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Michael Cathey

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Elections and appointments
Last election

August 27, 2019

Michael Cathey (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Mississippi State Senate to represent District 10. Cathey lost in the Democratic primary runoff on August 27, 2019.

Biography

Cathey earned his B.A. in political science from the University of Mississippi. His professional experience includes working as the Director of Elections in the Mississippi Secretary of State's office and as the owner of a Subway restaurant franchise.[1]

Elections

2019

See also: Mississippi State Senate elections, 2019

General election

General election for Mississippi State Senate District 10

Incumbent Neil Whaley defeated Andre R. DeBerry in the general election for Mississippi State Senate District 10 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Neil Whaley (R)
 
57.9
 
8,738
Image of Andre R. DeBerry
Andre R. DeBerry (D)
 
42.1
 
6,360

Total votes: 15,098
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Mississippi State Senate District 10

Andre R. DeBerry defeated Michael Cathey in the Democratic primary runoff for Mississippi State Senate District 10 on August 27, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Andre R. DeBerry
Andre R. DeBerry
 
57.9
 
4,001
Michael Cathey
 
42.1
 
2,912

Total votes: 6,913
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mississippi State Senate District 10

Andre R. DeBerry and Michael Cathey advanced to a runoff. They defeated Carlton Smith and Alicia Blanks in the Democratic primary for Mississippi State Senate District 10 on August 6, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Andre R. DeBerry
Andre R. DeBerry
 
35.9
 
2,958
Michael Cathey
 
30.2
 
2,486
Image of Carlton Smith
Carlton Smith
 
22.5
 
1,857
Alicia Blanks
 
11.4
 
939

Total votes: 8,240
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 10

Incumbent Neil Whaley advanced from the Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 10 on August 6, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Neil Whaley
 
100.0
 
3,647

Total votes: 3,647
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2017

MS Senate District 10
See also: Mississippi state legislative special 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.[2]

Michael Cathey, Sharon Gipson, Lennell Lucas, Ray Minor, and Neil Whaley ran in the special election.[3] 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 Green check mark transparent.pngNeil 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 Green check mark transparent.pngNeil Whaley (advanced to runoff) 35.8% 2,244
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngSharon 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

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.[4] Incumbent Lataisha M. Jackson defeated Michael Cathey in the Democratic primary. No Republican candidates filed for election. Jackson ran unchallenged in the District 11 general election.

Mississippi House of Representatives, District 11 Democratic Primary, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngLataisha M. Jackson Incumbent 70.9% 3,067
Michael Cathey 29.1% 1,261
Total Votes 4,328

2013

See also: Mississippi state legislative special elections, 2013

Cathey ran in the special election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 11. The seat was vacant following Joe Gardner's death on February 4. Cathey filed to run but did not appear on the special election ballot.[5][6]

2011

See also: Mississippi State Senate elections, 2011

Cathey ran in the 2011 election for Mississippi Senate District 10. He lost to Steve Hale in the primary on August 2, 2011. Vann Branch ran unopposed in the Republican primary. The general election took place on November 8, 2011.[7]

Mississippi State Senate, District 10 Democratic Primary, 2011
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngSteve Hale 53.8% 6,896
Michael Cathey 46.2% 5,928
Total Votes 12,824

Campaign themes

2019

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Personal

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Cathey and his wife, Shirley, have two sons.

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Footnotes


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