Candidates competing in the runoff races for Oktibbeha County Chancery Clerk and Oktibbeha County Circuit Clerk filed the latest round of campaign finance reports on Tuesday.
The deadline to file for candidates competing in the Nov. 28 runoff was the end of the business day on Tuesday.
The reporting period ran from Oct. 29 to Nov. 18. All candidates will appear on the special election runoff ballot as independents.
The polls will open at 7 a.m. on election day and close at 7 p.m.
CHANCERY CLERK
Contracts and Grants Specialist Martesa Bishop Flowers received 31 percent of the vote during the Nov. 7 election.
Flowers reported raising $9,761.74 during the reporting period, bringing her total contributions for the calendar year-to-date to $21,418.74.
Flowers’ contributions consisted of $9,200 reported as itemized and $361.74 as non-itemized.
The two largest contributions during the reporting period came from the candidate herself, in two payouts to her own campaign in the amounts of $2,000 and $6,700 - bringing the aggregate year-to-date amount she has contributed to her own election efforts to $17,680.
In terms of disbursements, Flowers doled out $1,710.25 for the reporting period, leaving $8,051.49 in cash on hand. Of her expenses, $1,410.25 was listed as non-itemized.
Interim Chancery Clerk Sharon Livingston trails Flowers on the fundraising side, but finished with 37 percent of the vote on election day.
During the reporting period, Livingston reported no contributions and cited spending only $666.82, all of which was itemized.
For the calendar year-to-date, Livingston received $2,850 in contributions and spent $12,524.53. Livingston focused on purchasing advertising during the recent reporting period, with the largest payout coming in the amount of $400 to Cumulus Broadcasting for radio advertisements.
Both Barbara Mitchell and Hattie Tutton Ridgel, filed termination reports by deadline on Tuesday.
CIRCUIT CLERK
While Starkville Municipal Court Administrator Tony Rook finished second with 36.67 percent of the vote on election day, he continues to lead the charge on raising funds for his election campaign.
During the reporting period, Rook added $2,450 to his coffers, bringing the calendar year-to-date total to $19,511 raised. Of his contributions during this time, $2,050 was listed as itemized.
In terms of payouts, Rook spent $3,886.74 during the reporting period.
For the calendar year-to-date, the candidate has spent $12,451, which also leads the candidates for the circuit clerk race.
Rook also reported $7,059.50 in cash on hand going into the runoff on Nov. 28.
Rook’s largest contribution during the reporting period came in the amount of $1,000 from attorney Maurice Hall on Nov. 12, who has given Rook $2,000 for the calendar year-to-date.
The largest individual payout from the Rook campaign went to Campus and City Mail Service, Inc., in the amount of $1,764.68.
He also purchased advertising in the Starkville Daily News during the reporting period in the amount of $475, spending a total of $800 with the paper for the aggregate year-to-date.
MSU Receiving Services Coordinator Teresa Davis finished atop the vote totals on Nov. 7 with 38.06 percent of the vote.
During the reporting period, Davis raised $1,200, bringing her total amount of contributions for the calendar year-to-date to $3,750.
For disbursements, Davis paid out $2,350 during the reporting period, which sums up to $9,669.60 spent on the campaign in total. Of her payouts, $6443.60 was listed as itemized.
Davis’ largest individual payout came in the amount of $400 to Cumulus Radio for advertising.
Deputy Clerk in the Oktibbeha Count Circuit Clerk’s office Sheryl Elmore also filed her campaign termination report by deadline on Tuesday.