Mississippi Public Service Commission election, 2027

Elections in Mississippi, 2027

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Mississippi Public Service Commission
Election details
Filing deadline: Pending
Primary: Pending Primary runoff: Pending General: November 2, 2027 General runoff: Pending
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Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Mississippi
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Mississippi is holding an election for three seats on the Mississippi Public Service Commission on November 2, 2027.

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

Candidates and election results

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Central District

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

General election

The general election will occur on November 2, 2027.

Northern District

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

General election

The general election will occur on November 2, 2027.

Southern District

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

General election

The general election will occur on November 2, 2027.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Mississippi

Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.

Past elections

2023

See also: Mississippi Public Service Commission election, 2023

General election

General election for Mississippi Public Service Commission Northern District

Chris Brown won election in the general election for Mississippi Public Service Commission Northern District on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Brown (R)	100.0	215,257

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 215,257
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mississippi Public Service Commission Northern District

Chris Brown defeated Tanner Newman in the Republican primary for Mississippi Public Service Commission Northern District on August 8, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Brown	61.3	78,272
		Tanner Newman	38.7	49,472

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 127,744
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mandy Gunasekara (R)

General election

General election for Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District

De'Keither Stamps defeated incumbent Brent Bailey in the general election for Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		De'Keither Stamps (D)	51.1	138,741
		Brent Bailey (R)	48.9	132,853

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 271,594
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District

De'Keither Stamps advanced from the Democratic primary for Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District on August 8, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		De'Keither Stamps	100.0	84,476

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3	Total votes: 84,476
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District

Incumbent Brent Bailey advanced from the Republican primary for Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District on August 8, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brent Bailey	100.0	85,778

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 85,778
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General election

General election for Mississippi Public Service Commission Southern District

Nelson Carr won election in the general election for Mississippi Public Service Commission Southern District on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nelson Carr (R)	100.0	216,698

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 216,698
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mississippi Public Service Commission Southern District

Nelson Carr defeated incumbent Dane Maxwell in the Republican primary for Mississippi Public Service Commission Southern District on August 8, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nelson Carr	52.9	76,162
		Dane Maxwell	47.1	67,849

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 144,011
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2019

See also: Mississippi Public Service Commission election, 2019

General election

General election for Mississippi Public Service Commission Northern District

Incumbent Brandon Presley won election in the general election for Mississippi Public Service Commission Northern District on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brandon Presley (D)	100.0	222,167

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 222,167
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mississippi Public Service Commission Northern District

Incumbent Brandon Presley advanced from the Democratic primary for Mississippi Public Service Commission Northern District on August 6, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brandon Presley	100.0	95,783

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 95,783
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General election

General election for Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District

Brent Bailey defeated De'Keither Stamps in the general election for Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brent Bailey (R)	50.3	146,596
		De'Keither Stamps (D)	49.7	144,574

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 291,170
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District

De'Keither Stamps defeated Dorothy Benford in the Democratic primary runoff for Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District on August 27, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		De'Keither Stamps	58.8	38,314
	Submit photo	Dorothy Benford	41.2	26,864

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 65,178
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District

De'Keither Stamps and Dorothy Benford advanced to a runoff. They defeated Ryan Brown and Bruce Burton in the Democratic primary for Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District on August 6, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		De'Keither Stamps	39.5	42,967
✔	Submit photo	Dorothy Benford	33.7	36,641
		Ryan Brown	15.6	16,989
		Bruce Burton	11.2	12,157

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3	Total votes: 108,754
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District

Brent Bailey defeated Nic Lott in the Republican primary for Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District on August 6, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brent Bailey	74.4	73,726
		Nic Lott	25.6	25,363

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3	Total votes: 99,089
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General election

General election for Mississippi Public Service Commission Southern District

Dane Maxwell defeated Connie Moran in the general election for Mississippi Public Service Commission Southern District on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dane Maxwell (R)	62.6	181,083
		Connie Moran (D)	37.4	108,074

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 289,157
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mississippi Public Service Commission Southern District

Connie Moran defeated Sugar Stallings in the Democratic primary for Mississippi Public Service Commission Southern District on August 6, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Connie Moran	79.0	52,957
	Submit photo	Sugar Stallings	21.0	14,082

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 67,039
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mississippi Public Service Commission Southern District

Dane Maxwell defeated Kelvin Schulz in the Republican primary for Mississippi Public Service Commission Southern District on August 6, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dane Maxwell	68.1	99,495
		Kelvin Schulz	31.9	46,545

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 146,040
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Perry Parker (R)

2015

See also: Mississippi Public Service Commission election, 2015

There was a regularly scheduled election for all three seats on the commission in 2015. Lynn Posey (R), Brandon Presley (D) and Steve Renfroe were eligible for re-election. The primary election was occurred on August 4, 2015, with the general election on November 3, 2015.

Northern District

Mississippi Public Service Commission, Northern District, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Brandon Presley Incumbent	60.7%	146,518
	Republican	Mike Maynard	39.3%	94,793
Total Votes				241,311
Election results via Mississippi Secretary of State

Central District

Mississippi Public Service Commission, Central District, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Cecil Brown	53.4%	124,789
	Republican	Brent Bailey	45.5%	106,314
	Reform	LaTrice D. Notree	1.2%	2,742
Total Votes				233,845
Election results via Mississippi Secretary of State

Southern District

Mississippi Public Service Commission, Southern District, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Tom Blanton	37.4%	89,146
	Republican	Sam Britton	60.5%	144,194
	Reform	Lonny Kenneth Spence	2%	4,867
Total Votes				238,207
Election results via Mississippi Secretary of State

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