New Albany Chief of Police position now contested in upcoming city election

New Albany city election

New Albany, MS- Paul Voyles qualified this morning for Chief of Police in the upcoming city election. He has been with the Police Department since November of 2011.  Mr. Voyles also submitted his resignation letter to the Chief.

Voyles filed to run as a Democrat against incumbent Police Chief Chris Robertson, also a Democrat.

At the time of this posting, the deadline for candidates to qualify to run for city office is just under 25 hours away, at 5 pm Friday, Mar. 3rd.

Current qualifiers the for New Albany municipal election are:

  • Mayor
    • Tim Kent, Democrat, Incumbent
    • Jeff Olson, Republican, currently as Ward 1 Alderman as a Democrat
  • Chief of Police
    • Chris Robertson, Incumbent, Democrat
    • Paul Voyles, Democrat
  • Alderman Ward 1
    • Scott Dunnam, Democrat, currently serving as Alderman-at-Large as Democrat
    • Catania Spears Windom, Democrat
    • Amy Livingston, Republican
  • Alderman Ward 2
    • Johnny Anderson, Democrat, Incumbent
  • Alderman Ward 3
    • Kevin Dale White, Democrat, Incumbent
    • Chris Buford, Democrat
  • Alderman Ward 4
    • Will Tucker, Republican, Incumbent
  • Alderman-at-Large
    • Keith Conlee, Republican
    • David Brown, Republican
    • Larry Dykes, Democrat

Salaries of positions up for re-election:

  • The office of mayor pays an annual salary of $84,332.
  • The New Albany police chief’s  position pays $64,226 annually.
  • New Albany aldermen earn an annual salary of $15,405.
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