Several local races have competition in this year’s election

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  • District 1 Commissioner Sam Kitchens was accompanied by his wife and granddaughter as he qualified last Wednesday. DEBBIE LURIE-SMITH/Staff
    District 1 Commissioner Sam Kitchens was accompanied by his wife and granddaughter as he qualified last Wednesday. DEBBIE LURIE-SMITH/Staff

    Qualifying for Jones County’s local elections took place last week with a few surprises, including unexpected qualifiers and one unexpected non-qualifier.

    All five incumbents of the Jones County Board of Commissioners qualified to run for re-election with four of them qualifying on the first day qualifying opened. Chairman Chris Weidner, District 2 Commissioner John Wood and District 3 Commissioner…