Republican incumbent Brent Bailey is calling for the examination of the ballot boxes from the general election nearly one week after Democrat De’Keither Stamps was declared the winner. The outgoing public service commissioner for Mississippi’s central district received a little over 2,000 votes less than his opponent, according to the.
Craig Houston will be Lauderdale County’s new supervisor for District 2 come January after the circuit clerk’s office on Thursday released the final counts of the Nov. 7 election.
Democrat candidate De’Keither Stamps has been elected to the position of public service commissioner for Mississippi’s central district over incumbent Republican Brent Bailey. The outgoing state representative secured approximately 2,000 more votes than his opponent, according to the 97 percent of ballots that had been counted when the election was.