Angel Measell and Scott Round are headed for a runoff Nov. 29 in the race for Justice Court, District 1 seat in Newton County. The winner will succeed Jan Addy, who died earlier this year.

In Tuesday’s election, Measell won 686 votes and Round garnered 597, according to the circuit clerk’s office. Those numbers include absentee ballots.

Other candidates and the number of votes they received include: Dustin Addy: 227; Caleb Alexander: 291; Max Anderson: 523; Machell Frazier: 60; Kerry Gilmer: 188; Charles (Buddy) Guyse: 89; Sue B. Hall: 256; Tracy L. Hollingsworth: 69; Dan Hurst: 151; Susan Pinson: 424; Kenneth Shackelford: 204; Sandra Smith: 272; Ricky Stevens: 314; Daisy M. Walker: 19. There were two write-in votes.

Justice court judges have jurisdiction over matters in small claims civil cases involving amounts of $3,000 or less, misdemeanor criminal cases and traffic offenses that happen outside a municipality. They also conduct bond hearings and preliminary hearings in felony criminal cases and can also issue search warrants. Justice court judges are the only Mississippi judges that are elected in partisan races. They serve four-year terms.

Court of Appeals

In another judicial race, Jack Wilson and Ed Hannan advanced to a runoff election for a seat on the Court of Appeals, District 3.

Wilson received 109,864 votes (50 percent), Hannan 81,751 (37 percent) and Dow Yoder 28,864 (13 percent).