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Kathy Chism
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2020 - Present
2028
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Kathy Chism (Republican Party) is a member of the Mississippi State Senate, representing District 3. She assumed office on January 7, 2020. Her current term ends on January 4, 2028.
Chism (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Mississippi State Senate to represent District 3. She won in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Chism was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Appropriations Committee
- Business and Financial Institutions Committee
- Senate Constitution Committee
- Senate Drug Policy Committee
- Economic and Workforce Development Committee
- Labor Committee
- Senate Public Property Committee
- Senate State Library Committee, Vice Chair
- Senate Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Committee
2020-2021
Chism was assigned to the following committees:
- Labor Committee
- Senate Public Property Committee
- Senate State Library Committee, Vice-Chairman
- Senate Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Committee
- Senate Appropriations Committee
- Business and Financial Institutions Committee
- Senate Constitution Committee
- Senate Drug Policy Committee
- Economic and Workforce Development Committee
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2023
See also: Mississippi State Senate elections, 2023
General election
General election for Mississippi State Senate District 3
Incumbent Kathy Chism won election in the general election for Mississippi State Senate District 3 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kathy Chism (R) | 100.0 | 13,786 | |
| Total votes: 13,786 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 3
Incumbent Kathy Chism advanced from the Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 3 on August 8, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kathy Chism | 100.0 | 10,314 | |
| Total votes: 10,314 | |||
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Endorsements
Chism received the following endorsements.
2019
See also: Mississippi State Senate elections, 2019
General election
General election for Mississippi State Senate District 3
Kathy Chism defeated Tim Tucker in the general election for Mississippi State Senate District 3 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kathy Chism (R) | 75.3 | 13,696 | |
| Tim Tucker (D) | 24.7 | 4,491 | ||
| Total votes: 18,187 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Mississippi State Senate District 3
Kathy Chism defeated Kevin Walls in the Republican primary runoff for Mississippi State Senate District 3 on August 27, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kathy Chism | 50.8 | 3,634 | |
| Kevin Walls | 49.2 | 3,525 | ||
| Total votes: 7,159 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mississippi State Senate District 3
Tim Tucker advanced from the Democratic primary for Mississippi State Senate District 3 on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tim Tucker | 100.0 | 5,009 | |
| Total votes: 5,009 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 3
Kathy Chism and Kevin Walls advanced to a runoff. They defeated Jeff Olson and Jeffrey Mitchell in the Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 3 on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kathy Chism | 33.5 | 2,847 | |
| ✔ | Kevin Walls | 32.0 | 2,714 | |
| Jeff Olson | 28.0 | 2,381 | ||
 | Jeffrey Mitchell | 6.5 | 549 | |
| Total votes: 8,491 | |||
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Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2019
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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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See also
2023 Elections
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Footnotes
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| Preceded by Nickey Browning (R) |
Mississippi State Senate District 3 2020-Present |
Succeeded by - |
