Ballotpedia's 2012 General Election Preview Articles: Mississippi Congressional Seats

October 30, 2012

By Ballotpedia's Congressional team

Mississippi's Congressional Elections in 2012
U.S. Senate Election?	U.S. House seats	Possible competitive races?
Yes	4	None

JACKSON: Mississippi: Mississippi has four U.S. House seats and one U.S. Senate seat on the ballot in 2012. All four U.S. House incumbents face at least two challengers in the general election. Three challengers look to unseat incumbent Senator Roger Wicker (R) in the general election. No partisan switches are likely to occur in Mississippi.

Currently, three of the four Congressional seats are held by Republican incumbents with the other being held by a Democratic incumbent.

All polling places in Mississippi are open from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Central Time.

See also: State Poll Opening and Closing Times (2012)

U.S. Senate

Mississippi has one U.S. Senate seat on the ballot in 2012. Republican incumbent Roger Wicker is expected to defeat his Democratic opponent Albert N. Gore in the general election. Thomas Cramer is running for the seat as a Constitution Party candidate and Shawn O'Hara is seeking election as a Reform Party candidate. Wicker was first appointed to the Senate in 2007.

State	General Election Candidates	Incumbent	2012 Winner	Partisan Switch?
Mississippi Class 1 Senate seat	Albert N. Gore Roger Wicker Thomas Cramer Shawn O'Hara	Roger Wicker	Pending	Pending

U.S. House

All four of Mississippi's congressional seats are rated as non-competitive by both the New York Times or Cook Political Report race ratings in 2012. The new redistricting maps were drawn as incumbent protection districts.

Here is a complete list of U.S. House candidates appearing on the general election ballot in Mississippi:

Candidates running by District

District	General Election Candidates	Incumbent	2012 Winner	Partisan Switch?
1st	Brad Morris Alan Nunnelee Jim R. Bourland Danny Bedwell Chris Potts	Alan Nunnelee	Pending	Pending
2nd	Bennie Thompson Bill Marcy Cobby Williams Lajena Williams	Bennie Thompson	Pending	Pending
3rd	Vicki Slater Gregg Harper John Luke Pannell	Gregg Harper	Pending	Pending
4th	Matthew Moore Steven Palazzo Ron Williams Robert W. Claunch	Steven Palazzo	Pending	Pending

Partisan breakdown by district

Members of the U.S. House from Mississippi -- Partisan Breakdown
Party		As of November 2012	After the 2012 Election
	Democratic Party	1	1
	Republican Party	3	3
Total		4	4

Comparison of new and old redistricting maps

Congressional Redistricting Map, approved December 2011  For more information, view Redistricting in Mississippi.
This is the approved congressional map using the 2010 Census. This is the approved congressional map using the 2000 Census.

Articles

• 2012 elections: Incumbents sweep congressional primaries in Alabama, Mississippi March 14
• 2012 Elections preview: Bachus and Bonner targeted in Alabama, Mississippi incumbents are more secure March 13

See also

• Ballotpedia:2012 general election preview articles
• November 6, 2012 election results
• United States Congressional election results, 2012
• United States Senate elections in Mississippi, 2012
• United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, 2012
  • Mississippi's 1st Congressional District elections, 2012
  • Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012
  • Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2012
  • Mississippi's 4th Congressional District elections, 2012
• Mississippi elections, 2012
• National contested primary average during the 2012 U.S. congressional elections