Today is qualifying deadline for judicial races and the candidates are lining up in Hinds County. Who is running for what?
Circuit Judge
Judge Tomie Green is retiring and not just one, nor two, nor three but four candidates qualified to run for her seat. State Representative Deborah Gibbs, Trent Walker, Bryant Guy, and Wendy Wilson-White aspire to the bench in Subdistrict-2.
Judge Adrienne Wooten is the only incumbent who drew an opponent in Hinds County. Assistant District Attorney David Linzey challenges her in sub-district 1. This will be an interesting race. Judge Wooten is probably the most criminal-friendly judge on the Hinds County bench. One reason Hinds County judges seem to be more lenient on crime is because few prosecutors become judges while in Rankin and Madison counties, electing prosecutors seems to be the norm. The only prosecutor on the Hinds bench is Faye Peterson while defense attorneys populate the other seats.
Judges Winston Kidd and Peterson are running unopposed.
County Court
All incumbents are running unopposed.
Chancellor
Judge Denise Sweet-Owens is retiring. Three candidates qualified for her seat: Gayla Carpenter-Sanders, Tametrice Hodges, and Damon Stevenson.
Chancellors Crystal Wise Martin, Dewayne Thomas, and Tiffany Grove do not have opponents.
Madison County Chancery Court
Abby Robinson qualified to run against Chancellor Cynthia Brewer.
No Chancellors or Circuit Judges in Rankin and Madison counties have challengers but for Chancellor Brewer.
The qualifying deadline is today at 5 PM. The deadline is a month earlier than in previous elections thanks to the legislature. Gunn, Gilbert, and Tate don't agree on much but ONE thing they did agree on last year was making it harder to challenge incumbents by moving the already much too early March 1 qualifying deadline to February 1. It was a true moment of unity in Mississippi. Black, white, Democrat, Republican, Ole Miss, JSU, even Prep and JA - they all agreed to protect their asses from the people.
25 comments:
"Abby Robinson qualified to run against Chancellor Cynthia Brewer."
The same Abby Robinson previously written about here?
one of these candidates is a nut case. Yes she is.
Damn chills, can't you just feel the county becoming safe again with these candidates ? Can't you ?
Abby Robinson isn't qualified to be a crossing guard, much less a chancellor. Hopefully that goes nowhere.
Prediction: New Tomie Green same as old Tomie Green.
Abby Robinson for Chancellor. Beat Cynthia Brewer!
@10:08 AM
Prediction: Tomie Green doesn’t know you
Gibbs is probably the early-on favorite in Circuit 2. It will be telling if she can expand her strategy beyond just her district and her usual crowd.
there is a chance that TWO of those judges will go? really?
that would really, really help keep repeat offenders from being so blessed that they have immunity from violent crime
I dont know the candidates so is 11:25am's optimism rooted in evidence that any of these will be different...cause my guess is its just more of the same no matter the judge.
Weak on crime is clearly what the constituents want?
Probably Carpenter-Sanders for Chancery and Gibbs in District 2.. these races are way too long of a timeframe... i'm tired of seeing campaign signs and they're not even up yet.
Will Lindsey have to resign as an ADA to run?
If Gibbs wins, there will be a half dozen folks run for her House seat.
Abby Robinson is a nut!
9:40 AM
If Abby Robinson wins you'll wish you had Tomie Green and Adrienne Wooten.
Gibbs is just setting up her daughter to take her House seat.
Brewer is a primadonna but I'd rather see her win that Robinson.
Gibbs can't win. Out of touch with her district already. Wealthy and entitled. Only wants the power.
Abby Robinson is Polo lawyer that can't spell and is built a house in Bridgewater against the neighborhood code. Lost in court now running against the judge.
Wooten is the one that jumped on the police for giving her husband a DUI. The video is a must watch! She have fired 5 bailiffs out of courtroom, and treat white attorneys bad.
Carpenter - Sanders chance of winning her race is 0 to none, after her husband Marvin Sanders falsely arrested Robert Schular Smith. Threw him on the ground, and now think his wife can win Judge in Smith neighborhood.. Ant no way, Stokes will let that happen
Gibbs only has two bills that made it past committee. That's pitiful enough as it is. One of them is to help JPD. So we see who she's aligning with.
An appointed judiciary is looking better and better.
I have it on good faith the GOP is secretly backing Gibbs because it believes it has a "better than 50%" chance of filling her house seat with a Republican.
@2:06
No way the GOP fills Gibbs' seat. Her daughter is going to take it.
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