The four-week qualifying period for the 2023 election will soon come to a close.
The deadline for political hopefuls and incumbents seeking various statewide and county offices will end at 5 p.m. Feb. 1.
As of The Star-Herald’s press time Tuesday, Attala County had 41 candidates to qualify.
Here’s a list of the 2023 Attala County candidates:
Chancery Clerk
Taylor Casey (D)
Circuit Clerk
Lula Thompson (D)
Evelyn Kelley Pender (R)
Coroner
Sam Bell (D)
County Attorney
Doug Crosby (R)
Sheriff
Randy Blakely (D)
Scott Chunn (D)
Jimmy Nunn (D)
Curtis Pop (R)
Terry “TR” Ray (D)
Rob Rushton (I)
Brian D. Townsend (D)
Scott Walters (I)
Tax Assessor/Collector
Regina Roundtree (D)
Hart Pettit (R)
Supervisor District 1
Roy Bell (D)
Terry Cauthen Jr. (D)
Jesse M. Crosby Jr. (R)
Robert M. Ellis (I)
Stacy Robinson (I)
Stennis Thompson (D)
Owen Cross (D)
Supervisor District 2
Billy “Joe” Coffee (D)
James “Peewee” Craig (D)
Howard Sharkey Jr. (D)
Supervisor District 3
Trent K. Fleming (R)
Steven Goss (D)
Supervisor District 4
Willie C.R. Perteet (D)
Supervisor District 5
Hayden Bain (R)
Joshua Black (R)
William R. Roos (R)
Galen Shumaker (D)
Emmett Wheeless Jr. (D)
Justice Court Judge (East)
Bob Jordan (D)
Justice Court Judge (West)
Rosie Massey Sample (D)
Constable (East)
Greg Culpepper (R)
James McBride (R)
Brad Stanley (R)
Constable (West)
Leroy Wise Jr. (D)
Election Commissioner District 2
Annie Winters
Election Commissioner District 4
Virginia Clark
Candidates seeking county seats can file paperwork and pay the required fees at the circuit clerk’s office located in the Attala County Courthouse in downtown Kosciusko.
The primary election will be held Aug. 8, and the primary runoff is set for Aug. 29. The general election is scheduled for Nov. 7.
To vote in the in the primary, residents who are not yet registered have until July 10. To vote in the general election, residents have until Oct. 30 to register.
County offices that will be on the ballot this year include chancery clerk, circuit clerk, coroner, county attorney, sheriff and tax assessor/collector as well as district county offices of constable, justice court judge, supervisor and districts 2 and 4 election commissioners.
Statewide offices that will be on the ballot this year include governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, auditor, treasurer, commissioner of insurance and commissioner of agriculture and commerce, and district offices of state senators and representatives, transportation commissioner, public service commissioner and district attorney.
County school board seats will also be on the ballot for the general election. Qualifying for those seats, however, will not begin until August.
For more information about qualifications for qualifying, call the Attala County circuit clerk’s office at 662-289-1471.
For more information about state offices, visit the Mississippi Secretary of State’s website www.sos.ms.gov.
