Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022 (June 7 Democratic primary)
- Primary date: June 7
- Mail-in registration deadline: May 9
- Online reg. deadline: N/A
- In-person reg. deadline: May 9
- Early voting starts: N/A
- Early voting ends: N/A
- Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Absentee/mail-in deadline: June 7
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Election details |
Filing deadline: March 1, 2022 |
Primary: June 7, 2022 Primary runoff: June 28, 2022 General: November 8, 2022 |
How to vote |
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Mississippi |
Race ratings |
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican |
Ballotpedia analysis |
U.S. Senate battlegrounds U.S. House battlegrounds Federal and state primary competitiveness Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022 |
See also |
1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th Mississippi elections, 2022 U.S. Congress elections, 2022 U.S. Senate elections, 2022 U.S. House elections, 2022 |
A Democratic Party primary took place on June 7, 2022, in Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the district's general election on November 8, 2022.
Shuwaski Young advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 3.
Candidate filing deadline | Primary election | General election |
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A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Mississippi state law stipulates that an individual can only participate in a party's primary if he or she "intends to support the nominations made in the primary" in which he or she participates. However, this is generally considered an unenforceable requirement. Consequently, Mississippi's primary is effectively open.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022 (June 7 Republican primary)
- Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022

Candidates and election results
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 3
Shuwaski Young advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 3 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | ||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rahim Talley (D)
Campaign finance
This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[3] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.[4] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.
U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022 | ||
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Report | Close of books | Filing deadline |
Year-end 2021 | 12/31/2021 | 1/31/2022 |
April quarterly | 3/31/2022 | 4/15/2022 |
July quarterly | 6/30/2022 | 7/15/2022 |
October quarterly | 9/30/2022 | 10/15/2022 |
Pre-general | 10/19/2022 | 10/27/2022 |
Post-general | 11/28/2022 | 12/08/2022 |
Year-end 2022 | 12/31/2022 | 1/31/2023 |
Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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Shuwaski Young | Democratic Party | $77,359 | $76,889 | $470 | As of December 31, 2022 |
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
Ballot access requirements
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Mississippi in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Mississippi, click here.
Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022 | ||||||
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State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
Mississippi | U.S. House | Ballot-qualified party | N/A | $500.00 | 3/1/2022 | Source |
Mississippi | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | 200 | $500.00 | 3/1/2022 | Source |
District analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
- Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
District map
Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.
Mississippi District 3
until January 2, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Mississippi District 3
starting January 3, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Effect of redistricting
The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district.[5] This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.[6]
2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Mississippi | ||||
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District | 2022 district | Political predecessor district | ||
Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() |
Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() | |
Mississippi's 1st | 33.4% | 65.1% | 33.8% | 64.8% |
Mississippi's 2nd | 62.5% | 36.4% | 63.7% | 35.2% |
Mississippi's 3rd | 37.2% | 61.5% | 38.6% | 60.1% |
Mississippi's 4th | 30.3% | 68.2% | 30.3% | 68.3% |
Competitiveness
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Mississippi.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Mississippi in 2022. Information below was calculated on April 8, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
As of the candidate filing deadline, 24 candidates—an average of six for each of Mississippi's four U.S. House districts—filed to run, including 16 Republicans, seven Democrats, and one Libertarian. The six candidates per district average was more than it was in both 2020—3.5 candidates per district—and 2018 (4.75).
All four incumbents filed for re-election, leaving no districts open. Mississippi had only one open-seat U.S. House race since 2012. Former Rep. Gregg Harper (R) did not run for re-election in 2018 in the state's 3rd Congressional District and Rep. Michael Guest (R) won the Republican nomination from a six-candidate field. Guest defeated Michael Evans (D) in the general election that year, 62% to 37%.
This was the first candidate filing deadline to take place under new district lines adopted following Mississippi's decennial redistricting process. Mississippi was apportioned four seats in the House of Representatives, the same number it received after the 2010 census. Gov. Tate Reeves (R) signed the state's congressional redistricting plan on January 24, 2022. After the state Senate approved the plan, Lee Sanderlin wrote in the Mississippi Clarion-Ledger, “The bill preserves the current balance of congressional power in Mississippi, keeping three seats for Republicans and one for lone Democrat Bennie Thompson."[7]
All four U.S. House incumbents drew primary challengers for the first time since 2012. Overall, the candidate filing deadline set seven contested primaries—four Republican and three Democratic. The only U.S. House district without a Democratic or Republican primary was Mississippi's 3rd District, where Shuwaski Young (D) was left unopposed for his party's nomination.
Presidential elections
Partisan Voter Index
Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+15. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 15 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Mississippi's 3rd the 89th most Republican district nationally.[8]
2020 presidential election results
The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.
2020 presidential results in Mississippi's 3rd based on 2022 district lines | ||||
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Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() | |||
37.2% | 61.5% |
Presidential voting history
Mississippi presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 16 Democratic wins
- 13 Republican wins
- 2 other wins
Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960[9] | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
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Winning Party | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | SR[10] | D | D | D | R | AI[11] | R | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Demographics
The table below details demographic data in Mississippi and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.
Demographic Data for Mississippi | ||
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Mississippi | United States | |
Population | 2,961,279 | 331,449,281 |
Land area (sq mi) | 46,924 | 3,531,905 |
Race and ethnicity** | ||
White | 58% | 70.4% |
Black/African American | 37.7% | 12.6% |
Asian | 1% | 5.6% |
Native American | 0.5% | 0.8% |
Pacific Islander | 0% | 0.2% |
Other (single race) | 1.1% | 5.1% |
Multiple | 1.7% | 5.2% |
Hispanic/Latino | 3.2% | 18.2% |
Education | ||
High school graduation rate | 85.3% | 88.5% |
College graduation rate | 22.8% | 32.9% |
Income | ||
Median household income | $46,511 | $64,994 |
Persons below poverty level | 19.6% | 12.8% |
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. |
State party control
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Mississippi's congressional delegation as of November 2022.
Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Mississippi, November 2022 | |||
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Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
Democratic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Republican | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 4 | 6 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Mississippi's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.
State executive officials in Mississippi, November 2022 | |
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Office | Officeholder |
Governor | ![]() |
Lieutenant Governor | ![]() |
Secretary of State | ![]() |
Attorney General | ![]() |
State legislature
The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Mississippi State Legislature as of November 2022.
Mississippi State Senate
Party | As of November 2022 | |
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Democratic Party | 16 | |
Republican Party | 36 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 52 |
Mississippi House of Representatives
Party | As of November 2022 | |
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Democratic Party | 42 | |
Republican Party | 75 | |
Independent | 3 | |
Vacancies | 2 | |
Total | 122 |
Trifecta control
As of November 2022, Mississippi was a Republican trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.
Mississippi Party Control: 1992-2022
Four years of Democratic trifectas • Eleven years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
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Governor | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Senate | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
House | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
See also
- Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022 (June 7 Republican primary)
- Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022
- United States House elections in Mississippi, 2022 (June 7 Democratic primaries)
- United States House elections in Mississippi, 2022 (June 7 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2022
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2022
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2022
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2022
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed February 6, 2024
- ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
- ↑ Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
- ↑ Political predecessor districts are determined primarily based on incumbents and where each chose to seek re-election.
- ↑ Daily Kos Elections, "Daily Kos Elections 2020 presidential results by congressional district (old CDs vs. new CDs)," accessed May 12, 2022
- ↑ Mississippi Clarion-Ledger, "Mississippi redistricting: Senate follows House, approves expanded 2nd District," Jan. 12, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
- ↑ Although he was not on the ballot, Harry F. Byrd (D) won Mississippi's eight unpledged electoral votes in the 1960 election against Richard Nixon (R) and Democratic Party nominee John F. Kennedy.
- ↑ States' Rights Democratic Party
- ↑ American Independent Party