On the first day of absentee voting in Mississippi, terminally ill Catherine Crews and her husband set out on foot for the Lafayette County Courthouse.
Gov. Tate Reeves is appointing a district attorney in northeast Mississippi to become a judge on the state Court of Appeals.
Republicans brought this case to the 5th Circuit, which is the most conservative in the country, but it could have wide-ranging implications nationally.
The Ward 2 seat became vacant in August after former councilwoman Angelique Lee resigned, then pleaded guilty in federal court of receiving nearly $20,000 in bribes. Lee will be sentenced in November. It was her first full term as a councilwoman.