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JACKSON (AP) ā€” Officials are letting Democrats put a different nominee in south Mississippiā€™s 4th District congressional race.

State election commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to let Michael Herrington of Hattiesburg withdraw and Matthew Moore of Biloxi take his place.

State law says if a party nominee withdraws for a nonpolitical reason such as illness, the party may put a substitute on the ballot.

Herrington filed an affidavit saying heā€™s the main caregiver for his paraplegic mother, whose medical condition has worsened recently.

Also on the Nov. 6 ballot are Republican Rep. Steven Palazzo of Biloxi, Libertarian Ron Williams of Moss Point and Reform Party candidate Robert Claunch of Diamondhead.

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