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November 8, 2012

Voter turnout down in DeSoto County, statewide

Voter turnout down in DeSoto County, statewide Nearly 70 percent of DeSoto County’s registered voters turned out Tuesday, but the number was still down from the last presidential election four years ago, election officials said Wednesday. A total of 64,243 ballots were cast in the general election and a special election that ran concurrently to…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
November 8, 2012

David Parker and Rep. Pat Nelson head to runoff to win Merle Flowers vacated seat

Local House, Senate seats head to runoffs Olive Branch optometrist David Parker held a 2,000 vote margin over state Rep. Pat Nelson late Tuesday in an election to fill the vacant 19th District state Senate seat, but the strong showing in a field of three Republicans and one Democrat was not enough to avoid a…