May 07, 2008 12:47 am
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from staff reports
Republicans from Lauderdale County held their county convention on Saturday, April 26, 2008 in the Circuit Court Room of the Lauderdale County Court House. The convention is held every four years to elect delegates and alternate delegates to the Statewide Republican Convention that was held in Jackson on May 10. Each of Mississippi’s 82 counties are allocated delegate positions based on the Republican voter turnout in the prior presidential election. Based on this turnout, Lauderdale County was slated with 7 1/2 delegates. Alternate delegates are also elected in the event that a delegate is unable to attend. The following delegates and alternate delegates were elected at the convention:
Delegates:
Sally Brown
Scott Carmichael
Gene Damon
Representative Greg Snowden
Jimmy Slay
Bill Marcy
Betty Lou Jones
Derek Glicco
Alternates:
Jena Thompson Abrams
Patti Carmichael
Representative Tad Campbell
James Peavey
Greg Hatcher
Brenda Galyean
Susan McFallor
Brooks Gray
In addition to the election of delegates, the convention also elected the officers and members to serve on the Lauderdale County Republican Executive Committee for a four year term. The Convention elected three members from each supervisor’s district and three members at large:
DISTRICT ONE
Scott Carmichael
John Johnson
C. D. Smith
DISTRICT TWO
Derek Glicco
Harold Keyes
James Peavey
DISTRICT THREE
Billy Allen
Sally Brown
Gene Damon
DISTRICT FOUR
Paul Dunda
Jeremy Windham
DISTRICT FIVE
Jimmy Slay
Jerry Creel
Buck Roberts
AT LARGE
Representative Tad Campbell
John Watts
David Stevens
Members of the newly elected Executive Committee then selected the following slate of officers to serve for a four year term:
Chairman: Scott Carmichael
Vice Chairman: Billy Allen
Secretary: David Stevens
Treasurer: Derek Glicco
The State Republican Convention was held Saturday, May 10, at the Regency Hotel in Jackson.
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