Lennell Lucas
Lennell "Big Luke" Lucas was a 2017 nonpartisan special election candidate for District 10 of the Mississippi State Senate.
Elections
2017
A special election for the position of Mississippi State Senate District 10 was called for November 7, 2017. A runoff election was held on November 28, 2017.
The seat became vacant in July 2017 after Bill Stone (D) resigned to become manager of the Holly Springs Utility Department.[1]
Michael Cathey, Sharon Gipson, Lennell Lucas, Ray Minor, and Neil Whaley ran in the special election.[2] Since none of the candidates received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters in the special election, Gipson and Whaley, faced off in the runoff election. Whaley defeated Gipson in the runoff election. Candidates in Mississippi special elections run without party labels.
| Mississippi State Senate, District 10, Runoff Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Neil Whaley |
54.8% | 3,591 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sharon Gipson | 45.2% | 2,964 | |
| Total Votes | 6,555 | |||
| Source: Mississippi Secretary of State | ||||
| Mississippi State Senate, District 10, Special Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Neil Whaley (advanced to runoff) |
35.8% | 2,244 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sharon Gipson (advanced to runoff) |
30.4% | 1,905 | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Cathey | 16.7% | 1,050 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ray Minor | 10% | 624 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lennell Lucas | 7.1% | 448 | |
| Total Votes | 6,271 | |||
| Source: Mississippi Secretary of State | ||||
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See also
- Mississippi State Senate
- Mississippi State Senate District 10
- Mississippi state legislative special elections, 2017
- Mississippi State Legislature
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