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John Faulkner
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Mississippi House of Representatives District 5
Tenure

2014 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

11

Compensation

Base salary

$23,500/year

Per diem

$157/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 7, 2023

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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:

2021-2022

Faulkner was assigned to the following committees:

2020-2021

Faulkner was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Faulkner was assigned to the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Faulkner served on the following committees:

Mississippi committee assignments, 2015
Conservation and Water Resources
Military Affairs
Universities and Colleges
Youth and Family Affairs

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


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
Image of John Faulkner
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
Image of John Faulkner
John Faulkner
 
100.0
 
3,458

Total votes: 3,458
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Endorsements

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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
Image of John Faulkner
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
Image of John Faulkner
John Faulkner
 
56.4
 
540
Jacqueline Simon
 
31.5
 
302
Image of Carl Robinson
Carl Robinson Candidate Connection
 
12.1
 
116

Total votes: 958
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2015

See also: Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 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
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Faulkner Incumbent 75% 3,982
Jacqueline Simon 25% 1,330
Total Votes 5,312

2013

See also: Mississippi state legislative special elections, 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
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Independent Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Faulkner 54% 1,015
     Independent Andre R. DeBerry 46% 863
Total Votes 1,878

Campaign themes

2023

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2019

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Campaign finance summary


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John Faulkner campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2023Mississippi House of Representatives District 5Won general$500 $0
2019Mississippi House of Representatives District 5Won general$9,675 N/A**
Grand total$10,175 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Noteworthy events

Tested positive for coronavirus on July 9, 2020

See also: Government official, politician, and candidate deaths, diagnoses, and quarantines due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021

On July 9, 2020, Faulkner announced that he tested positive for coronavirus.[8]

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Mississippi House of Representatives District 5
2014-Present
Succeeded by
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