Desoto County News

Primary election day

Aug. 5, 2025 – Final unofficial vote totals from the Tuesday state Senate primary elections affecting DeSoto County.

On Monday, the Circuit Clerk’s Office reported that there were a total of 620 absentee ballots cast.

  • 593 were Republican
  • 27 were Democrat

Voter turnout was 8.22 percent. A total of 7,390 votes were cast, out of 89,924 registered voters in DeSoto County.

VOTE TOTALS ARE DESOTO COUNTY BALLOTS ONLY38/38 PRECINCTS
REPUBLICAN
SENATE DISTRICT 1VOTES
Michael McLendon *3935
Jon Stevenson1890
DEMOCRATIC
SENATE DISTRICT 2VOTES
Theresa Gillespie Isom768
Robert J. Walker187
DEMOCRATIC
SENATE DISTRICT 11VOTES
Abe M. Hudson Jr.215
Reginald Dejuan Jackson *275
* – incumbent

REMINDER THAT OTHER COUNTIES ARE PART OF THE DISTRICTS INVOLVED IN THIS ELECTION. DISTRICT 1 INCLUDES DESOTO AND TATE COUNTIES. DISTRICT 2 INCLUDES DESOTO AND TUNICA COUNTIES. DISTRICT 11 INCLUDES PARTS OF DESOTO, TUNICA, COAHOMA, TATE, AND QUITMAN COUNTIES.

Bob Bakken

Bob Bakken provides content for DeSoto County News and its social media channels. He is an award-winning broadcaster, along with being a reporter and photographer, and has done sports media relations work with junior and minor league hockey teams. Along with his reports on this website, you will find this veteran media member providing sports updates and high school football play-by-play on Rebel 95.3 FM Radio.