History will be made Saturday at Wallace Community College-Selma when Jimmy Nunn officially becomes the first black Probate Judge in Dallas County.

Nunn won the probate judge spot, defeating Nicholas Switzer 6,305 to 4,636 votes in a runoff on July 17, 2018. He won with almost 58 percent of the vote.

Nunn said he sees winning the election as a historical moment for Dallas County.

“I see my position as a significant achievement not just for me, but also for Dallas County,” Nunn said. “It was due to the number of people who turned out and voted for me. They’re the ones who put me into office. It took Dallas County to do this and I’m grateful.”

Nunn succeeds longtime friend Kim Ballard, who decided not to run after spending 12 years at the position.

“The baton was passed to Kim Ballard from Johnny Jones and now Ballard is passing the baton to me,” Nunn said. “It’s destined where I need to be and that’s probate judge of Dallas County.

Nunn, the former Selma City Attorney and Assistant Dallas County District Attorney, has ambitious plans in his new job.

“One of the things we’re trying to do is unify Dallas County and working together with the different municipalities and agencies,” Nunn said. “That includes the cities of Valley Grande, Orrville and Selma.”

Repairing the county roads is another priority on Nunn’s to-do list.

“We want the County Commission to work on the state and federal level to seek help resurfacing the county roads,” Nunn said.

Extending online services in the courthouse is another vision of Nunn.

“Another vision of mine is trying to expand online services and E-recording so it will be another alternative coming to the court and recording documents,” Nunn said.

Nunn said the other goal is working with the four County Commissioners- Valerie Reubin, Roy Moore, Curtis Williams, Larry Nickles- to maintain the county budget. The Commission passed a $22.2 million budget in September, 2018.