Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 2023
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| Primary | August 8, 2023 |
| Primary runoff | August 29, 2023 |
| General | November 7, 2023 |
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Elections for the Mississippi House of Representatives took place in 2023. The general election was on November 7, 2023. A primary was August 8, 2023, and a primary runoff was August 29, 2023. The filing deadline was February 1, 2023.
Ballotpedia identified six battleground primaries held on August 8. Click here to learn more.
The Mississippi House of Representatives was one of eight state legislative chambers with elections in 2023. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.
Party control
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| Party | As of November 7, 2023 | After November 8, 2023 | |
| Democratic Party | 40 | 41 | |
| Republican Party | 76 | 79 | |
| Independent | 3 | 2 | |
| Vacancy | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 122 | 122 | |
Candidates
General election
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Mississippi House of Representatives primary runoff 2023 |
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| District 2 |
Nick Bain (i) |
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| District 66 |
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| District 69 |
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| District 72 |
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| District 105 |
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| District 115 |
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Primary
Mississippi House of Representatives primary 2023 |
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| District 1 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 2 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 3 |
Did not make the ballot: |
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| District 4 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 5 |
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No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 6 |
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| District 7 |
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| District 8 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 9 |
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| District 10 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 11 |
No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 12 |
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| District 13 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 14 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 15 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 16 |
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No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 17 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 18 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 19 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 20 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 21 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 22 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 23 |
Perry Van Bailey (i) Did not make the ballot: |
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| District 24 |
Did not make the ballot: |
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| District 25 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 26 |
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No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 27 |
Did not make the ballot: |
No candidates filed for the Republican primary Did not make the ballot: |
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| District 28 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 29 |
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No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 30 |
No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 31 |
No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 32 |
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No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 33 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 34 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 35 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 36 |
No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 37 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 38 |
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No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 39 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 40 |
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| District 41 |
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No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 42 |
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No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 43 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 44 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 45 |
Did not make the ballot: |
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| District 46 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 47 |
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No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 48 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 49 |
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No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 50 |
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No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 51 |
No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 52 |
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| District 53 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 54 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 55 |
No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 56 |
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| District 57 |
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No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 58 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 59 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 60 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 61 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 62 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 63 |
No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 64 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary Did not make the ballot: |
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| District 65 |
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No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 66 |
No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 67 |
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No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 68 |
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No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 69 |
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No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 70 |
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No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 71 |
No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 72 |
No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 73 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 74 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 75 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 77 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 78 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 79 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 80 |
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No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 81 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 82 |
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No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 83 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 84 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 85 |
No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 86 |
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| District 87 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 88 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 89 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 90 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 91 |
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| District 92 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 93 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 94 |
No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 95 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 96 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 97 |
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| District 98 |
No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 99 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 100 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 101 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 102 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 103 |
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No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 104 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 105 |
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| District 106 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 107 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 108 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 109 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 110 |
No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 111 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 112 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 113 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 114 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 115 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 116 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 117 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 118 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 119 |
No candidates filed for the Republican primary |
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| District 120 |
No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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| District 122 |
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in Mississippi
Incumbents who were not re-elected
Incumbents defeated in general elections
No incumbents lost in general elections. This was the lowest number of defeats since at least 2011.
Incumbents defeated in primaries
Six incumbents lost in primaries, down from nine in 2019.
Retiring incumbents
Nineteen incumbents did not file for re-election in 2023.[1] This was higher than the average of 16.7 retirements between 2011 and 2019. Those incumbents were:
Primary election competitiveness
This section contains data on state legislative primary election competitiveness in Mississippi. These totals include data from all regularly-scheduled House and Senate elections. For more information about Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.
| Mississippi state legislative competitiveness, 2011-2023 | ||||||||||||||
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Seats | Open seats | Candidates | Possible primaries | Contested Democratic primaries | Contested Republican primaries | % of contested primaries | Incumbents in contested primaries | % of incumbents in contested primaries | ||||
| 2023 | 174 | 174 | 24 | 272 | 348 | 19 | 41 | 17.2% | 42 | 28.0% | ||||
| 2019 | 174 | 174 | 25 | 326 | 348 | 31 | 41 | 20.7% | 47 | 31.5% | ||||
| 2015 | 174 | 174 | 23 | 335 | 348 | 37 | 39 | 21.8% | 52 | 34.2% | ||||
| 2011 | 174 | 174 | 27 | 345 | 348 | 33 | 39 | 20.7% | 34 | 23.1% | ||||
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in Mississippi in 2023. Information below was calculated on Feb. 7, 2023, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
In 2023, for the first time since Reconstruction, the number of Republicans running without Democratic opponents was large enough to guarantee Republican majorities in both legislative chambers.
Following Reconstruction, Democrats controlled the Mississippi Legislature from 1876 until 2007, when Republicans briefly gained control of the Senate.
Republicans won control of both chambers in 2011. Between then and 2023, the number of races contested by both major parties gradually decreased.
For Democrats, the number of seats without Republican opponents remained somewhat constant between 2011 and 2023, ranging from a high of 55 seats in 2019 to a low of 47 in 2023.
For Republicans, the number of seats without Democratic opponents consistently increased, growing from 55 in 2011 to 98 in 2023.
Additionally, in 2023, there was one seat—House District 96—where neither major party fielded candidates, guaranteeing it to Rep. Angela Cockerham (I).
This trend towards an increased number of uncontested Republicans mirrored that of filed candidates, in general.
Between 2011 and 2023, the number of Republicans running for state legislative offices increased from 172 to 183. The number of Democrats running decreased from 168 to 105.
This decreased number of Democratic candidates resulted in a decade-low number of contested primaries in 2023. In Mississippi, a primary is contested if more than one candidate from the same party file to run for the same seat.
In 2019, there were 31 contested Democratic primaries, compared to 22 in 2023, a 29% decrease.
For Republicans, contested primaries increased 10% from 41 in 2019 to 45 in 2023.
Overall, the total number of contested primaries in 2023 (67) represented 19% of all possible primaries, a decade-low percentage.
Twenty seats were open in 2023, meaning no incumbents filed to run, a decade-low number, representing 11% of the 174 seats up for election across both chambers. Open seats are guaranteed to be won by newcomers.
Open seats
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 2011 to 2023.[2]
| Open seats in Mississippi House of Representatives elections: 2011 - 2023 | ||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | 122 | 19 | 16% | 103 | 84% | |||||||||
| 2019 | 122 | 13 | 11% | 109 | 89% | |||||||||
| 2015 | 122 | 17 | 14% | 105 | 86% | |||||||||
| 2011 | 122 | 18 | 15% | 104 | 85% | |||||||||
Process to become a candidate
For party candidates
See statutes: Title 23, Chapter 15, Article 11, Section 297 of the Mississippi Code
A candidate seeking the nomination of his or her party for federal or state office (including seats in the Mississippi State Legislature) must submit a statement of intent to his or her party and pay a filing fee, also to be submitted to the party. The statement of intent is a form prescribed by the Mississippi Secretary of State that must include the name and address of the candidate, the party with which the candidate is affiliated, and the office being sought. The deadline for receipt of these materials by the state executive committee of the party is set by state statutes as 5:00 p.m. on March 1 in the year of the election.[3]
Mississippi law directly sets filing fees for some elected offices, while authorizing political party committees to determine fees for other offices within statutory limits:[4][5][6]
| Filing fees | |
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| Office | Fee |
| Governor, United States Senator | Political party state executive committees determine the fee between $1,000 and $5,000. |
| Lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor, insurance commissioner, commissioner of agriculture and commerce, public service commissioner, state highway commissioner, United States Representative | Political party state executive committees determine the fee between $500 and $2,500. |
| State senator, state representative | $250 |
For independent candidates
See statutes: Title 23, Chapter 15, Article 13, Part B of the Mississippi Code
Independent candidates for federal or state office (including seats in the Mississippi State Legislature) must petition to appear on the general election ballot. The form of petitions is prescribed by the Mississippi Secretary of State, and completed petitions must be submitted to the Mississippi Secretary of State by 5:00 p.m. on March 1 in the year of the election. Signature requirements are as follows:[4]
| Petition signature requirements | |
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| Office | Required signatures |
| For offices elected by the state at large (e.g., United States Senator, governor, attorney general, etc.) | At least 1,000 signatures |
| For an office elected by congressional district (e.g., United States Representative) | At least 200 signatures |
| For an office elected by state senatorial or representative district (e.g., State senator, state representative) | At least 50 signatures |
The petition must be accompanied by a qualifying statement of intent (a form prescribed by the Mississippi Secretary of State similar to the statement of intent filed by party candidates). Petition signatures must be verified by the appropriate circuit clerk in the county in which signatures were collected before being submitted to the Mississippi Secretary of State for final approval. Independent candidates must also pay filing fees as follows:[4][7]
| Filing fees | |
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| Office | Fee |
| Governor, United States Senator | $1,000 |
| Lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor, insurance commissioner, commissioner of agriculture and commerce, public service commissioner, state highway commissioner, United States Representative | $500 |
| State senator, state representative | $250 |
For write-in candidates
The relevant statutes do not indicate that write-in candidates must file any special paperwork or pay any filing fees in order to have their votes tallied.
Qualifications
In order to run for the Mississippi House of Representatives, a candidate must:[8]
- Be 21 years of age or older.
- Be a qualified elector and resident of the State of Mississippi for four years.
- Be a resident of the county or district a candidate plans to represent for two years.
- If running as a Republican or Democrat, pay a $15 filing fee to the State Executive Committee of the party with which the candidate is affiliated.
- If running as an independent, submit 50 signatures to the Circuit Clerk or the Secretary of State.
Salaries and per diem
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
| State legislative salaries, 2024[9] | |
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| Salary | Per diem |
| $23,500/year | For senators: $166/day. For representatives: $157/day. |
When sworn in
Mississippi legislators assume office the Tuesday after the first Monday of January.[10]
Mississippi political history
Trifectas
A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.
Mississippi Party Control: 1992-2025
Four years of Democratic trifectas • Fourteen 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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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 | R | R | R |
| Senate | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R[11] | D | D | D | R | R | R | 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 | R | R | R |
Presidential politics in Mississippi
2020
- See also: Presidential election, 2020
Presidential election in Mississippi, 2020
Candidate/Running mate |
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| Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R) |
57.6
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756,764 | 6 |
 
| Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D) |
41.1
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539,398 | 0 | |
 
| Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L) |
0.6
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8,026 | 0 | |
 
| Ye/Michelle Tidball (Independent) |
0.3
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3,657 | 0 | |
 
| Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G) |
0.1
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1,498 | 0 | |
 
| Phil Collins/Billy Joe Parker (Independent) |
0.1
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1,317 | 0 | |
 
| Don Blankenship/William Mohr (American Constitution Party) |
0.1
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1,279 | 0 | |
 
| Brian T. Carroll/Amar Patel (American Solidarity Party) |
0.1
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1,161 | 0 | |
 
| Brock Pierce/Karla Ballard (Independent) |
0.1
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659 | 0 | |
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Total votes: 1,313,759 |
2016
- See also: Presidential election, 2016
| U.S. presidential election, Mississippi, 2016 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine | 40.1% | 485,131 | 0 | |
| Republican |  Donald Trump/Mike Pence |
57.9% | 700,714 | 6 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson/Bill Weld | 1.2% | 14,435 | 0 | |
| Green | Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka | 0.3% | 3,731 | 0 | |
| Constitution | Darrell Lane Castle/Scott Bradley | 0.3% | 3,987 | 0 | |
| American Delta | Rocky De La Fuente/Michael Steinberg | 0.1% | 644 | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Jim Hedges/Bill Bayes | 0.1% | 715 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 1,209,357 | 6 | |||
| Election results via: Mississippi Secretary of State | |||||
Mississippi presidential election results (1900-2024)
- 16 Democratic wins
- 15 Republican wins
- 2 other wins
| Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960[12] | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 |
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| Winning Party | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | SR[13] | D | D | D | R | AI[14] | R | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Redistricting following the 2020 census
On July 3, 2025, the state filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court of part of a May 7, 2025, federal three-judge panel decision that led to redrawn districts and special elections. The state said the appeal would not affect the special elections.[15]
A legal challenge to the state legislative maps had resulted in a three-judge panel ordering the state to add two new majority-Black Senate districts and one new majority-Black House district by the end of the 2025 legislative session.[16] The legislature approved the new maps on March 5, 2025.[17] On April 15, 2025, a three-judge panel ordered the legislature to redraw the Senate district in DeSoto County and gave the State Board of Election Commissioners seven days to submit a new map.[18] The panel approved revised maps from the Mississippi Election Commission on May 7, 2025, and special elections in the affected districts were scheduled for November 4, 2025.[19]
Mississippi enacted new state legislative district boundaries on March 31, 2022, when both legislative chambers approved district maps for the other chamber.[20] Legislative redistricting in Mississippi is done via a joint resolution and did not require Gov. Tate Reeves' (R) approval.[20] Emily Wagster Pettus of the Associated Press wrote that "Republican legislative leaders said the redistricting plans are likely to maintain their party's majority in each chamber."[21] Pettus also wrote that "Senate President Pro Tempore Dean Kirby of Pearl said the Senate redistricting plan keeps the same number of Republican-leaning and Democratic-leaning districts as now."[21]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
- ↑ Mississippi Code of 1972, "Title 23, Chapter 15, Article 11, Section 299," accessed March 7, 2025
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Mississippi Code of 1972, "Title 23, Chapter 15, Article 11, Section 297," accessed March 7, 2025
- ↑ Mississippi Legislature, "Senate Bill No. 2358," accessed March 7, 2025
- ↑ Mississippi 2025 Candidate Qualifying Guide," March 7, 2025
- ↑ Misssissippi Legislature Bill Status, "Senate Bill 2167," March 13, 2025
- ↑ Mississippi Secretary of State, "Filing Fees and Qualifications," accessed December 17, 2013
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
- ↑ Mississippi Constitution, "Article 4, Section 36," accessed November 1, 2021
- ↑ Republicans gained a majority in 2007 when two Democratic state senators switched their party affiliation. Democrats regained the majority as a result of the 2007 elections.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Magnolia Tribune, "Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court coming to address “very narrow, legal issue” in court-ordered legislative redistricting," July 3, 2025
- ↑ Associated Press, "Mississippi can wait to reset legislative districts that dilute Black voting strength, judges say," July 18, 2024
- ↑ Associated Press, "New Mississippi legislative maps head to court for approval despite DeSoto lawmakers’ objections," March 6, 2025
- ↑ DeSoto Times-Tribune, "Judges order new redistricting map for DeSoto," April 16, 2025
- ↑ Mississippi Today, "Federal court approves Mississippi legislative redistricting. Special elections will proceed," May 9, 2025
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Jackson Free Press, "Mississippi House and Senate OK Each Other's Redistricting," April 1, 2022
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Jackson Free Press, "Mississippi House, Senate Pass Separate Redistricting Plans," March 30, 2022
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