With just over a week to go, five new names have been added to the growing list of Sunflower County political hopefuls. This week the Sunflower County Circuit Clerk’s office reported that Jerry Pate has submitted qualifying papers for the office of Sunflower County Sheriff; Pate is running as a Republican.
In addition, Levi Ford Jr.’s name was added as a candidate for the District 2 Supervisor’s seat now held by incumbent Riley Rice. He joined Dana Myrick Jr, who has also filed qualifying papers for that position.
Incumbent Anthony Clark has made his intent known to seek re-election to the District 4 Supervisor’s seat by submitting the required documents as well as Southern District Constable James Lee. Northern Justice Court Judge Stafford Shurden announced earlier that he does not plan to seek re-election and with the addition of Cynthia Sprouse, this week, there are now five persons vying for that position.
So far all of the candidates have qualified as Democrats except Pate who registered as a Republican and sheriff candidate Hollis Myrick who signed up as an independent.
The qualifying deadline is March 1 at 5 p.m., and the primary election is scheduled for August 6.
