Southaven Mayor Greg Davis and Prentiss County Chancery Clerk Travis Childers emerged as the top two vote-getters in the April 22 special election in the 1st Congressional District.
Since no candidate received the necessary 50 percent, Davis and Childers will face each other in a runoff election on May 13, when polls will again be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The circuit clerk's office will be open until noon the next two Saturdays for people eligible to vote an in-office absentee ballot. Anyone who wishes to vote an absentee ballot may also come into the clerk's office Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Davis and Childers are vying to serve as interim congressman until a full-time representative takes office in January. Davis led the ballot in Webster County with 58 percent of the vote, followed by Childers with 35 percent. Districtwide, Childers pulled 49 percent of the vote to Davis' 46 percent.
Steve Holland and Glenn McCullough's names were also on the ballot, but they had pulled out of the nonpartisan race and still received 19 votes and 27 votes in Webster County, respectively. Each had more votes than two others who were actually running: Wally Pang and John Wages Jr.
Only 11 percent of the county's registered voters turned out for the election, even less than the 13 percent that voted in the congressional district's primary runoff election on April 1. That election was to determine who would go on to the general election in November, with the winner serving a two-year term starting in 2009. Davis won the Republican primary and Childers won the Democratic primary.
The 1st District was vacated when the governor appointed Roger Wicker to the U.S. Senate in December.
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