General Election results for Lincoln County
Published 12:00 pm Wednesday, November 8, 2023
These are the General Election unofficial results for Lincoln County, including 799 absentee ballots. As of Wednesday night, 27 mail-in ballots had not yet been received. Of Lincoln County’s 21,090 registered voters, 10,556 cast ballots — just 50.05%.
Contested races
Sheriff Steve Rushing was reelected with 49.1 percent of the vote (5,429 votes). Willie Gayten Sr. followed with 28 percent (3,107 votes). Leslie Falvey had 1,291 and Henry G. Simmons Jr. had 1,229.
In the District Attorney’s race, Assistant DA Brendon Adams won Lincoln County with 7,755 votes (69 percent) to Patrick Earl Beasley’s 3,463 (31 percent). Adams won the tri-county seat with 59 percent of the total votes from Lincoln, Pike and Walthall counties.
In the Lincoln County Coroner face-off, Blake William Wallace won with 7,478 votes (70 percent) against Sherry Bowman Bessonette’s votes (29 percent).
District 1 Supervisor Jerry L. Wilson kept his seat with 1,598 votes (75 percent) against Donnie “Speedy” Hedgepeth’s 540.
In the District 3 race, John David Hart took 87 percent of the vote (1,910 votes) and Jason McDonald took 13 percent (291 votes).
Justice Court Judge Post 2 Roger Martin kept the bench with 3,312 votes (59 percent) to challenger Shane Banks’ 2,279 votes.
Constable Post 2 went to Wade Hinshaw, with 3,350 votes (60 percent) to Michael C. Harvey’s 2,250 votes.
State level races will be decided after all 81 counties submit totals to the Secretary of State’s office.
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State and uncontested races, Lincoln County votes
Gov. Reeves, Lt. Gov. Hosemann, AG Fitch, Secretary of State Watson, State Treasurer McRae, State Auditor White, Ag. Commissioner Gipson and Insurance Commissioner Chaney all were reelected.
Governor
- Brandon Presley (Dem.) 4062
- Tate Reeves (Rep.) 7105
Lt. Governor
- Ryan Grover (Dem.) 3280
- Delbert Hosemann (Rep.) 7915
Secretary of State
- Ty Pinkins (Dem.) 3305
- Michael Watson (Rep.) 7961
Attorney General
- Lynn Fitch (Rep.) 7877
- Greta Kemp Martin (Dem.) 3413
State Auditor
- Larry Bradford (Dem.) 3356
- Shad White (Rep.) 7884
State Treasurer
- Addie L. Green (Dem.) 3404
- David McRae (Rep.) 7844
Commissioner of Agriculture & Commerce
- Robert ‘Brad’ Bradford Sr. (Dem.) 3441
- Andy Gipson (Rep.) 7826
Commissioner of Insurance
- Bruce Burton (Dem.) 3350
- Mike Chaney (Rep.) 7933
Public Service Commissioner, Southern District
- Nelson Wayne Carr (Rep.) 9498
Transportation Commissioner, Southern District
- Charles Busby (Rep.) 7879
- Steven Brian Griffin (Dem.) 2768
State Senate, District 39
- Jason T. Barrett (Rep.) 9593
State House of Rep., District 53
- Vince Mangold (Rep.) 3571
State House of Rep., District 92
- Becky Currie (Rep.) 6003
Lincoln County Chancery Clerk
- Alisha McGehee (Rep.) 9650
Lincoln County Circuit Clerk
- Dustin R. Bairfield (Rep.) 9769
Lincoln County Surveyor
- Joe W. Byrd (Rep.) 9580
Lincoln County Tax Assessor and Collector
- Blake Pickering (Rep.) 9636
Lincoln County Supervisor, District 2
- Keith Lewis (Rep.) 1715
Lincoln County Supervisor, District 4
- Eli Ferguson (Rep.) 2239
Lincoln County Supervisor, District 5
- Doug Falvey (Rep.) 2074
Lincoln County Election Commissioner, District 2
- Janie Hart Haley (Rep.) 1719
Lincoln County Election Commissioner, District 4
- Denise White (Rep.) 2262
Lincoln County Justice Court Judge, Post 1
- Ian Smith (Rep.) 5056
Lincoln County Justice Court Constable, Post 1
- Justin Case (Rep.) 5039