The following are the Tuesday, June 3, 2025 Senatobia and Coldwater City Election results.
Complete stories will be published in the next edition of your Tate Record.
The numbers are unofficial but do include absentee and affidavit ballots as approved by the Senatobia and Coldwater election commissions.
Numbers must be canvased by the City Board of Mayor and Aldermen and then will be sent to the Mississippi Secretary of State’s office for registration.
Senatobia Municipal
General Election Results:
Mayor
Elliott BoBo- 529
*Greg Graves- 793
Alderman Ward 1
*Jeff Underwood- 232
Alderman Ward 2
*Kevin Dear -218
Alderman Ward 3
*Allen "VaShon" Tanksley- 235
Alderman Ward 4
Carl Davis- 160
*Chris McConnell- 292
Alderman At Large
Michael Cathey, Jr. - 256
*Demetrius Garrett - 607
Stephanie Huddleston- 467
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Coldwater Municipal General Election Results:
Mayor:
*Glenn Billingsley- 378
David (Trell) Kimmons- 130
Alderman Ward 1
Sharon Denise Johnson- 43
*Keith Mack- 77
Alderman Ward 2
*Patrick Carr- 66
Tracy M. Webb- 54
Alderman Ward 3
Carolyn L. Cobb- 49
*Paulette Davis- 91
Alderman Ward 4
*Levon (Wayne) Hayes- 71
Gary Jackson- 56
Alderman At Large
*Regina Kimmons- 254
Wayne King, Sr.- 141
Travis Thomas- 102
Democratic Executive Committee
*Hazel Jolly
*Kirial W. Malone
*Tina McCollough
*Evelyn F. Porter
*Gloria Sipp
*Lee Otis Smith
Special Election
Sale of Alcoholic Beverages
*For- 336
Against- 81
And while the municipal elections are finished for 2025 there are still deadlines for candidates to meet to qualify for office.
State law says candidates were to submit their first campaign finance report listing donor contributions and expenditures to the City Clerk by March 25, a second one by April 25 and a final one July 27. Campaign Finance reports are public record and failure to file can result in $50 fines accruing daily and the State Attorney General can file suit and prosecute the delinquent candidate and appropriate political committee.
Mississippi Code 23-15-811 states persons who fail to file campaign finance disclosures “shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine in a sum not to exceed $3,000 or imprisoned for not longer than six (6) months or by both fine and imprisonment.”
The statute goes on to note that, “No candidate who is elected to office shall receive any salary or other remuneration for the office until he or she files all reports required by this law that are due as of the date the salary or remuneration is payable.”
Candidates for municipal office must complete and file with the State Ethics Commission a Statement of Economic Interest within fifteen days of becoming a candidate for public office.
The law also disqualifies a candidate who has not filed campaign finance reports from the ballot.
Candidates for city office must also clear up any outstanding fines, taxes or warrants from the municipalities they represent.
All candidates must be qualified voters of the city or ward they represent and must not have been convicted of certain felonies that resulted in incarceration, unless they have received a full pardon from the State of Mississippi. Candidates who have been pardoned must present that proof to their respective party and the City Clerk to qualify. Convicted felons wishing to receive a pardon must wait seven years before having their voting rights restored.
Candidates must also have lived in the city or ward they represent for the past two years and be able to prove that fact through voter registration rolls, Mississippi driver’s license or homestead exemption. Fraudulent filing of homestead exemption is a federal tax offense.
Candidates cannot have been legally declared mentally incompetent.
