Darryl R. Johnson Sr.
Darryl R. Johnson Sr. was a 2016 Nonpartisan special election candidate for District 29 of the Mississippi House of Representatives.
Elections
2016
A special election for the position of Mississippi House of Representatives District 29 was called for June 7. A special runoff election was held on June 28. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 9.[1]
The seat was vacant following Linda Coleman's (D) appointment to Mississippi's Eleventh Judicial District.[2]
Abe Marshall Hudson Jr., Earl S. Lucas, Henry Knox, Cynthia Blockett, Darryl R. Johnson Sr., and Dalerick Wesley faced off in the special election.[3] Candidates in Mississippi special elections run without party labels. Since no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Hudson and Lucas, met in a runoff election, which Hudson won.[4][5]
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See also
- Mississippi House of Representatives
- Mississippi House of Representatives District 29
- State legislative special elections, 2016
- Mississippi State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ msnewsnow.com, "June special election in 2 Delta counties to fill House seat," accessed April 4, 2016
- ↑ The Clarion-Ledger, "Rep. Linda Coleman appointed circuit judge," March 9, 2016
- ↑ Mississippi Secretary of State, "2016 Candidates," accessed May 12, 2016
- ↑ clarionledger.com, "2 candidates move to runoff to fill Mississippi House seat," accessed June 8, 2016
- ↑ Clarion Ledger, "Hudson wins seat to succeed Coleman in Mississippi House," accessed June 29, 2016