WOODVILLE — Unofficial election results show that Wilkinson County Sheriff Reginald L. Jackson won re-election Tuesday night.

According to the Woodville Republican, Jackson received 1984 votes to challenger Calvin Gaines’ 1904 votes.

Keeping watchful eyes over the vote counting were staff members from the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation agents, a U.S. Marshal, a state policeman and a representative of the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office.

The election came under scrutiny even before Tuesday when Jackson filed a motion to move the election to a later day because early voting did not begin when it was supposed to and because the election was not properly advertised.