Gipson, Dawson, Williams win

There will be three new mayors in Marshall County when July rolls around.

Winning General Elections Tuesday, June 8, in the municipalities were Sharon Gipson, Holly Springs; William T. “Bill” Dawson Jr., Byhalia; and Angela Williams, Potts Camp.

The boards of aldermen in the three municipalities will also see some changes.

Unofficial totals from the general elections in Holly Springs, Byhalia and Potts Camp were released last week.

Holly Springs Mayor — Sharon Gipson, 1,366; Ki Jones, 528. Breakdown by ward in mayor’s race — Ward 1, Gipson, 255, Jones 31; Ward 2, Gipson, 496, Jones, 58; Ward 3, Gipson 250, Jones 277; and Ward 4, Gipson, 365, Jones, 162.

Alderman, Ward 2, Andre Jones, 347; Goston “Redd” Glover, 214.

Other new members of the city board, elected in the primaries, are alderman at-large, Dexter Shipp; Ward 1, incumbent Bernita Fountain; Ward 3, Colter Teel; and Ward 4, Patricia LeSueur Merriweather.

Byhalia Mayor — William T. “Bill” Dawson Jr., 133; incumbent Phil Malone, 110.

Aldermen (top five vote-getters elected) — Tony Mayes-Moore, 135; incumbent William Rose, 132; incumbent Delainer Richmond, 116; William Kelly Crain, 115; incumbent Michael E. “Mike” Hamblin, 98.

Other totals were — Denise Anglin, 87; incumbent Joe Louis Tunstall, 72; incumbent Frederick “Rick” A. DeBardeleben IV, 58; Vera “Lynn” JiJaga, 21.

Potts Camp Mayor — Angela Williams, 120; Sidney Person III, 72; incumbent Herbert Luther, 17; David Pannell, 9. Aldermen (top five votegetters elected) — Casey Mayer, 154; Lee Evans, 125; Kevin Houston, 122; incumbent Dollean Porter, 120; Denise Cook Garrison, 119. Other totals were — incumbent Deb McCullough, 77; Christopher Porter, 48; incumbent Sabrina Porter, 46; incumbent Johnny Westmoreland, 45; incumbent Annie Allen, 44; Dean Tindall, 39; and Michael Brown, 34. The newly-elected mayors and aldermen, in all three municipalities, will take office in July and serve four-year terms.

State-wide on June 8, Secretary of State Michael Watson said it was a “rather smooth” General Municipal Election Day.

“The credit belongs to the municipal clerks, election commissioners, and poll managers who worked tirelessly to make sure Mississippians’ voices were heard,” Watson said.

He said his office fielded approximately 430 calls to the Elections Hotline on Municipal General Election Day. Most of the calls related to mask requirements, affidavit ballots and weather conditions for precincts in north Mississippi.

General Election Day marked the conclusion of the 2021 municipal election cycle in Mississippi.