Yazoo County voters will head to the polls Tuesday for the 2016 primary election.
Democrat and Republican voters will pick their candidate for president. There are also unopposed candidates for each party for the 2nd Congressional District, and incumbent Willie Dodd is unopposed for levee commissioner as a Democrat.
On both sides there will be some presidential candidates on the ballot who are not actually still in the race.
Democratic candidates
listed in the order
they appear:
Hillary Clinton
Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente
Martin O’Malley
Bernie Sanders
Willie Wilson
Candidates in bold are still in the race.
Clinton and Sanders are the front runners in this primary.
O’Malley suspended his campaign in February after he failed to gain any momentum.
De Ka Fuente is a San Diego businessman Wilson is a Chicago businessman.
Republican candidates
listed in the order
they appear:
Jeb Bush
Ben Carson
Chris Christie
Ted Cruz
Carly Fiorina
Lindsey Graham
Mike Huckabee
John R. Kasich
George Pataki
Rand Paul
Marco Rubio
Rick Santorum
Donald J. Trump
Candidates in bold are still in the race.
Cruz, Rubio, Kasich and Trump are actually the only candidates remaining in the race. The rest of the candidates have dropped out, but there names will remain on the ballot.
U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson is unopposed as a Democrat for the 2nd Congressional District. John Bouie II is the unopposed Republican candidate.
The polls will be open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
