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Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 2011
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Elections for the office of Mississippi State Representative were held on November 8, 2011. Each of the state's 122 representatives were up for election. Members are elected to four-year terms.
Although the decennial US Census occurred in 2010, Mississippi's legislative election will take place under the state's Census 2000 maps. Due to political conflicts, the legislature was unable to redraw legislative boundaries in time for the 2011 election. In March, the NAACP filed an injunction to block elections under the old maps, arguing that maps do not reflect current population figures. However, a ruling in May ordered the elections to proceed under the old maps. Redistricting will be revisited after the 2012 election.[1]
Mississippi is just one of four states that held state house elections in 2011. The other three states that hold their state house elections in odd-numbered years are New Jersey, Louisiana and Virginia.
Candidates wishing to run for the Mississippi House of Representatives were required to file their nominating signatures or candidate filing fees by June 1. The state primary election took place on Tuesday, August 2, 2011. As they become available, candidate information and primary results will be reflected on this page.
- See also: Mississippi State Senate elections, 2011
General election results
The following candidates won election on November 8, 2011:
- Adrienne Wooten
- Alex Monsour
- Alyce Clarke
- America Chuck Middleton
- Angela Cockerham
- Becky Currie
- Bennett Malone
- Bill Pigott
- Billy Broomfield
- Blaine Eaton, II
- Bobby Howell
- Bobby Shows
- Brad Mayo
- Brad Oberhousen
- Brian Aldridge
- Bryant Clark
- C. Scott Bounds
- Carolyn Crawford
- Casey Eure
- Cecil Brown
- Charles Beckett
- Charles Busby
- Charles Young
- Chris Brown (Mississippi)
- Chuck Espy
- Clara Burnett
- Credell Calhoun
- David Baria
- David Gibbs
- David Myers, Mississippi Representative
- Deborah Butler Dixon
- Dennis DeBar
- Donnie Bell
- Doug McLeod
- Earle Banks
- Edward Blackmon, Jr.
- Elton Gregory Snowden
- Esther Harrison
- Eugene Hamilton
- Ferr Smith
- Gary Chism
- Gary Staples
- Gene Alday
- George Flaggs, Jr.
- Greg Haney
- Gregory Holloway, Sr.
- Hank Lott
- Henry Zuber, III
- Herbert Frierson
- J. Andrew Gipson
- James Evans
- Jason White (Mississippi)
- Jeffrey S. Guice
- Jeffrey Smith, Mississippi Representative
- Jerry Turner
- Jessica Upshaw
- Jody Steverson
- Joe Gardner
- Joey Hood
- John Hines, Mississippi Representative
- John Moore (Mississippi)
- John Read
- Johnny Stringer
- Joseph Warren
- Kelvin Buck
- Ken Morgan
- Kevin Horan
- Kevin McGee
- Kimberly Campbell Buck
- Larry Byrd
- Lester Carpenter
- Linda Coleman, Mississippi Representative
- Linda Whittington
- Mac Huddleston
- Manly Barton
- Margaret Rogers
- Mark Baker (Mississippi)
- Mark Formby
- Mary Coleman
- Michael Evans
- Nick Bain
- Nolan Mettetal
- Omeria Scott
- Pat Nelson
- Percy Watson
- Philip Gunn
- Preston Sullivan
- Randall Patterson
- Randy Boyd
- Randy Rushing
- Ray Rogers
- Reecy Dickson
- Richard Bennett
- Rita Martinson
- Robert Evans
- Robert Huddleston
- Robert Johnson, III
- Robert Moak
- Rufus Straughter
- Sam Mims, V
- Sara Thomas
- Scott DeLano
- Sherra Lane
- Sonya Williams-Barnes
- Stephen Horne
- Steve Holland
- Steve Massengill
- Thomas Reynolds, II
- Thomas Weathersby, Sr.
- Thomas Woods
- Timmy Ladner
- Toby Barker
- Tom Miles
- Tommy Taylor
- Trey Lamar
- Tyrone Ellis
- Wanda Jennings
- William Arnold
- William Denny, Jr.
- William Shirley
- Willie Bailey
- Willie Perkins, Sr.
Primary runoffs
The following four districts required a run-off election on August 23 to select which candidate advanced to the general election. The runoff winner is bolded.[1]
Majority control
- See also: Partisan composition of state houses
Going into the November 2011 elections, the Republican Party was the majority party in 31 state houses. One chamber (Nebraska) is officially non-partisan and in one chamber (Alaska), several Republicans vote with a caucus other than the Republican caucus. In 19 states, the Democratic Party held the majority party. The Mississippi House of Representatives was one of the 19 chambers with a Democratic Party majority.
In the other 3 states with state house elections in 2011 (Louisiana, New Jersey and Virginia), the Republican Party held the majority in Louisiana and Virginia, while the Democratic Party was the majority party in New Jersey.
The partisan composition of the Mississippi House of Representatives before and after the election:
| Mississippi House of Representatives | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 2011 | After the 2011 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 68 | 59 | |
| Republican Party | 54 | 63 | |
| Total | 122 | 122 | |
After the 2011 election, the Republican Party took control of the Mississippi House of Representatives for the first time since reconstruction.[2]
House control
The Democratic Party has controlled the Mississippi House of Representatives since Reconstruction. This fall may present the first opportunity for the GOP to capture the chamber. Democrats have a 13-seat advantage heading into the election. In the 2010 elections Republicans enjoyed sweeping gains across the country and in particular in southern states. According to an August 2011 Wall Street Journal article, Republicans have identified 21 House seats to target on November 8, 2011. Tim Saler, executive director of the state GOP, said the party plans to spend more than $1 million supporting candidates.[3] Meanwhile, Richard Wilbourn, an attorney, is leading a tea party effort called "Move the House" to help candidates in Democratic-held districts where Governor Haley Barbour received at least 50 percent in 2007.[4]
TEA Party seeks control
In early September the Mississippi TEA Party announced they were specifically targeting six incumbent Democrats for defeat as part of their "Move the House" effort to put the chamber in conservative control.[5] The five are as follows:
- District 19 - Mark DuVall, first elected in 2007
- District 20 - Jimmy Puckett, first elected in 2007
- District 21 - Donnie Bell, first elected in 2007
- District 45 - Bennett Malone, first elected in 1979
- District 79 - Blaine Eaton, II, first elected in 1995
- District 111 - Brandon Jones, first elected in 2007
The TEA Party has also targeted 4 open seats as crucial pickups:
Competitiveness
Candidates unopposed by a major party
Sixty incumbents (49.2%) face no competition in the November 8 general election and are thus, barring unforeseen circumstances, guaranteed re-election in November.
- 35 Democratic incumbents face no November challenger.
- 25 Republican incumbent face no November challenger
Primary challenges
Twenty-five incumbents faced competition in the August 22 primary. Incumbent Democrat Walter Robinson, Jr. (District 63) was defeated by challenger Deborah Butler Dixon, incumbent Democrat Wilbert Jones (District 82) was defeated by challenger Charles Young, incumbent Republican Harvey Fillingane (District 101) was defeated by challenger Hank Lott, and incumbent Democrat Roger Ishee (District 118) was defeated by challenger Greg Haney in a run-off election.
The following 21 incumbents (14 Democrats, 7 Republicans) won their primaries:
- District 17: Incumbent Republican Brian Aldridge
- District 19: Incumbent Democrat Mark DuVall
- District 30: Incumbent Democrat Robert Huddleston
- District 31: Incumbent Democrat Sara Thomas
- District 36: Incumbent Democrat David Gibbs
- District 39: Incumbent Republican Jeffrey Smith
- District 42: Incumbent Democrat Reecy Dickson
- District 51: Incumbent Democrat Rufus Straughter
- District 58: Incumbent Republican Rita Martinson
- District 60: Incumbent Republican John Moore
- District 70: Incumbent Democrat James Evans
- District 73: Incumbent Republican James Ellington
- District 79: Incumbent Democrat Blaine Eaton, II
- District 85: Incumbent Democrat America Chuck Middleton
- District 86: Incumbent Democrat Sherra Lane
- District 88: Incumbent Republican Gary Staples
- District 94: Incumbent Democrat Robert Johnson
- District 98: Incumbent Democrat David Myers
- District 102: Incumbent Republican Toby Barker
- District 108: Incumbent Democrat Mark Formby
- District 121: Incumbent Democrat Diane Peranich
Retiring incumbents
Eighteen incumbent representatives did not run for re-election, while 104 (85.3%) ran for re-election. Of the 18 incumbents who did not run for re-election, 3 are Democrats, 6 are Republicans, and one is an independent.
Incumbents who are retiring are:
- District 2: Incumbent Republican E. Harvey Moss
- District 3: Incumbent Democrat William McCoy
- District 4: Incumbent Democrat Greg Ward
- District 8: Incumbent Republican Larry Baker
- District 10: Incumbent Democrat Warner McBride
- District 12: Incumbent Republican Noal Akins
- District 13: Incumbent Democrat Jack Gadd
- District 28: Incumbent Democrat S. David Norquist
- District 35: Incumbent Republican Dannie Reed
- District 40: Incumbent Republican W.T. Mayhall, Jr.
- District 48: Incumbent Democrat Mary Stevens
- District 78: Incumbent Republican Billy Nicholson
- District 84: Incumbent Democrat Tad Campbell
- District 105: Incumbent Democrat J. Shaun Walley
- District 107: Incumbent Democrat Deryk Parker
- District 109: Incumbent Republican Frank Hamilton
- District 119: Incumbent Democrat Frances Fredericks
- District 122: Incumbent Democrat Joseph Compretta
Primary competitiveness
Primary contests in the Mississippi House remained fairly constant since the last election. As in 2007, roughly 2/3 of the state's major party candidates will proceed to the general election without a primary challenge. In addition, over 1/4 of possible primaries will not be held, since no candidate is running. Of the 168 party primaries, only 51 feature two or more candidates competing for the nomination. On top of that, 75 party primaries will not be held because no candidate is running.
| Comparing Contested Primaries of past MS Senate Elections | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrats | Republicans | Total | |||||||
| 2007 | 2011 | 2007 | 2011 | 2007 | 2011 | ||||
| Open Contested | 9 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 23 | |||
| Open Uncontested | 12 | 21 | 27 | 19 | 39 | 40 | |||
| Incumbent Contested | 23 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 28 | |||
| Incumbent Uncontested | 51 | 40 | 26 | 37 | 77 | 77 | |||
| No candidates | 27 | 35 | 48 | 41 | 75 | 76 | |||
| Total contested | 32 | 26 | 21 | 25 | 53 | 51 | |||
| Total uncontested | 63 | 61 | 53 | 56 | 116 | 117 | |||
Qualifications
In order to run for the Mississippi House of Representatives, a candidate must:
- Be 21 years of age or older.
- Be a qualified elector and resident of the State of Mississippi for four years.
- Be a resident of the county or district a candidate plans to represent for two years.
- If running as a Republican or Democrat, pay a $15 filing fee to the party's State Executive Committee the candidate is affiliated with.
- If running as an independent, submit 50 signatures to the Circuit Clerk or the Secretary of State[6].
Campaign contributions
This chart shows how many candidates ran for the state House in Mississippi in past years and the cumulative amount of campaign contributions in state House races, including contributions in both primary and general election contests. All figures come from Follow The Money.[7]
| Year | Number of candidates | Total contributions |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 253 | $6,201,617 |
| 2003 | 308 | $4,346,149 |
| 1999 | 258 | $2,477,354 |
The top 10 donors in 2007 were:[8]
| Donor | Amount |
|---|---|
| Mississippi House Democratic Leadership | $343,247 |
| Mississippi Republican Party | $248,791 |
| Mississippi Association of Realtors | $113,200 |
| Mississippi Medical Association | $111,200 |
| Reeves, John | $106,730 |
| Lawyers Involved for Mississippi Betterment | $99,503 |
| AT&T | $91,809 |
| Mississippi Bankers Association | $90,500 |
| Mississippi Hospital Association | $86,250 |
| Improve Mississippi | $85,467 |
List of candidates
The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run for election to the Mississippi House of Representatives was June 1, 2011.
District 1
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Lester Carpenter Incumbent Carpenter was first elected in 2007.
- Lester Carpenter Incumbent Carpenter was first elected in 2007.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 2
August 2 GOP primary result:
- A.L. Wood
- E. Harvey Moss Note: Incumbent Moss withdrew on June 9, 2011
- A.L. Wood
November 8 General election candidates:
District 3
Note: Incumbent Democrat William McCoy is not seeking re-election.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 4
Note: Incumbent Greg Ward is not seeking re-election.
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Note: As no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, Jody Steverson and James Nunnally competed in a primary run-off on August 23 with Steverson winning.
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Alan Miller
- James Benefield
- Terri Stanford Note: Stanford withdrew on or around July 18, 2011.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 5
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Kelvin Buck
Incumbent Buck was first elected in 2003.
- Kelvin Buck
November 8 General election candidates:
District 6
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Eugene Hamilton
Incumbent Hamilton was first elected in 2003.
- Eugene Hamilton
November 8 General election candidates:
District 7
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Wanda Jennings
Incumbent Jennings was first elected in 1999.
- Wanda Jennings
November 8 General election candidates:
District 8
Note: Incumbent Republican Larry Baker is not seeking re-election.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 9
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Clara Burnett
Incumbent Burnett was first elected in 2003.
- Clara Burnett
November 8 General election candidates:
District 10
Note: Incumbent Democrat Warner McBride is not seeking re-election.
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Doug Jones
- Nolan Mettetal
Incumbent Mettetal was first elected to the Mississippi State Senate in 1998
November 8 General election candidates:
District 11
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Joe Gardner
Incumbent Gardner was appointed in 2007.
- Joe Gardner
November 8 General election candidates:
District 12
Note: Incumbent Republican Noal Akins is not seeking re-election.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 13
Note: Incumbent Democrat Jack Gadd is not seeking re-election.
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Note: No candidate received over 50% of the vote, making an August 23 primary run-off election between Billy Gray and Don Randolph necessary, with Gray winning.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 14
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Margaret Rogers
Incumbent Rogers was first elected in 2003.
- Margaret Rogers
November 8 General election candidates:
District 15
Note: Spencer withdrew from the race in September.[9]
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Mac Huddleston
Incumbent Huddleston was first elected in 2007.
- Mac Huddleston
November 8 General election candidates:
District 16
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Steve Holland
Incumbent Holland was first elected in 1984.
- Steve Holland
November 8 General election candidates:
District 17
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Brian Aldridge
Incumbent Aldridge was first elected in 2003.
- Michael Stafford
- Brian Aldridge
November 8 General election candidates:
District 18
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Jerry Turner
Incumbent Turner was first elected in 2003.
- Jerry Turner
November 8 General election candidates:
District 19
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Mark DuVall
Incumbent DuVall was first elected in 2007.
- Brad Underwood
- Jamie Franks
- Mark DuVall
- Note: As no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, Mark DuVall and Jamie Franks competed in a primary run-off on August 23, which DuVall won.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 20
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Jimmy Puckett
Incumbent Puckett was first elected in 2007.
- Jimmy Puckett
November 8 General election candidates:
District 21
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Donnie Bell
Incumbent Bell was first elected in 2007.
- Donnie Bell
November 8 General election candidates:
District 22
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Preston Sullivan
Incumbent Sullivan was first elected in 2003.
- Preston Sullivan
November 8 General election candidates:
District 23
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Charles Beckett
Incumbent Beckett was first elected in 2003.
- Charles Beckett
November 8 General election candidates:
District 24
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Sidney Bondurant
Incumbent Bondurant was first elected in 2003.
- Sidney Bondurant
November 8 General election candidates:
District 25
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- John Mayo
Incumbent Mayo was first elected in 1999.
- John Mayo
August 2 GOP primary result:
- W.E. Alday
- Mike Martin Note: Martin officially withdrew from the race in early July 2011.
- W.E. Alday
November 8 General election candidates:
District 26
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Chuck Espy
Incumbent Espy was first elected in 1999.
- Chuck Espy
November 8 General election candidates:
District 27
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Ferr Smith
Incumbent Smith was first elected in 1993.
- Ferr Smith
November 8 General election candidates:
District 28
Note: Incumbent Democrat S. David Norquist is not seeking re-election.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 29
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Linda Coleman
Incumbent Coleman was first elected in 1991.
- Linda Coleman
November 8 General election candidates:
District 30
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Zachary Harris
- Robert Huddleston
Incumbent Huddleston was first elected in 1995.
- Jeffery Kilpatrick
November 8 General election candidates:
District 31
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Otis Anthony
- Torrey Bell
- Michael Pembleton
- Sara Thomas
Incumbent Thomas was first elected in 1998.
- Lester Williams
November 8 General election candidates:
District 32
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Willie Perkins, Sr.
Incumbent Perkins was first elected in 1993.
- Willie Perkins, Sr.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 33
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Thomas Reynolds, II
Incumbent Reynolds was first elected in 1979.
- Thomas Reynolds, II
November 8 General election candidates:
District 34
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Linda Whittington
Incumbent Whittington was first elected in 2007.
- Linda Whittington
November 8 General election candidates:
District 35
Note: Incumbent Republican Dannie Reed is not seeking re-election.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 36
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Jimmy Davidson
- David Gibbs
Incumbent Gibbs was first elected in 1993.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 37
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Gary Chism
Incumbent Chism was first elected in 1999.
- Gary Chism
Note: Kelley withdrew prior to the general election.[10]
November 8 General election candidates:
District 38
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Tyrone Ellis
Incumbent Ellis was first elected in 1979.
- Tyrone Ellis
November 8 General election candidates:
District 39
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Jack Larmour
- Jeffrey Smith
Incumbent Smith was first elected in 1991.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 40
Note: Incumbent Republican W.T. Mayhall, Jr. is not seeking re-election.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 41
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Esther Harrison
Incumbent Harrison was first elected in 2001.
- Esther Harrison
November 8 General election candidates:
District 42
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- David Callahan
- Reecy Dickson
Incumbent Dickson was first elected in 1993.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 43
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Russ Nowell
Incumbent Nowell was first elected in 2007.
- Russ Nowell
November 8 General election candidates:
District 44
August 2 GOP primary result:
- C. Scott Bounds
Incumbent Bounds was first elected in 2003.
- C. Scott Bounds
November 8 General election candidates:
District 45
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Bennett Malone
Incumbent Malone was first elected in 1979.
- Bennett Malone
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Wayne Vaughn
- Jay Mathis
- Charles Webber Withdrew
November 8 General election candidates:
District 46
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Bobby Howell
Incumbent Howell was first elected in 1991.
- Bobby Howell
November 8 General election candidates:
District 47
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Bryant Clark
Incumbent Clark was first elected in 2003.
- Bryant Clark
November 8 General election candidates:
District 48
Note: Incumbent Mary Stevens did not seek re-election.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 49
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Willie Bailey Incumbent Bailey was first elected in 1995.
- Willie Bailey Incumbent Bailey was first elected in 1995.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 50
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- John Hines
Incumbent Hines was first elected in 2001.
- John Hines
November 8 General election candidates:
District 51
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Gary Farmer
- Whitfield Harrington
- Rufus Straughter
Incumbent Straughter was first elected in 1996.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 52
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Thomas Woods
Incumbent Woods was first elected in 1987.
- Thomas Woods
November 8 General election candidates:
District 53
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Robert Moak
Incumbent Moak was first elected in 1985.
- Robert Moak
November 8 General election candidates:
District 54
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Alex Monsour
Incumbent Monsour was first elected in 2007.
- Alex Monsour
November 8 General election candidates:
District 55
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- George Flaggs, Jr.
Incumbent Flaggs was first elected in 1987.
- George Flaggs, Jr.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 56
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Philip Gunn
Incumbent Gunn was first elected in 2003.
- Philip Gunn
November 8 General election candidates:
District 57
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Ed Blackmon
Incumbent Blackmon was first elected in 1983.
- Ed Blackmon
November 8 General election candidates:
District 58
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Bobby Dallas
- Rita Martinson
Incumbent Martinson was first elected in 1991.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 59
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Kevin McGee
Incumbent McGee was first elected in 2007.
- Kevin McGee
November 8 General election candidates:
District 60
August 2 GOP primary result:
- David Morrow
- John Moore
Incumbent Moore was first elected in 1995.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 61
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Ray Rogers
Incumbent Rogers was first elected in 1983.
- Ray Rogers
November 8 General election candidates:
District 62
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Thomas Weathersby, Sr.
Incumbent Weathersby was first elected in 1991.
- Thomas Weathersby, Sr.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 63
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Walter Robinson, Jr. Incumbent Robinson was first elected in 1983.
- Deborah Butler Dixon
- Anthony Thomas Note: Thomas did not appear on the primary ballot.
August 2 GOP primary result:
- John Weisenberger
Weisenberger is no longer in the race.
- John Weisenberger
November 8 General election candidates:
District 64
August 2 GOP primary result:
- William Denny, Jr.
Incumbent Denny was first elected in 1987.
- William Denny, Jr.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 65
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Mary Coleman
Incumbent Coleman was first elected in 1993.
- Mary Coleman
November 8 General election candidates:
District 66
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Cecil Brown
Incumbent Brown was first elected in 1999.
- Cecil Brown
November 8 General election candidates:
District 67
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Earle Banks
Incumbent Banks was first elected in 1993.
- Earle Banks
November 8 General election candidates:
District 68
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Credell Calhoun
Incumbent Calhoun was first elected in 2003.
- Credell Calhoun
November 8 General election candidates:
District 69
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Alyce Clarke
Incumbent Clarke was first elected in 1985.
- Alyce Clarke
November 8 General election candidates:
District 70
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Matt Eichelberger Did not appear on primary ballot
- James Evans
Incumbent Evans was first elected in 1991.
- Antonio Porter Did not appear on primary ballot
November 8 General election candidates:
District 71
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Adrienne Wooten
Incumbent Wooten was first elected in 2007.
- Adrienne Wooten
November 8 General election candidates:
District 72
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Kimberly Campbell Buck
Incumbent Buck was first elected in 2007.
- Kimberly Campbell Buck
November 8 General election candidates:
District 73
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Gay Polk
- Kevin Lavine Did not appear on primary ballot
- Brad Oberhousen
August 2 GOP primary result:
- James Ellington
Incumbent Ellington was first elected in 1987.
- Jason Canterbury
- James Ellington
November 8 General election candidates:
District 74
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Mark Baker
Incumbent Baker was first elected in 2003.
- Mark Baker
November 8 General election candidates:
District 75
Independent candidate:
- Tracy Arinder, Jr.
Incumbent Democrat Arinder was seeking re-election as an independent but requested to be removed from the ballot, which was granted on September 13.[11]
- Tracy Arinder, Jr.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 76
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Gregory Holloway, Sr.
Incumbent Holloway was first elected in 1999.
- Gregory Holloway, Sr.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 77
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Andy Gipson
Incumbent Gipson was first elected in 2007.
- Andy Gipson
November 8 General election candidates:
District 78
Note: Incumbent Republican Billy Nicholson was first elected in 1999.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 79
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Frankie Chisholm
- Blaine Eaton, II
Incumbent Eaton was first elected in 1995.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 80
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Omeria Scott
Incumbent Scott was first elected in 1993.
- Omeria Scott
November 8 General election candidates:
District 81
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Stephen Horne
Incumbent Horne was first elected in 2003.
- Stephen Horne
November 8 General election candidates:
District 82
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Wilbert Jones Incumbent Jones was first elected in 2009.
- Charles Young
November 8 General election candidates:
District 83
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Elton Gregory Snowden
Incumbent Snowden was first elected in 1999.
- Elton Gregory Snowden
November 8 General election candidates:
District 84
Note: Incumbent Republican Tad Campbell is not seeking re-election.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 85
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- America Chuck Middleton
Incumbent Middleton was first elected in 1995.
- Jeffery Harness
- America Chuck Middleton
November 8 General election candidates:
District 86
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Mack Carney
- Sherra Lane
Incumbent Lane was first elected in 2005.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 87
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Johnny Stringer
Incumbent Stringer was first elected in 1979.
- Johnny Stringer
November 8 General election candidates:
District 88
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Gary Staples
Incumbent Staples was first elected in 2003.
- Mitchell Pitts
- Gary Staples
November 8 General election candidates:
District 89
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Bobby Shows
Incumbent Shows was first elected in 1991.
- Bobby Shows
November 8 General election candidates:
District 90
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Joseph Warren
Incumbent Warren was first elected in 1979.
- Joseph Warren
November 8 General election candidates:
District 91
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Robert Evans
Incumbent Evans was first elected 2007.
- Robert Evans
November 8 General election candidates:
District 92
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Becky Currie
Incumbent Currie was first elected in 2007.
- Becky Currie
November 8 General election candidates:
District 93
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Dirk Dedeaux
Incumbent Dedeaux was first elected in 1995.
- Dirk Dedeaux
November 8 General election candidates:
District 94
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- James Gray
- Robert Johnson
Incumbent Johnson was first elected in 2004.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 95
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Jessica Upshaw
Incumbent Upshaw was first elected in 2003.
- Jessica Upshaw
November 8 General election candidates:
District 96
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Angela Cockerham
Incumbent Cockerham was first elected in 2005.
- Angela Cockerham
November 8 General election candidates:
District 97
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Sam Mims, V
Incumbent Mims was first elected in 2003.
- Sam Mims, V
November 8 General election candidates:
District 98
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- David Myers
Incumbent Myers was first elected in 1995.
- Tasha Dillon
- David Myers
November 8 General election candidates:
District 99
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Bill Pigott
Incumbent Pigott was first elected in 2007.
- Bill Pigott
November 8 General election candidates:
District 100
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Ken Morgan
Incumbent Morgan was first elected in 2007.
- Ken Morgan
November 8 General election candidates:
District 101
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Harvey Fillingane Incumbent Filligane was first elected in 2007.
- Hank Lott
November 8 General election candidates:
District 102
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Ric McCluskey
- Toby Barker
Incumbent Barker was first elected in 2007.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 103
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Percy Watson
Incumbent Watson was first elected in 1979.
- Percy Watson
November 8 General election candidates:
District 104
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Larry Byrd
Incumbent Byrd was first elected in 2007.
- Larry Byrd
November 8 General election candidates:
District 105
Note: Incumbent Democrat J. Shaun Walley is not seeking re-election.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 106
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Herbert Frierson
Incumbent Frierson was first elected in 1991.
- Herbert Frierson
November 8 General election candidates:
District 107
Note: Incumbent Democrat Deryk Parker is not seeking re-election.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 108
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Eddie Magee
- Mark Formby
Incumbent Formby was first elected in 1993
November 8 General election candidates:
District 109
Note: Incumbent Republican Frank Hamilton is not seeking re-election.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 110
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Billy Broomfield
Incumbent Broomfield was first elected in 1991.
- Billy Broomfield
November 8 General election candidates:
District 111
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Brandon Jones
Incumbent Jones was first elected in 2007.
- Brandon Jones
November 8 General election candidates:
District 112
August 2 GOP primary result:
- John Read
Incumbent Read was first elected in 1993.
- John Read
November 8 General election candidates:
District 113
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Henry Zuber, III
Incumbent Zuber was first elected in 1999.
- Henry Zuber, III
November 8 General election candidates:
District 114
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Jeffrey Guice
Incumbent Guice was first elected in 2008.
- Jeffrey Guice
November 8 General election candidates:
District 115
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Randall Patterson
Incumbent Patterson was first elected in 2003.
- Randall Patterson
November 8 General election candidates:
District 116
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Casey Eure
Incumbent Eure was first elected in 2011.
- Casey Eure
November 8 General election candidates:
District 117
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Scott DeLano
Incumbent DeLano was first elected in 2010.
- Scott DeLano
November 8 General election candidates:
District 118
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Roger Ishee Incumbent Ishee was first elected in 1997.
- John McCay
- Greg Haney
- Note: No candidate received over 50% of the vote, making an August 23 primary run-off between Roger Ishee and Greg Haney necessary. Haney won.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 119
Note: Incumbent Democrat Frances Fredericks is not seeking re-election.
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Note: No candidate received over 50% of the vote, making an August 23 primary run-off election necessary. Sonya Williams-Barnes ultimately defeated Richard Marsh to claim the nomination.
November 8 General election candidates:
District 120
August 2 GOP primary result:
- Richard Bennett
Incumbent Bennett was first elected in 2007.
- Richard Bennett
November 8 General election candidates:
District 121
August 2 Democratic primary result:
- Diane Peranich
Incumbent Peranich was first elected in 1977.
- Latanya Toomer
- Diane Peranich
November 8 General election candidates:
District 122
Note: Incumbent Democrat Joseph Compretta is not seeking re-election.
November 8 General election candidates:
See also
- Mississippi House of Representatives
- Mississippi State Legislature
- Mississippi State Senate elections, 2011
- State legislative elections, 2011
External links
- Qualified candidates, June 1, 2011
- Associated Press "Unofficial Election Results," August 3, 2011
- Associated Press "Unofficial Election Results," November 8, 2011
References
- ↑ Sun Herald "Legislative incumbents toppled," August 23, 2011
- ↑ Wall Street Journal "Mississippi House Likely to See Shift in Power," November 9, 2011
- ↑ Wall Street Journal "Mississippi Republicans Aim for a Sweep in State," August 25, 2011
- ↑ Real Clear Politics "Tea party targets some Dem seats in Miss. House," August 10, 2011
- ↑ Sun Herald, "TEA Party targets 10 Mississippi House seats," September 6, 2011
- ↑ Mississippi Secretary of State "Filing Fees and Qualifications"
- ↑ Follow the Money, Mississippi
- ↑ Follow the Money: "Mississippi House 2007 Campaign Contributions"
- ↑ Election 2010, "No races for 14 legislators," September 27, 2011
- ↑ Election 2010, "No races for 14 legislators," September 27, 2011
- ↑ Majority in Mississippi, "Tracy Arinder Drops Out Of HD75 Race," September 13, 2011