Jackson County District 4 Supervisor Race Heads to Runoff
Just over one week after the primary election, the results are in and former Jackson County Supervisor Tommy Brodnax still has a chance to regain his old seat on the board for Jackson County.
Incumbent Troy Ross will face off against him in the runoff election. They tell News 25 what their plans are if elected.
Four years ago, Troy Ross took the reigns as District 4 supervisor after Tommy Brodnax. This year, there’s a chance Ross may not be returning to that seat on the board, as the two head for a runoff later this month.
“I’ve had three elections, this is my third. This is also my third runoff, so we’ve been here before. We have to push that to the side and look at the more important issue of fixing this retirement right now,” said Ross.
Before Ross, Brodnax was District 4 supervisor for 18 years and he says he knows what it takes to run the area. He also has a plan to tackle the Singing River pension plan debacle. “First of all, you’ve got to get and find out all the facts, you can’t operate on hearsay. I’m on the outside looking in, but when I get there, on the inside, I’ll be telling the people on the outside what’s going on. There won’t be any more of this secrecy. It will be transparent.”
He also has ideas to make the district safe for travelers. “One big concern we have in this neighborhood is that dangerous road out there at St. Martin High School. Fort Bayou Road needs to be improved to make it safe for our students.”
It was a tight run for Brodnax with 41.5 percent of the votes and Troy Ross with 49.5 percent. Every vote was carefully counted until today. “Because of the voter ID law, we had to wait and give these people who came in to vote that didn’t bring their ID, by law, we had to wait five days. It slows our process down,” said Joe Martin, Jackson County circuit clerk.
Joe Martin says they hope to have the absentee ballots in by Friday or Saturday. The runoff election is August 25th.
The Jackson County Circuit Clerks office says if you’re interested in an absentee ballot to call 228-769-3040.
Incumbent Troy Ross will face off against him in the runoff election. They tell News 25 what their plans are if elected.
Four years ago, Troy Ross took the reigns as District 4 supervisor after Tommy Brodnax. This year, there’s a chance Ross may not be returning to that seat on the board, as the two head for a runoff later this month.
“I’ve had three elections, this is my third. This is also my third runoff, so we’ve been here before. We have to push that to the side and look at the more important issue of fixing this retirement right now,” said Ross.
Before Ross, Brodnax was District 4 supervisor for 18 years and he says he knows what it takes to run the area. He also has a plan to tackle the Singing River pension plan debacle. “First of all, you’ve got to get and find out all the facts, you can’t operate on hearsay. I’m on the outside looking in, but when I get there, on the inside, I’ll be telling the people on the outside what’s going on. There won’t be any more of this secrecy. It will be transparent.”
He also has ideas to make the district safe for travelers. “One big concern we have in this neighborhood is that dangerous road out there at St. Martin High School. Fort Bayou Road needs to be improved to make it safe for our students.”
It was a tight run for Brodnax with 41.5 percent of the votes and Troy Ross with 49.5 percent. Every vote was carefully counted until today. “Because of the voter ID law, we had to wait and give these people who came in to vote that didn’t bring their ID, by law, we had to wait five days. It slows our process down,” said Joe Martin, Jackson County circuit clerk.
Joe Martin says they hope to have the absentee ballots in by Friday or Saturday. The runoff election is August 25th.
The Jackson County Circuit Clerks office says if you’re interested in an absentee ballot to call 228-769-3040.
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