Cyrus Ben won reelection last night and will serve another term as tribal chief for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.

He received 1,872 votes, or 62% of all votes cast, The Neshoba Democrat reported. Tribal Chief candidates Phyliss J. Anderson and Tarina K. Anderson received 1,023 votes and 141 votes, respectively.

Below are the winners of the Tribal Council for each precinct.

Bogue Chitto
Ronnie Henry, Sr. (Incumbent)

Bogue Homa
Berdie M. Steve

Conehatta
Timothy Thomas, Sr. (Incumbent)

Pearl River
Nigel Gibson (Incumbent)

Red Water
Ricky L. Anderson, Sr.
Sam John

Standing Pine
Richard Sockey (Incumbent)

Tucker
Dorothy Bell Wilson

This article has been updated to note that Sam John also won a seat on the council in the Red Water community.

State Reporter Heather Harrison has won more than a dozen awards for her multi-media journalism work. At Mississippi State University, she studied public relations and broadcast journalism, earning her Communication degree in 2023. For three years, Heather worked at The Reflector student newspaper: first as a staff reporter, then as the news editor and finally, as the editor-in-chief. This is where her passion for politics and government reporting began.
Heather started working at the Mississippi Free Press three days after graduation in 2023. She also worked part time for Starkville Daily News after college covering the Board of Aldermen meetings.
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