Rep. Mary Coleman gets Dem nod for transportation seat

election-mary-coleman-c0feab720d73ae02(AP) Longtime Rep. Mary Coleman has won the Democratic nomination for the Central District seat on the Mississippi Transportation Commission.

Coleman defeated businessman Robert Amos in Tuesday’s party primary runoff. Both candidates are from Jackson.

Coleman will face Republican incumbent Dick Hall of Brandon in the Nov. 3 general election.

Hall is a former state senator who has served on the three-member Transportation Commission since 1999.

Coleman has been in the state House since 1994.