Gail Baptist Lyons
Gail Baptist Lyons (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Mississippi House of Representatives to represent District 7. She lost in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Lyons also ran for election to the Mississippi State Senate to represent District 1. She did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on August 8, 2023.
Elections
2023
State Senate
See also: Mississippi State Senate elections, 2023
General election
General election for Mississippi State Senate District 1
Incumbent Michael McLendon won election in the general election for Mississippi State Senate District 1 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michael McLendon (R) | 100.0 | 9,633 |
| Total votes: 9,633 | |||
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Democratic primary election
No Democratic candidates ran in the primary.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 1
Incumbent Michael McLendon advanced from the Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 1 on August 8, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michael McLendon | 100.0 | 8,240 |
| Total votes: 8,240 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Steve Hopkins (R)
State House
See also: Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 2023
General election
General election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 7
Kimberly Remak defeated Gail Baptist Lyons in the general election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 7 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kimberly Remak (R) | 60.1 | 2,905 |
| Gail Baptist Lyons (D) | 39.9 | 1,930 | ||
| Total votes: 4,835 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 7
Gail Baptist Lyons advanced from the Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 7 on August 8, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gail Baptist Lyons | 100.0 | 403 | |
| Total votes: 403 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 7
Kimberly Remak defeated James Goodkind and Progeorlan Walker in the Republican primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 7 on August 8, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kimberly Remak | 50.1 | 1,428 |
 | James Goodkind | 44.6 | 1,269 | |
 | Progeorlan Walker | 5.3 | 151 | |
| Total votes: 2,848 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Lyons in this election.
2016
Two of the five seats on the DeSoto County School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 8, 2016. District 1 incumbent Milton Nichols ran unopposed and won re-election to his seat. District 2 incumbent Steve Dodd did not file to run for re-election. Candidates Michele Henley defeated Gail Baptist Lyons and Juanita Thompson to win election to the open seat.[1]
Results
| DeSoto County School District, District 2 General Election, 6-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Michele Henley |
64.15% | 9,069 |
| Juanita Thompson | 18.99% | 2,684 |
| Gail Baptist Lyons | 16.86% | 2,384 |
| Total Votes | 14,137 | |
| Source: Mississippi Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed November 30, 2016 | ||
Campaign themes
2023
State Senate
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Gail Baptist Lyons did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
State House
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Gail Baptist Lyons did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Tiffany Rouse, "Phone conversation with DeSoto County Circuit Clerk's Office," September 12, 2016
