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John Faulkner
2014 - Present
2028
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John Faulkner (Democratic Party) is a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing District 5. He assumed office on January 7, 2014. His current term ends on January 4, 2028.
Faulkner (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Mississippi House of Representatives to represent District 5. He won in the general election on November 7, 2023.
He was first elected to the chamber in a special election on November 26, 2013.
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Faulkner was assigned to the following committees:
- House Corrections Committee
- House Enrolled Bills Committee, Vice Chair
- Military Affairs Committee
- House Municipalities Committee
- Transportation Committee
2021-2022
Faulkner was assigned to the following committees:
2020-2021
Faulkner was assigned to the following committees:
- Military Affairs Committee
- House Municipalities Committee
- House Corrections Committee
- House Enrolled Bills Committee, Vice-Chairman
2019-2020
Faulkner was assigned to the following committees:
- Military Affairs Committee
- Transportation Committee
- House Universities and Colleges Committee
- Youth and Family Affairs Committee
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Faulkner served on the following committees:
| Mississippi committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Conservation and Water Resources |
| • Military Affairs |
| • Universities and Colleges |
| • Youth and Family Affairs |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2023
See also: Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 2023
General election
General election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 5
Incumbent John Faulkner won election in the general election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 5 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Faulkner (D) | 100.0 | 4,886 |
| Total votes: 4,886 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 5
Incumbent John Faulkner advanced from the Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 5 on August 8, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Faulkner | 100.0 | 3,458 |
| Total votes: 3,458 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Faulkner in this election.
2019
See also: Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 2019
General election
General election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 5
Incumbent John Faulkner won election in the general election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 5 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Faulkner (D) | 100.0 | 4,918 |
| Total votes: 4,918 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 5
Incumbent John Faulkner defeated Jacqueline Simon and Carl Robinson in the Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 5 on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Faulkner | 56.4 | 540 |
| Jacqueline Simon | 31.5 | 302 | ||
 | Carl Robinson | 12.1 | 116 | |
| Total votes: 958 | |||
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2015
Elections for the Mississippi House of Representatives took place in 2015. A primary election was held on August 4, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 27, 2015.[1] Incumbent John Faulkner defeated Jacqueline Simon in the Democratic primary. No Republican candidates filed for election. Faulkner ran unchallenged in the District 5 general election.
| Mississippi House of Representatives, District 5 Democratic Primary, 2015 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 John Faulkner Incumbent |
75% | 3,982 |
| Jacqueline Simon | 25% | 1,330 |
| Total Votes | 5,312 | |
2013
Faulkner won election in the special election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 5. The seat was vacant following Kelvin Buck's (D) election as Mayor of Holly Springs. Faulkner faced Andre R. DeBerry, Arthur "Clyde" Ellzey, Daylon Cannon, Lee Edward Gill, Jacqueline Simon and Robert Earl Young in the special election, which took place on November 5, 2013. As no candidate received more than fifty percent of the votes, the top two vote-getters - Faulkner and DeBerry - met in a runoff on November 26, which Faulkner won.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
| Mississippi House of Representatives, District 5, Runoff Election, 2013 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Independent | John Faulkner |
54% | 1,015 | |
| Independent | Andre R. DeBerry | 46% | 863 | |
| Total Votes | 1,878 | |||
| Mississippi House of Representatives, District 5, Special Election, 2013 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Independent | Andre R. DeBerry |
38.2% | 960 | |
| Independent | John Faulkner |
23.4% | 588 | |
| Independent | Daylon Cannon | 12.9% | 325 | |
| Independent | Robert Earl Young | 12.8% | 321 | |
| Independent | Lee Edward Gill | 5.1% | 127 | |
| Independent | Arthur "Clyde" Ellzey | 4.3% | 109 | |
| Independent | Jacqueline Simon | 3.3% | 83 | |
| Total Votes | 2,513 | |||
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2019
John Faulkner did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
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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2019
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In 2019, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 8 through March 29.
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2018
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In 2018, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 2 through March 28.
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2017
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In 2017, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 3 through March 29. There was also a special session June 5.
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2016
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In 2016, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 5 through April 21.
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2015
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In 2015, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 6 through April 2.
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2014
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In 2014, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 7 through April 2.
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Noteworthy events
On July 9, 2020, Faulkner announced that he tested positive for coronavirus.[8]
See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Candidate Mississippi House of Representatives District 5 |
Officeholder Mississippi House of Representatives District 5 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Mississippi Secretary of State, "2015 Elections Calendar," accessed December 2, 2014
- ↑ blogs.clarionledger.com, "Bryant sets date for three House special elections," July 22, 2013
- ↑ sos.ms.gov, "Official candidate list," accessed October 8, 2013
- ↑ tribtown.com, "Runoffs for 2 Mississippi House seats; Deaton wins Vicksburg-based House post," November 6, 2013
- ↑ clarionledger.com, "Miss. Elections: Anderson wins House District 110, Faulkner wins House District 5," November 27, 2013
- ↑ Mississippi Secretary of State, "Official special election results," accessed February 21, 2014
- ↑ Mississippi Secretary of State, "Official runoff election results," accessed February 21, 2014
- ↑ The Baltimore Sun, "26 lawmakers have tested positive for COVID-19 in Mississippi state legislature outbreak," July 9, 2020
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Mississippi House of Representatives District 5 2014-Present |
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