Attala County Mississippi voters will go back to the polls the Tuesday after Thanksgiving to decide among two Supreme Court candidates and two candidates for the Court of Appeals.
In the four-man race for the Mississippi Supreme Court District 3 Place 1 seat, Columbus attorney John Brady and 17th District Circuit Court Judge Robert “Bobby” Chamberlin were the top finishers and will meet again in the Nov. 29 runoff. Chamberlin and Brady finished second and third, respectively in Attala County. Jim Kitchens Jr., garnered the most Attala County votes with 45.5 percent of the vote, while Brady had 24.73 percent and Chamberlin had 20.17 percent.
With 99 percent of the precincts reporting, Chamberlin had 98,478 votes (30 percent), and Brady had 95,146 (29 percent). Kitchens finished in third with 80,544 votes and Steve Crampton had 49,055.
Brady is an attorney with the firm Mitchell, McNutt and Sams with trial experience in state and federal courts.
Chamberlin has served 11 years as a circuit court judge. Earlier in his career, he was a municipal judge in Hernando from 1991 until 1999.
The seat was left open with the retirement of incumbent Ann Lamar. State Supreme Court justices serve eight-
year terms and run without party affiliation.
The other runoff will be for the third district, position one of the Mississippi Court of Appeals.
Jack Wilson and Ed Hannan will go into the Nov. 29 runoff after Wilson came up just short of half the vote with 49.8 percent statewide. Wilson claimed Attala County with 54.82 percent of the vote, while Hannan had 34.72 percent.
In other statewide results Latrice Westbrooks of Jackson unseated Ceola James. Westbrooks garnered 59.15 percent of the Attala County vote and 57.4 percent of the statewide vote.
Congressman Bennie Thompson cruised to victory in the second Congressional district with 67 percent of the vote. However, he was defeated in Attala County by Republican challenger John Bouie II who had 47.54 percent of the vote.
