Candidate with Jones County roots running for House District 149

  • Phyllis Tufts Hightower holds a 1983 copy of The Jones County News that features an article about her father, and she is also in the photo. CONTRIBUTED
    Phyllis Tufts Hightower holds a 1983 copy of The Jones County News that features an article about her father, and she is also in the photo. CONTRIBUTED

    Phyllis Tufts Hightower knows she faces a challenge in taking on Floyd Griffin in a state legislative seat contest, but she is conceding nothing to her Democratic opponent in the upcoming General Primary.

    Hightower and Griffin will square off in the May 21 Democratic Primary, and the winner will face incumbent Republican Ken Vance in the November General Election in the newly drawn House District 1…