All 37 precincts have reported in Jones County, however, 4,000-plus absentee ballots have not been counted as officials said it would be, “a long night” before every vote would be counted.
One minute after polls closed in Mississippi, the Associated Press called the Magnolia State for Donald J. Trump on Tuesday night.
Since 1900, Mississippi has sent the state’s electoral votes to 16 Democratic candidates and 13 Republican candidates. As of recent, Mississippi has gone the way of Republican candidates in the last 11 presidential elections, dating back to the 1980 election of Ronald Reagan.
Jones County carried Trump with 19,130 votes cast for the incumbent to Joe Biden’s 7,017 votes casted.
In state-wide elections, Jones County voted for incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, who garnered 17,927 votes to Mike Espy’s 7,863 votes. Jimmy Edwards, the Libertarian candidate, received 593 votes. There were 42 write-in votes.
Initiated by Petition and Alternative or Initiative 65 was voted FOR 65A in Jones County by a total of 14,776 votes to FOR Alternative 65A’s 6,200 votes. Approval for “Either” garnered 14,473 votes to “Against” “Both’s” 9,258 votes.
House Concurrent Resolution No. 47 was voted majority YES in Jones County with 17,439 votes to NO’s 7,911. The resolution stated that to be elected for a state-wide office, a candidate much receive a majority of the votes in the general election. If no candidate receives a majority of the votes, then a run-off election shall be held as provided by general law. The requirement of receiving the most votes in a majority of MS House of Representative’s districts is removed.
House Bill 1796 - Flag Referendum saw YES In Jones County with the majority votes 15,178 to NO’s 10,958.
The County Wide Referendum to keep or remove the water fountains in front of the Ellisville Courthouse saw the results in favor of “NO” by a 14,892 to 10,867 vote. Recent months have saw petitions to have the water fountains removed from the front of the courthouse.
Justice Court Judge District 2 saw Sonny Saul receive the most votes (2,611) over Jack Armstrong (952), Marian A. Allen (1,624), and incumbent runner-up Noel A. Rogers (2,131). Rogers and Saul will go to a likely run-off.
Several seats in the area ran unopposed. Below are the results - without absentee ballots - of each.
4th Congressional District - Steven M. Palazzo (22,479)
Supreme Court District 2 (Southern) Position 3 - Mike Randolph (22,066)
Election Commissioner Beat 1 - Gail Harrison Welch (3,881)
Election Commissioner Beat 2 - Marilyn Graves Huff (5,455)
Election Commissioner Beat 3 - H. Blackledge Stanley (5,523)
Election Commissioner Beat 4 - Ken Reynolds (5,533)
Election Commissioner Beat 5 - Addie Wash Chinn (2,980)
School Board District 3 - Randy Norwood (4,134)
School Board District 4 - Dan Ashley (3,903)