JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Latest on runoff elections in Mississippi (all times local):
10 p.m.
Judge Jack Wilson has retained a seat on the 10-member Mississippi Court of Appeals.
He defeated Ed Hannan in a runoff Tuesday and will begin an eight-year term in January.
Both men live in Madison. The district encompasses all of 14 counties and parts of five others in the east central part of the state.
Wilson was appointed to the Court of Appeals by Republican Gov. Phil Bryant in July 2015 to succeed Judge Larry Roberts, who retired. Wilson was a staff attorney for Bryant’s office from 2012 to 2014. He is endorsed by the state Republican Party.
Hannan was first elected as a Madison County Court judge in 2006 and has served since then. He previously served nearly a decade as municipal court judge for the city of Madison.
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9:50 p.m.
Circuit Judge Bobby Chamberlin of Hernando has won a seat on the nine-member Mississippi Supreme Court.
He defeated attorney John Brady of Columbus in a runoff Tuesday in the northern district.
Chamberlin begins an eight-year term in January. He succeeds Justice Ann Lamar of Senatobia, who did not seek re-election.
Chamberlin has been a circuit judge since 2004 in DeSoto, Panola, Tallahatchie, Tate and Yalobusha counties. Before serving on the bench, Chamberlin won a Mississippi Senate seat as a Republican in November 1999; he served in that job until Barbour appointed him as a circuit judge in November 2004.
Brady has worked in private practice for law firms in Jackson and Columbus. He is a former president of the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, with members who defend clients in civil lawsuits.
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9:10 p.m.
John Glen Corley has won a seat in the Mississippi House.
He defeated Greg Holcomb in a runoff Tuesday in District 106, which is in Lamar and Pearl River counties.
Corley will serve the final three years of a four-year term started by former Republican Rep. Herb Frierson of Poplarville, who became state revenue commissioner.
Candidates run without party labels in Mississippi.
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8:08 p.m.
Donnie Scoggin has been elected to the Mississippi House.
He defeated Ron Swindall on Tuesday in a runoff in District 89 in Jones County. Scoggin will serve the final three years of a four-year term started by Republican Rep. Bobby Shows of Ellisville, who retired.
Candidates run without party labels in special elections in Mississippi.
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7:28 p.m.
Officials in one north Mississippi county are not counting votes on election night because of severe weather.
Paula Cooper, a deputy circuit clerk in Itawamba County, says storms had damaged buildings Tuesday in Fulton. The county remained under severe weather warnings Tuesday night, so elections officials were sent home.
Cooper says they will count votes Wednesday.
Itawamba is one of 33 counties where a Supreme Court runoff was being held.
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7 p.m.
Polls are closed for runoff elections in Mississippi.
Voters in the northern part of the state were deciding a Supreme Court race between John Brady of Columbus and Bobby Chamberlin of Hernando.
The Court of Appeals runoff in an east-central district is between challenger Ed Hannan and incumbent Jack Wilson. Both live in Madison.
Runoffs were being held for two Mississippi House seats. One is in Jones County. The other is in Lamar and Pearl River counties.
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4:20 a.m.
Two judicial races and two legislative races are being decided by runoffs in Mississippi.
Polls are open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday. Voters must show a driver’s license or other government-issued photo identification.
The Supreme Court runoff in the northern district is between John Brady of Columbus, who’s an attorney in private practice; and Bobby Chamberlin of Hernando, who’s a circuit judge.
The Court of Appeals runoff in an east-central district is between challenger Ed Hannan and incumbent Jack Wilson. Both live in Madison.
One legislative runoff is in Jones County. The other is in Lamar and Pearl River counties.
Judicial candidates run without party labels. Because the legislative races are special elections, those candidates also run without party affiliation.
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