The sixth time running for Marion County District 2 supervisor proved to be the charm Tuesday for John N. Moree.
He unseated incumbent Terry Broome in the Republican primary runoff with 790 votes (61 percent) to 508 votes (39 percent).
Moree had previously run unsuccessfully for the seat in 1993, 1999, 2007, 2011 and 2015, but this time he rode a wave of discontent about road and bridge conditions in the district, which covers north Marion County on the east side of the Pearl River.
Moree will be unopposed in the Nov. 5 general election.
Broome, the current board president, has held the office for two terms and will continue to serve until his term expires at the beginning of January.
Neither candidate was at the courthouse Tuesday night.
In the other supervisor race in Tuesday’s runoff, Blue Green captured the Republican nomination over Eddie Morgan. Green received 893 votes (54 percent) compared to 743 votes (45 percent) for Morgan, according to unofficial returns (there were five write-ins).
Green, 64, who owns L&W Glass in Columbia, said he’s thankful for the votes in Beat 1 and looks forward to November.
He will face independent Teddy Breakfield and Democrat Pearlie Hendricks in the general election. There are no runoffs in general elections, so whoever gets the most votes between those three, even if not a majority, will be the next supervisor. District 1 covers northeast Marion County.
Regardless of who wins, there will be two new supervisors in office when the next four-year term begins in January.
The winner will replace incumbent Randy Dyess, who ran for chancery clerk instead of supervisor but did not make the chancery clerk runoff.
In the Aug. 6 primary, Green had almost avoided a runoff in a six-man race, getting about 48 percent of the vote. Morgan had the endorsements of the other four primary candidates in the runoff, but it wasn’t enough to make it a particularly close race Tuesday night.
District 4 Supervisor Tater Rowell had secured another term in the Nov. 6 Republican primary, and District 3’s Tony Morgan and District 5’s Calvin Newsom were not unopposed in their re-election bids.
Supervisors oversee the operations of the county, handling budgeting of all the county departments and setting property tax rates. They each maintain the roads and bridges in their respective districts.
Pictured Above: Blue Green captured the Republican nomination for District 1 Supervisor and will face independent Teddy Breakfield and Democrat Pearlie Hendricks in the general election in November. | Photo by Susan Amundson
