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Dianne Black
Dianne Black (Democratic Party) is running in a special election to the Mississippi State Senate to represent District 19. She is on the ballot in the special general election on November 4, 2025. The Democratic primary for this office on August 5, 2025, was canceled.
Biography
Dianne Black was born in Barton, Mississippi. She graduated from the Unrii School of Beauty Culture in 1980. Black's career experience includes owning a hair salon.[1][2]
Black has been affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- DeSoto Marshall County Fed. of Dem. Women
- DeSoto NAACP
- Olive Branch Chamber of Commerce
- Psi Beta Zeta Amicae Chapter in Southaven
- St. Luke Church of God in Christ
Elections
2025
See also: Mississippi state legislative special elections, 2025
General election
Special general election for Mississippi State Senate District 19
Incumbent Kevin Blackwell and Dianne Black are running in the special general election for Mississippi State Senate District 19 on November 4, 2025.
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![]() | Dianne Black (D) |
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Dianne Black advanced from the special Democratic primary for Mississippi State Senate District 19.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Kevin Blackwell advanced from the special Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 19.
Endorsements
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2024
See also: Mississippi's 1st Congressional District election, 2024
Mississippi's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (March 12 Republican primary)
Mississippi's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (March 12 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Mississippi District 1
Incumbent Trent Kelly defeated Dianne Black in the general election for U.S. House Mississippi District 1 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Trent Kelly (R) | 69.8 | 223,589 |
![]() | Dianne Black (D) ![]() | 30.2 | 96,697 |
Total votes: 320,286 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 1
Dianne Black defeated Matthew Williams in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 1 on March 12, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Dianne Black ![]() | 85.0 | 12,147 |
![]() | Matthew Williams ![]() | 15.0 | 2,138 |
Total votes: 14,285 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 1
Incumbent Trent Kelly advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 1 on March 12, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Trent Kelly | 100.0 | 68,842 |
Total votes: 68,842 | ||||
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Endorsements
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Pledges
Black signed the following pledges.
2023
See also: Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 2023
General election
General election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 52
Incumbent Bill Kinkade defeated Dianne Black in the general election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 52 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Bill Kinkade (R) | 60.7 | 3,148 |
![]() | Dianne Black (D) | 39.3 | 2,040 |
Total votes: 5,188 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 52
Dianne Black advanced from the Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 52 on August 8, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Dianne Black | 100.0 | 1,051 |
Total votes: 1,051 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 52
Incumbent Bill Kinkade advanced from the Republican primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 52 on August 8, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Bill Kinkade | 100.0 | 1,544 |
Total votes: 1,544 | ||||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Mississippi's 1st Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Mississippi District 1
Incumbent Trent Kelly defeated Dianne Black in the general election for U.S. House Mississippi District 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Trent Kelly (R) | 73.0 | 122,151 |
![]() | Dianne Black (D) ![]() | 27.0 | 45,238 |
Total votes: 167,389 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- James McCay (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 1
Dianne Black defeated Hunter Avery in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 1 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Dianne Black ![]() | 79.0 | 8,268 |
![]() | Hunter Avery ![]() | 21.0 | 2,203 |
Total votes: 10,471 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 1
Incumbent Trent Kelly defeated Mark Strauss in the Republican primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 1 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Trent Kelly | 89.8 | 27,447 |
![]() | Mark Strauss ![]() | 10.2 | 3,109 |
Total votes: 30,556 | ||||
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2019
See also: Mississippi State Senate elections, 2019
General election
General election for Mississippi State Senate District 19
Incumbent Kevin Blackwell defeated Dianne Black in the general election for Mississippi State Senate District 19 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Kevin Blackwell (R) | 63.8 | 8,363 |
![]() | Dianne Black (D) | 36.2 | 4,749 |
Total votes: 13,112 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mississippi State Senate District 19
Dianne Black advanced from the Democratic primary for Mississippi State Senate District 19 on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Dianne Black | 100.0 | 1,389 |
Total votes: 1,389 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 19
Incumbent Kevin Blackwell advanced from the Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 19 on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Kevin Blackwell | 100.0 | 4,691 |
Total votes: 4,691 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2025
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2024
Dianne Black completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Black's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|- Women deserve the right of privacy and to choose their own doctors and make their private healthcare decisions.
- Women deserve equal pay for equal work.
- Our youth deserve a free Community College Continuing education, and we should continue to pardon student debt and expand Pell grants.
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Campaign website
Black’s campaign website stated the following:
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Issues and Solutions Affordable access to healthcare Reproductive privacy Stronger economy Common sense gun laws Tackling the Hard Problems
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—Dianne Black’s campaign website (2024)[4] |
2023
Dianne Black did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Dianne Black completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Black's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|- The American people deserve to have their tax dollars spent on stimulating our economy.
- Mississippians need to be paid a living wage and have access to affordable Healthcare.
- I support extending the 2021 Child Tax Credit.
I have been appalled when our current US Representative has voted to end the Affordable Care Act, with absolutely no replacement plan. It is the responsibility of our government to help the people, and the Biden Harris administration has rescued us with vaccines and public policies to protect each other. Because Mississippi has refused to expand Medicaid, many of our rural hospitals have been forced to close. I am personally alarmed that healthcare for all Mississippians is not a top priority for all elected officials, State and Federal.
My 40 years of business experience will help me make sound decisions.
2. To hold Town Hall meetings so that you can hear from your constituents.
3. To support our Democracy and not the Insurrectionists.
4. To support Voting Rights so the People of Mississippi always have fair and equal access to the voting box.
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Campaign website
Black's campaign website stated the following:
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Affordable access to healthcare Everyone deserves the right to affordable health care. We need expansion of Medicaid, lower prescription drug prices, and access to health insurance to make our communities healthier and stronger.
Women have the right to safe access to contraception, reproductive health care, and health privacy. We all have the right to body autonomy.
A strong economy takes a long-term vision, including supporting small businesses, forgiving student loan debt, adopting green energy policies, making health care affordable, and lowering inflation.
By enacting common sense gun laws, we can protect our children, our workplaces, and our neighborhoods. Making our communities safer from gun violence affects us all.
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—Dianne Black's campaign website (2022)[5] |
2019
Dianne Black did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 SuperTalk, "Here are the candidates running for Mississippi’s congressional seats," March 3, 2022
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 4, 2024
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Dianne Dodson Block for Mississippi, “Issues,” accessed February 21, 2024
- ↑ Dianne Black, “Issues,” accessed August 27, 2022