Election Day is Tuesday; Local, state, presidential races on ballot

Published 11:20 am Monday, November 4, 2024

The general election is Tuesday, with national, state and local races on the ballot.

Being a presidential election, turnout is expected to be high tomorrow.

The nine Presidential candidates on the ballot are Democrat Kamala Harris (Tim Walz for vice president); Republican Donald Trump (JD Vance, VP); Libertarian Chase Oliver (Mike ter Maat, VP); Green Party Jill Stein (Rudolph Ware, VP); Constitution Party Randall Terry (Stephen Broden, VP); Independent Shiva Ayyadurai (Karina Garcia, VP); Independent Peter Sonski (Lauren Onak, VP); and Robert Kennedy (Nicole Shanahan, VP); however, Kennedy dropped out of the race.

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Voters will also choose their representatives in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House.

Democrat Ty Pinkins is challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Roger Wicker. Wicker has represented the state in the U.S. Senate since 2007.

In Lafayette County, folks will cast a vote in the House of Representatives 1st Congressional District race between incumbent Rep. Trent Kelly and Democratic candidate Dianne Dodson Black.

Click here for Lafayette County precinct locations.

The local races on the ballot are for two seats on the Lafayette County School Board, a seat on the Justice Court bench and three election commissioner seats.

The Lafayette County school district seats up for election are District 3, currently held by Dr. Judith Thompson and District 4, currently held by Mike Gooch; however, Gooch has said he is not seeking re-election, according to the Lafayette County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office.

Erika Hewlett is the only person who has qualified for District 4.

In the District 3 race, Shane Russell and Crystal Babb Grosse have qualified to challenge incumbent Thompson.

In the Justice Court election, seven people have qualified to run – Angie Allen, Michael K. Brown Jr., Shane Brown, Krisi Allen, Ley Falkner, Benjamin Justus and Deanna McLarty Massey.

The election is being held to fill the seat that was opened with the death of long-time Justice Court Judge Johnny Wayne McLarty, who died after a car crash in December.

All races with three or more candidates, one candidate must receive 50% +1 of the votes to win. If one candidate does not achieve that, there will be a runoff between the two candidates garnering the two highest percentages of votes.

The runoff will be held on Nov. 26.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Click here to view a sample ballot.