NATCHEZ &045;&045; Tim Morrison, former District 94 state representative candidate, said Thursday he will not contest the results of Tuesday’s election for the post.

Although Morrison finished behind James &uot;Rickey&uot; Gray by just 14 votes, he said he doesn’t plan to challenge the results in court.

&uot;I reviewed the certification (of votes), … and I have no reason to doubt the results,&uot; Morrison said.

Votes were certified Wednesday by election commissioners in Adams, Claiborne and Jefferson counties.

According to those numbers, Gray finished with 1,260 votes, while his closest opponent, Morrison, finished with 1,246 votes. Candidate Jacqueline Carter Sullivan received 435 votes.

That means that in the Aug. 17 runoff, Gray will face Johnson, the frontrunner with 1,613 votes.

To contest Tuesday’s election results, Morrison would have had to show that enough voting irregularities existed to make a difference in the outcome, according to David Blount, a spokesman for the Secretary of State’s Office.

Morrison could then have appealed the results to Circuit Court, although he might also be able to appeal it to the state House of Representatives.

The Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office will officially certify the results when it receives them from Adams, Claiborne and Jefferson counties in the next few days.

The District 94 seat was left vacant when former state Rep. Phillip West resigned as of July 1 be sworn in as Natchez’s mayor.