Harris Sr. (Pascagoula)
Pat H. Watts Jr. (Pascagoula) [I]

DISTRICT 16 PLACE 2
(One Chancellor Elected)

Jaye A. Bradley (Lucedale)

DISTRICT 16 PLACE 3
(One Chancellor Elected)

Glenn Barlow (Pascagoula)

DISTRICT 17 SUBDISTRICT 1
(One Chancellor Elected)

Kennie E. Middleton (Fayette)

DISTRICT 17 SUBDISTRICT 2
(One Chancellor Elected)

George Ward (Natchez)

DISTRICT 18
(Two Chancellors Elected)

Glenn Alderson (Oxford)
Richard J. Babb (Ripley)
Fred M. Belk Jr. (Holly Springs)
Edwin "Ed" Hayes Roberts Jr. (Oxford)

DISTRICT 19
(One Chancellor Elected)

Frank McKenzie (Laurel)

DISTRICT 20 PLACE 1
(One Chancellor Elected)

Thomas L. "Tom" Zebert (Pearl)

DISTRICT 20 PLACE 2
(One Chancellor Elected)

John Grant (Brandon)

Circuit Court Judge
DISTRICT 1
(Three Judges Elected)

Sharion Richardson Aycock (Fulton)
Gene Barton (Pontotoc) [Withdrew]
Richard D. Bowen (Tupelo) [I]
Paul S. Funderburk (Tupelo) [I]
Thomas J. Gardner III (Tupelo) [I]

DISTRICT 2 PLACE 1
(One Judge Elected)

Kosta N. Vlahos (Gulfport)

DISTRICT 2 PLACE 2
(One Judge Elected)

Jerry O. Terry (Biloxi)

DISTRICT 2 PLACE 3
(One Judge Elected)

Stephen B. Simpson (Gulfport)

DISTRICT 2 PLACE 4
(One Judge Elected)

Robert H. Walker (Gulfport)

DISTRICT 3
(Two Judges Elected)

Andrew K. Howorth (Oxford)
Henry L. Lackey (Calhoun City)

DISTRICT 4 SUBDISTRICT 1
(One Judge Elected)

Howard Q. Davis Jr. (Indianola)
Richard A. Smith (Greenwood)

DISTRICT 4 SUBDISTRICT 2
(One Judge Elected)

Margaret Carey-McCray (Greenville)

DISTRICT 4 SUBDISTRICT 3
(One Judge Elected)

Betty W. Sanders (Greenwood)

DISTRICT 4 SUBDISTRICT 4
(One Judge Elected)

Ashley Hines (Greenville)

DISTRICT 5
(Two Judges Elected)

Joseph H. "Joey" Loper Jr. (Ackerman)
Clarence E. Morgan III (Kosciusko)

DISTRICT 6 SUBDISTRICT 1
(One Judge Elected)

Lillie Blackmon Sanders (Natchez)

DISTRICT 6 SUBDISTRICT 2
(One Judge Elected)

Forrest Al Johnson (Natchez)

DISTRICT 7 SUBDISTRICT 1
(One Judge Elected)

Louis Coleman (Jackson)
Greg Johnson (Jackson)
W. Swan Yerger (Jackson) [I]

DISTRICT 7 SUBDISTRICT 2
(One Judge Elected)

Tomie Green (Jackson)

DISTRICT 7 SUBDISTRICT 3
(One Judge Elected)

Winston L. Kidd (Jackson)

DISTRICT 7 SUBDISTRICT 4
(One Judge Elected)

Bobby B. DeLaughter (Jackson)
Marcie M. Fyke (Jackson) [Withdrew before deadline]

DISTRICT 8 PLACE 1
(One Judge Elected)

Marcus D. Gordon (Union) [I]
Ken Turner (Philadelphia)

DISTRICT 8 PLACE 2
(One Judge Elected)

Vernon R. Cotten (Carthage)

DISTRICT 9 SUBDISTRICT 1
(One Judge Elected)

Isadore W. Patrick (Vicksburg)

DISTRICT 9 SUBDISTRICT 2
(One Judge Elected)

Frank Vollor (Vicksburg)

DISTRICT 10
(Two Judges Elected)

Robert W. Bailey (Meridian)
Larry E. Roberts (Meridian)

DISTRICT 11 SUBDISTRICT 1
(One Judge Elected)

Albert B. "Al" Smith III (Cleveland)

DISTRICT 11 SUBDISTRICT 2
(One Judge Elected)

Kenneth L. Thomas (Cleveland)

DISTRICT 11 SUBDISTRICT 3
(One Judge Elected)

Larry O. Lewis (Clarksdale)

DISTRICT 12
(One Judge Elected)

Bob Helfrich (Hattiesburg)
Richard W. "Dicky" McKenzie (Hattiesburg)[I]

DISTRICT 13
(One Judge Elected)

Robert G. "Bob" Evans (Raleigh)

DISTRICT 14
(Two Judges Elected)

Charles E. Miller (McComb)
Jack G. Price (McComb)
D. M. "Mike" Smith (McComb) [I]
Keith Starrett (McComb) [I]

DISTRICT 15
(Two Judges Elected)

Michael R. Eubanks (Purvis)
R. I. "RIP" Prichard III (Picayune)

DISTRICT 16
(Two Judges Elected)

Lee J. Howard Starkville [I]
Thomas L. Kesler (Columbus) [Withdrew]
James T. "Jim" Kitchens Jr. (Columbus)
Monique Brooks Montgomery (Columbus)

DISTRICT 17 SUBDISTRICT 1
(One Judge Elected)

George B. Ready (Hernando)

DISTRICT 17 SUBDISTRICT 2
(Two Judges Elected)

Andrew C. "Andy" Baker (Charleston)
Ann Hannaford Lamar (Senatobia)

DISTRICT 18
(One Judge Elected)

Billy Joe Landrum (Laurel)

DISTRICT 19 PLACE 1
(One Judge Elected)

Edwin C. Hardin (Leakesville)
Timothy "Tim" Jones (Pascagoula)
Robert "Bob" Krebs (Pascagoula)

DISTRICT 19 PLACE 2
(One Judge Elected)

Kathy King Jackson (Pacagoula)

DISTRICT 19 PLACE 3
(One Judge Elected)

Dale Harkey (Pacagoula)

DISTRICT 20
(Two Judges Elected)

William E. Chapman III (Ridgeland) [I]
Samac S. Richardson (Brandon) [I]
Diane Baugh Roy (Brandon) [Withdrew]

DISTRICT 21
(One Judge Elected)

Jannie M. Lewis (Lexington)

DISTRICT 22
(One Judge Elected)

Lamar Pickard (Hazlehurst)

County Court Judge
ADAMS COUNTY
John Hudson (Natchez)

BOLIVAR COUNTY
Patricia D. Beckett (Cleveland) [Withdrew]
Aleica Thomas (Rosedale)
Gwendolyn J. Thomas (Cleveland)

COAHOMA COUNTY
Tommy Allen (Lyon)
Darnell Felton (Clarksdale)
William H. "Bill" Gresham (Clarksdale)
Lawrence M. Magdovitz (Clarksdale)
Philip A. Sherman (Clarksdale)

DESOTO COUNTY
Mills E. Barbee (Hernando)

FORREST COUNTY
Michael W. "Mike" McPhail (Hattiesburg)

HARRISON COUNTY - PLACE 1
Gaston H. Hewes Jr (Gulfport)

HARRISON COUNTY - PLACE 2
Robin Alfred Midcalf (Gulfport)
Bob Payne (Gulfport)

HINDS COUNTY - PLACE 1
William "Bill" Barnett (Jackson)

HINDS COUNTY - PLACE 2
Houston J. Patton (Jackson)

HINDS COUNTY - PLACE 3
John Breland (Clinton)
George T. Holmes (Jackson)
Mike Parker (Clinton)

JACKSON COUNTY - PLACE 1
Maxine D. Lawson-Conway (Moss Point)
Frances Lynch (Pascagoula)
Sharon W. Sigalas (Pascagoula)

JACKSON COUNTY - PLACE 2
T. Larry Wilson (Pascagoula)

JONES COUNTY
Gaylon Harper (Soso)

LAUDERDALE COUNTY
Frank M. Coleman (Meridian)

LEE COUNTY
Charlie Brett (Tupelo)
David R. Sparks (Saltillo)

LEFLORE COUNTY
James Y. Dale (Greenwood)
Solomon C. Osborne (Greenwood)

LOWNDES COUNTY
Beverly Mitchell Franklin (Columbus)

MADISON COUNTY COURT - PLACE 1
William "Bill" Agin (Canton)

MADISON COUNTY COURT - PLACE 2
Cynthia Lee Brewer (Canton)
Hal McCarley (Ridgeland) [Withdrew]

PIKE COUNTY
John Price (McComb)
Michael T. Shareef (McComb)

RANKIN COUNTY - PLACE 1
Kent McDaniel (Brandon)

RANKIN COUNTY - PLACE 2
Thomas Broome (Brandon)
Orbie Craft (Brandon)
Mike Martz (Brandon)
John Shirley (Pearl)

WARREN COUNTY
Robert C. Arledge (Vicksburg)
William M. "Bill" Bost Jr (Vicksburg)
H. Gerald Hosemann (Vicksburg)
John S. Price Jr (Vicksburg)
Clarence Whitaker (Vicksburg)

WASHINGTON COUNTY
Vernita King Johnson (Greenville)

YAZOO COUNTY
Hudson L. Thomas (Yazoo City)



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