St. Pe wins South Mississippi Court of Appeals runoff

The Jackson County legal professional gained an 8-year time period on the state appellate court docket in Tuesday’s election.

Amy St. Pe would be the new choose on the Mississippi Court docket of Appeals for District 5, Place 2, securing an eight-year time period in Tuesday’s runoff election.

District 5 consists of Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Lamar, Pearl River, Perry and Stone counties in addition to a portion of Wayne County.

St. Pe, a metropolis legal professional and municipal choose in Jackson County, defeated Chancery Court docket Decide Jennifer Schloegel, profitable practically 62 p.c of the vote with 95 p.c of precincts reporting.

St. Pe replaces Joel Smith on the 10-judge appellate court docket. Smith was appointed to the bench in 2021 by Governor Tate Reeves. He didn’t run for the seat on this election cycle.

The brand new appellate choose gained essentially the most votes within the three-person, non-partisan race within the Normal Election on November fifth, pulling in over 35 p.c of the vote. Schloegel got here in second with 33 p.c, advancing to Tuesday’s runoff election over Ian Baker.

In line with pre-Normal Election marketing campaign finance filings, St. Pe’s marketing campaign raised $197,000 to Schloegel’s $174,000 this cycle.