As of Friday morning, two candidates have filed to run for the DeSoto County seat.

State Senator David Parker (R) announced late Thursday that he would not be running for re-election in the upcoming special election for Senate District 2.

Parker, along with other House and Senate members in DeSoto County, were forced into a special election after a lawsuit filed by the NAACP resulted in a federal three-judge panel mandating new legislative district boundaries be drawn to increase majority minority districts in the north Mississippi area as well as in the Pine Belt.

“After much prayerful consideration, I have made the difficult decision to retire early from my service in the Mississippi Senate,” wrote Parker. “Serving the people of our great state for the past 12 years has been one of th

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