Andrew McQueen says he’s pleased but not surprised by his easy re-election as Leflore County constable.
“I think I’ve been a good constable,” said McQueen, who won 67 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, fending off challenger Chris Glass.
McQueen, who also serves as director of the Leflore County Civic Center, will begin in January his fifth term as constable in the Southern District.
In Carroll County’s two constable races, incumbents Rob Banks and Joe Holman both won re-election Tuesday.
In the Southern District, Banks, who also serves as a Carroll County deputy, received 845 votes, or 54 percent. Michael Weeks Sr. came in a distant second with 456 votes, or 29 percent, followed by Andy Langham with 164 and Slabb Stovall with 97.
Banks said that winning, of course, felt good. What really pleased him, though, was knowing “that the majority of people think I’m doing a good job,” Banks said.
In the Northern District, Holman received 1,166 votes, or 58 percent, to David K. Mims’ 861, or 42 percent.
Holman could not be reached for comment Tuesday night. His defeated challenger said, though, that the contest was a “good, clean race.”
Said Mims, “I appreciate everyone who came out.”
In Carroll County’s Northern District race for justice court judge, Jimmy Avant won a seventh term by taking 1,168 votes, easily outdistancing Thomas Gary Bankston and James W. “Bill” Henderson, who received 458 and 394 votes, respectively, according to the unofficial returns.
Avant said he thanks God for the way the election turned out. All he wants is to “help Carroll County become a better place,” he said.
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