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By NOAH WORTHAM | Managing Editor

Incumbent Elwyn Bearden was reelected to the Shelby County Commission’s District 5 seat on Tuesday. Nov. 5 with 70 percent of the vote.

Bearden, of Helena, was reelected to a four year term with an unofficial tally of 9,316 votes out of 13,309.

Bearden was first appointed to the District 5 commission seat in 2012 to fill the vacancy left by former commissioner Joel Bearden, who was his uncle. He has successfully been reelected each term since. Bearden also previously served a period of time as the chairperson of the Shelby County Commission after being appointed in 2019.

Bearden ran in the general election as a Republican and faced Democrat candidate Leslie Tyus who received 3,985 votes or 29.94 percent of the vote.