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Daniel Sparks (Mississippi)
Daniel Sparks (Republican Party) is a member of the Mississippi State Senate, representing District 5. He assumed office on January 7, 2020. His current term ends on January 4, 2028.
Sparks (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Mississippi State Senate to represent District 5. He won in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Sparks was assigned to the following committees:
- Business and Financial Institutions Committee
- Compilation, Revision and Publication (decommissioned)
- Senate Corrections Committee, Vice Chair
- Senate County Affairs Committee
- Senate Drug Policy Committee
- Economic and Workforce Development Committee
- Finance Committee
- Judiciary, Division B Committee
- Ports and Marine Resources Committee
- Senate Universities and Colleges Committee
- Senate Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Committee
2020-2021
Sparks was assigned to the following committees:
- Judiciary, Division B Committee
- Senate Universities and Colleges Committee
- Senate Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Committee
- Business and Financial Institutions Committee
- Senate Corrections Committee, Vice-Chairman
- Senate Drug Policy Committee
- Economic and Workforce Development Committee
- Finance Committee
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2023
See also: Mississippi State Senate elections, 2023
General election
General election for Mississippi State Senate District 5
Incumbent Daniel Sparks won election in the general election for Mississippi State Senate District 5 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Daniel Sparks (R) | 100.0 | 14,803 |
| Total votes: 14,803 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 5
Incumbent Daniel Sparks advanced from the Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 5 on August 8, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Daniel Sparks | 100.0 | 13,986 |
| Total votes: 13,986 | |||
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Endorsements
Sparks received the following endorsements.
2019
See also: Mississippi State Senate elections, 2019
General election
General election for Mississippi State Senate District 5
Daniel Sparks defeated Steve Eaton in the general election for Mississippi State Senate District 5 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Daniel Sparks (R) | 72.1 | 14,109 |
 | Steve Eaton (D) | 27.9 | 5,450 | |
| Total votes: 19,559 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mississippi State Senate District 5
Steve Eaton advanced from the Democratic primary for Mississippi State Senate District 5 on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve Eaton | 100.0 | 3,687 |
| Total votes: 3,687 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 5
Daniel Sparks defeated Patrick Eaton, Mario Barnes, and Mel Greenhaw in the Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 5 on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Daniel Sparks | 53.0 | 5,724 |
 | Patrick Eaton | 34.2 | 3,687 | |
 | Mario Barnes | 10.7 | 1,150 | |
| Mel Greenhaw | 2.2 | 235 | ||
| Total votes: 10,796 | |||
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2015
Sparks ran in the 2015 special election to fill Mississippi's 1st District seat.[1] Sparks was defeated in the general election on May 12, 2015. Trent Kelly (R) won the election, defeating Walter Zinn (D) in the runoff election on June 2, 2015.[2]
| U.S. House, Mississippi District 1 Special General Election, 2015 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Walter Zinn |
17.4% | 15,385 | |
| Republican | Boyce Adams | 4.6% | 4,037 | |
| Republican | Nancy Collins | 4.5% | 4,006 | |
| Republican | Trent Kelly |
16.3% | 14,418 | |
| Republican | Quentin Whitwell | 3.5% | 3,124 | |
| Republican | Chip Mills | 7.8% | 6,929 | |
| Republican | Greg Pirkle | 8.1% | 7,142 | |
| Republican | Daniel Sparks | 3.2% | 2,828 | |
| Republican | Mike Tagert | 12.7% | 11,231 | |
| Republican | Sam Adcock | 4.5% | 4,000 | |
| Republican | Ed Holliday | 4.5% | 3,958 | |
| Republican | Starner Jones | 7.9% | 6,993 | |
| Republican | Henry Ross | 4.9% | 4,313 | |
| Total Votes | 88,364 | |||
| Source: Mississippi Secretary of State | ||||
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2019
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Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2024
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In 2024, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 2 to May 4. Special sessions took place on January 19, 2024, and January 25, 2024.
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2023
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In 2023, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 3 to April 1.
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2022
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In 2022, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 4 to April 5.
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2021
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In 2021, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 5 to April 1.
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2020
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In 2020, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 7 to October 10. The session was suspended effective July 1, 2020. It had been previously suspended from March 18 to May 7. The session reconvened from August 10 to October 2.
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Candidate Mississippi State Senate District 5 |
Officeholder Mississippi State Senate District 5 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by J.P. Wilemon (D) |
Mississippi State Senate District 5 2020-Present |
Succeeded by - |
