Rocky Kennedy, candidate for tax collector/assessor, holds a sign at the Oxford Conference Center as Mississippians go to the polls in state and countywide races, in Oxford, Miss. on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (©Bruce Newman)

Lafayette County chancery clerk candidate Marsha Theobald holds a sign at the Oxford Conference Center as Mississippians go to the polls in state and countywide races, in Oxford, Miss. on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (©Bruce Newman)

Lafayette County coroner candidate Glenn Coleman holds a sign at the Oxford Conference Center as Mississippians go to the polls in state and countywide races, in Oxford, Miss. on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (©Bruce Newman)