NATCHEZ — The Adams County Board of Supervisors accepted Monday the resignation of District 4 Election Commissioner Katye Dukes

First elected in September 1979, Dukes has been an election commissioner for nearly 37 years.

“I am proud to say that I walked in (the election commission office) in 1979 with a sound mind and I am going to finish with a sound mind,” Dukes said.

District 4 Supervisor Rickey Gray recommended Darlene Jones to fill Dukes’ unexpired term, which ends in December. The board unanimously approved Gray’s recommendation.

Jones and Shirley Frazier have qualified to run for election commissioner in the upcoming Nov. 8 election. The qualifying period ended Monday at 5 p.m.