Four candidates miss filing deadline

Wednesday marked a deadline for those running for county government positions, as well as positions at the state and federal level to submit campaign finance reports

While fewer candidates missed the July deadline than June, among them were two who did not meet the June deadline and two incumbents. The four candidates who missed the July deadline were Incumbent District 5 Supervisor Joe Williams, incumbent District 3 Justice Court Judge Tony Boykin, District 2 supervisor candidate Tremell Orlando Sherman and chancery clerk candidate Martesa Bishop-flowers. The finance reports submitted Wednesday cover the month of June.

COUNTY SUPERVISORS

In the race for the District 1 Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors seat, both incumbent Republican John Montgomery and Clint Mccain, his Democratic challenger filed their reports on time. This period, Montgomery reported $600 in nonitemized contributions, with $1,000 total and $1,000 on hand. Mccain reported an expenditure of $100 for newspaper advertisements. He reported no contributions this period and a cash on hand balance of $945.Total disbursements for his campaign so far are at $155.

In the District 2 race, Democratic incumbent Orlando Trainer filed on time, reporting no expenditures or donations to his campaign. His opponent, Democrat Tremell Orlando Sherman, did not file his report by 5 p.m. Wednesday.

All three candidates for the District 3 seat filed within deadline. Democratic incumbent Marvell Howard reported a cash on hand balance of $550, with $400 in contributions and an expenditure of $50 this period. His total expenditure was $600. Republican challenger Rudy Johnson reported no cash on hand and a total contribution and disbursement amount of $575 from himself to his campaign. He also reported spending $350 on newspaper advertisements. Dennis Daniels, the second Republican challenging Howard, reported a cash on hand balance of $200, with no contributions or disbursements listed for this period.

Incumbent District 4 Republican Bricklee Miller reported four donations to her campaign during the period. The donations were as follows: $1,000 from Michael E. Dunlap, owner of Gateway Tire in Batesville, $500 from DRM special LLC in Starkville, $500 from Starkvest LLC and $250 from Starkville State Farm Insurance agent Frank Chiles. Miller reported a cash on hand balance of $3,102 and nonitemized disbursements in the amount of $217.89 for this period. Her total expenditures so far are $3,560.71, along with $457.78 in disbursements. Democrat

Leonardo “Knot-knot” Thompson, one of two Democrats challenging Miller, reported $435.27 on hand, along with $620 in non-itemized contributions and $196.65 in non-itemized disbursements. Contributions to the Thompson campaign so fare are listed at $1,595, while disbursements so far are listed at $1,159.73. The $196.65 was spent for push cards with the Political Sourcing Group. The second Democrat challenging Miller, Daniel B. Jackson, reported no contributions this period, along with expenditures of $285.59. Total expenditures so far were listed at $842.

In District 5, Incumbent Democrat Joe Williams did not make the 5 p.m. deadline. Republican challenger Jared J. Pruitt reported no cash on hand, along with a $73.15 contribution from himself. He also reported spending $476.15 for signs with Pollan Promos. So far, his campaign has spent $673.15. Democratic challenger Victor Collins reported spending $695 with A2Z Printing in Jackson and $262.72 with Vistaprint. The money spent with Vistaprint was in two installations, of $114 and $148.72, respectively. Both expenditures were for signs and cards. Collins reported $334 on hand and the contribution of $1,000, including $600 non-itemized this period. He reported spending $958.20, including $307 non-itemized. Total contributions were listed at $1,600 for Collins' campaign, while expenditures so far were listed at $1,265.20.

JUSTICE COURT JUDGES

In the District 1 Justice Court race, only one of the two candidates filed on time. Democratic incumbent William Anton “Tony” Boykin Jr., did not file his report on time. His challenger, Democrat Judge Brian Michael Lindner reported no contributions or disbursements this period, as well as no cash on hand. So far, his campaign has spent $2,801.01

Both District 2 candidates made the filing deadline. Incumbent Democrat Judge Larnzy Carpenter Jr. reported a cash on hand balance of $407 for his campaign. He reported $925 in contributions and $2,675 in disbursements this period. So far in his campaign, he has received $7,030 in contributions and spent $6,622. Carpenter's report states that he spent more than $2600 on advertising with Pollan Promos and Lamar Advertising. His opponent in the primary, Democrat Kennedy Neal reported no contributions, disbursements or cash on hand this period. Neal's documents showed $941.48 spent so far.

In the District 3 race, Incumbent Democrat Judge Marty Haug reported a single contribution of $2,700. The origin of the funds was not listed. Haug was also one of the candidates to miss the deadline for the June finance reports. Haug's Republican challenger, Cindy Mills reported $265 on hand, as well as $1,855.18 in disbursements for this period. No contributions were reported. In total, her campaign has received $2,350 in contributions and spent $2,084.09.

OTHER RACES

Incumbent Chancery Clerk Sharon Livingston, a Republican, reported a $308.41 contribution from herself and no cash on hand, as well as $1,563.94 in both contributions and disbursements so far. The $1,563.94 was spent at Pollan Promos. Her opponent Democrat Martesa Bishopflowers did not make the deadline for a second time.

Incumbent Sheriff Steve Gladney, a Democrat, reported $1,500 in private donations. He reported expenditures of $1,586 this period and $5,679.68 so far. Total contributions this period are $2,500, with $8,000 contributed so far to the campaign. Brandon Gann, also a Democrat, reported no contributions or disbursements this period, with $850 raised for his campaign so far. Gladney's other challenger in the primary, Democrat John rice reported $1,300 in private donations. Cash on hand was listed at $1,686.75. Disbursements this period were $682.32, with the total so far being $6,261. The report also noted $450.33 in non-itemized contributions and $7,947.75 in contributions so far.

In the tax collector/assessor race, both candidates filed on time. Incumbent Republican Allen Morgan reported no contributions this period, with $500 for the year. He also reported $143 in non-itemized disbursements for the period and $356.59 in disbursements to date, as well as $143.44 on hand. Independent challenger John S. Brown reported no contributions this period, with $156 in disbursements and $1,300 cash on hand. Total disbursements were listed at $1,400.

Independent incumbent Circuit Clerk Tony Rook was the sole unopposed candidate to submit a report. His report showed $3,077.09 on hand and no money spent or received this period.

The remaining five unopposed candidates have filed termination reports, and are not required to submit finance reports. After filing a termination report, candidates are not allowed to accept funds or spend any money on their campaigns. Candidates will next be required to submit primary pre-election reports on July 30, covering July 1 through July 27.

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