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Mississippi gubernatorial election, 2027
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| Governor of Mississippi |
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| General election |
| Election details |
| Filing deadline: Pending |
| Primary: Pending Primary runoff: Pending General: November 2, 2027 General runoff: Pending |
| How to vote |
| Poll times:
7 a.m. to 7 p.m. |
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Mississippi is holding an election for governor on November 2, 2027.
Gov. Tate Reeves is not able to run for re-election due to term limits.
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
To learn more about other elections on the ballot, click here.
Candidates and election results
Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:
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There are no official candidates yet for this election.
General election
The general election will occur on November 2, 2027.
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in Mississippi
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General election race ratings
- See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[1]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[2][3][4] Template:GovernorRatings2027v2
Past elections
2023
- See also: Mississippi gubernatorial election, 2023
General election
General election for Governor of Mississippi
Incumbent Tate Reeves defeated Brandon Presley and Gwendolyn Gray (Unofficially withdrew) in the general election for Governor of Mississippi on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tate Reeves (R) | 50.9 | 418,233 |
 | Brandon Presley (D) | 47.7 | 391,614 | |
 | Gwendolyn Gray (Independent) (Unofficially withdrew) | 1.4 | 11,153 | |
| Total votes: 821,000 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Mississippi
Brandon Presley advanced from the Democratic primary for Governor of Mississippi on August 8, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brandon Presley | 100.0 | 196,307 |
| Total votes: 196,307 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gregory Wash (D)
- Bob Hickingbottom (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Mississippi
Incumbent Tate Reeves defeated John Witcher and David Hardigree in the Republican primary for Governor of Mississippi on August 8, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tate Reeves | 74.7 | 281,213 |
 | John Witcher | 17.7 | 66,698 | |
 | David Hardigree | 7.6 | 28,561 | |
| Total votes: 376,472 | |||
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2019
- See also: Mississippi gubernatorial election, 2019
General election
General election for Governor of Mississippi
Tate Reeves defeated Jim Hood, David Singletary, and Bob Hickingbottom in the general election for Governor of Mississippi on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tate Reeves (R) | 51.9 | 459,396 |
 | Jim Hood (D) | 46.8 | 414,368 | |
 | David Singletary (Independent) | 1.0 | 8,522 | |
 | Bob Hickingbottom (Constitution Party) | 0.3 | 2,625 | |
| Total votes: 884,911 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Governor of Mississippi
Tate Reeves defeated William Waller in the Republican primary runoff for Governor of Mississippi on August 27, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tate Reeves | 54.1 | 179,623 |
 | William Waller | 45.9 | 152,201 | |
| Total votes: 331,824 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Mississippi
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Mississippi on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jim Hood | 69.0 | 208,634 |
 | Michael Brown | 11.0 | 33,247 | |
 | Velesha P. Williams | 6.9 | 20,844 | |
 | Robert Shuler Smith | 6.7 | 20,395 | |
| Robert Ray | 1.9 | 5,609 | ||
| William Compton | 1.8 | 5,321 | ||
 | Albert Wilson | 1.7 | 5,122 | |
| Gregory Wash | 1.1 | 3,218 | ||
| Total votes: 302,390 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Phillip West (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Mississippi
Tate Reeves and William Waller advanced to a runoff. They defeated Robert Foster in the Republican primary for Governor of Mississippi on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tate Reeves | 48.9 | 187,312 |
| ✔ | | William Waller | 33.4 | 128,010 |
 | Robert Foster | 17.7 | 67,758 | |
| Total votes: 383,080 | |||
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2015
- See also: Mississippi gubernatorial election, 2015
General
| Governor of Mississippi, 2015 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Robert Gray | 32.4% | 234,858 | |
| Republican |  Phil Bryant Incumbent |
66.2% | 480,399 | |
| Reform | Shawn O'Hara | 1.4% | 9,950 | |
| Total Votes | 725,207 | |||
| Election results via Mississippi Secretary of State | ||||
Primary
Gray defeated Slater and Short in the Democratic primary election; he faced incumbent Phil Bryant (R) and challenger Shawn O'Hara (I) in the general election.[5][6]
| Governor of Mississippi Democratic Primary, 2015 | ||||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
| Robert Gray |
50.8% | 152,087 | ||
| Vicki Slater | 30.4% | 91,104 | ||
| Valerie Short | 18.8% | 56,177 | ||
| Total Votes | 299,368 | |||
| Election results via Mississippi Secretary of State. | ||||
Incumbent Bryant defeated Young in the Republican primary. Bryant defeated challengers Robert Gray (D) and Shawn O'Hara (I) in the general election.[5]
| Governor of Mississippi Republican Primary, 2015 | ||||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
| Phil Bryant |
91.8% | 254,779 | ||
| Mitch Young | 8.2% | 22,628 | ||
| Total Votes | 277,407 | |||
| Election results via Mississippi Secretary of State. | ||||
Election analysis
This section will contain facts and figures related to this state's elections when those are available.
Gubernatorial elections in 2027
There are three gubernatorial seats on the ballot in 2027.
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Associated Press, "Mississippi - Summary Vote Results," August 04, 2015
- ↑ Yahoo! News, "Truck driver wins Dem nomination for Mississippi governor," November 5, 2015
