BRIAN PERRY/Perseverance of a judge
There is a rematch of sorts for the Court of Appeals this November between incumbent Judge Ceola James and her challenger Latrice Westbrooks in District Two, which is the “old Second Congressional District” made up of the Mississippi Delta from Tunica County down to Jefferson County and mostly west of I-55….
…Judicial candidates run non-partisan elections but this district turns out with an overwhelmingly Democratic majority. Westbrooks appears to have a strong Hinds County network of supporters and her campaign web page lists endorsements from Representative John Hines, Hinds County Tax Collector Eddie Fair, Holmes County Supervisor Debra Mabry and the sheriffs of Holmes, Claiborne, Washington, and Sunflower counties. Meanwhile, James should post strong numbers in Warren County and pull support from her previous six-county chancery district. Westbrooks base seems larger in population, but never count out the perseverance of James.
Neshoba Democrat
Magnolia Tribune
