By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi’s top elections official is predicting low voter turnout for municipal party primaries.
Polls are open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday for primaries that will narrow the list of candidates for mayor in several cities.
Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann says a small number of absentee ballots have been cast.
Primary runoffs will be May 16. The general election is June 6, and new terms begin July 1.
One of the hardest-fought races for mayor is in Jackson, where first-term incumbent Tony Yarber faces nine challengers in the Democratic primary.
Mayor’s races have already been decided in Gulfport, where Republican Billy Hewes is unopposed for a second term; and Oxford, where Democrat Robyn Tannehill is the only person running for the open seat.
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