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Dixie Newman
Dixie Newman (Republican Party) ran in a special election to the Mississippi State Senate to represent District 50. Newman lost in the special general election on November 5, 2019.
Newman also ran for election to the Mississippi State Senate to represent District 50. Newman lost in the Republican primary on August 6, 2019.
On August 26, 2019, Scott DeLano filed a petition with the Republican County Executive Committee of Harrison County, Mississippi, contesting the certified race results from the primary held on August 6, 2019, following his loss to Newman by a one-vote margin. He cited his concern that not all votes cast in the district were counted. On September 17, 2019, a special judge for the Harrison County Circuit Court vacated the election's certified results in five of the district's 16 precincts and ordered a revote in those districts on November 5, 2019. To read more about the case, click here.
Elections
2019
- See also: Mississippi State Senate elections, 2019
On August 26, 2019, Scott DeLano filed a petition with the Republican County Executive Committee of Harrison County, Mississippi, contesting the certified primary results following his loss by a one-vote margin in the Republican primary for state Senate District 50 on August 6, 2019. He cited his concern that not all votes cast in the district were counted and stated his intention to take his case to the circuit court if the committee did not rule on the matter.[1][2][3]
On September 3, 2019, WLOX reported that the Republican Executive Committee ruled that a revote should be held in five of the 16 precincts in District 50 and that the committee requested that a judge order a new election.[4][5] On September 17, 2019, a special judge of the Harrison County Circuit Court vacated the election's certified results and ordered a revote in five of the district's 16 precincts on November 5, 2019.[6][7][8][9]
Voters in the remaining 11 precincts did not revote. Those precincts' August 6 votes were combined with the vote totals from the special election on November 5, 2019, to decide a winner.[6]
Combined results
Scott DeLano (R) defeated Dixie Newman (R) after the partial revote for Mississippi State Senate District 50 on November 5, 2019, having received the most votes with the combined totals.
The results below are the combined results from the primary race on August 6, 2019, and the partial revote on November 5, 2019.
General election
Special general election for Mississippi State Senate District 50
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Scott DeLano (R) | 51.4 | 3,629 |
 | Dixie Newman (R) | 48.6 | 3,425 | |
| Total votes: 7,054 | |||
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Primary revote results
First primary results
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Partially vacated primary results
Dixie Newman and Scott DeLano ran in the Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 50 on August 6, 2019. The results below were partially vacated. Click [show] above to see the vote totals that were kept from the first round of voting.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary was canceled.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Burton Swoope (R)
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Dixie Newman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ WLOX.com, "DeLano officially files petition contesting results of District 50 State Senate race," August 26, 2019
- ↑ WLOX.com, "Recount for District 50 Senate seat complete, report to be filed with Republican Executive Committee," August 24, 2019
- ↑ WLOX.com, "Dixie Newman declared winner after election results certified," August 14, 2019
- ↑ Y'all Politics, "District 50 Senate seat headed to a re-vote," September 4, 2019
- ↑ WLOX, "Special election possible for District 50 Senate seat," September 4, 2019
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Sun Herald, " Dixie Newman’s victory vacated. Judge orders special election for Senate race in Biloxi," September 17, 2019
- ↑ WLOX, "Judge orders partial re-vote in District 50 Senate race," September 17, 2019
- ↑ The Circuit Court of Harrison County, MS, "Order in RE: Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 50, B/W Scott DeLano and Dixie Newman," accessed September 20, 2019
- ↑ WLOX, "Senate District 50 special election to be held on same day as general election," September 20, 2019
