Desoto County Supervisor, District 1
Member of a 5-person board that runs the county
Full office description
- County Supervisors are members of a county-level board called the Board of Supervisors. The board runs the county government, including setting county priorities and funding projects with a multi-million dollar county budget.
- The board is in charge of county roads, ferries, bridges, law enforcement, collections, fines, and taxes. They also appoint some county-level officials.
- Decisions made by county supervisors directly impact economic development, public health, safety, and welfare of county citizens.
- Each county is divided into five supervisor districts of equal population size. Supervisors are elected every four years in partisan elections. Elections take place in odd-numbered years before a presidential election (2023, 2027, 2031, etc.).
How this impacts you
Small Businesses — County Supervisors work together to decide how the county invests its budget and what incentives and support it provides for local businesses.
Public Safety — The board is responsible for supervising county law enforcement and has the power to decide how the department is funded and run.
Candidates (3)
Bobby Jacob Cowan Sr.
(D)
Jessie L. Medlin
(R)
Marcus Turner
(I)
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