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Mississippi judicial elections, 2015
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The state of Mississippi held judicial elections on November 3, 2015. A runoff election was held on November 24, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates was March 3, 2015. There were contested elections in the 4th, 11th and 20th chancery districts, and the 12th, 13th, and 20th circuit court districts. The elections for the 4th Chancery District and the 20th Judicial District went to a runoff.
Election dates
- Filing deadline: March 3, 2015
- General: November 3, 2015
- Runoff: November 24, 2015
Candidates: Contested
Mississippi 4th Chancery District - Place 2
General election:
Runoff election:
Mississippi 11th Chancery District - Place 3
General election:
Mississippi 20th Chancery District - Place 3
General election:
Mississippi 12th Judicial District - Place 2
General election:
Mississippi 13th Judicial District - Place 2
General election:
Mississippi 20th Judicial District - Place 3
General election:
Runoff election:
Candidates: Uncontested
- Claiborne McDonald - 15th Judicial District
Election results
Wayne Smith defeated Conrad Mord in the general election.
| Mississippi 4th Chancery District, Place 2, Runoff Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Wayne Smith |
51.1% | 4,036 |
| Conrad Mord | 48.9% | 3,862 |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 |
| Total Votes | 7,898 | |
| Source: Mississippi Secretary of State, "General Runoff Official Election Results," December 4, 2015 | ||
Ashley Atkinson faced Joe Kelly, Conrad Mord, Michael Shareef and Wayne Smith in the general election.
| Mississippi 4th Chancery District, Place 2, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Wayne Smith |
31.6% | 7,204 |
| Conrad Mord |
29.1% | 6,630 |
| Ashley Atkinson | 20.8% | 4,743 |
| Michael Shareef | 11.8% | 2,683 |
| Joe Kelly | 6.5% | 1,486 |
| Write-in votes | 0.07% | 17 |
| Total Votes | 22,763 | |
| Source: Mississippi Secretary of State, "2015 Official General Election Results," accessed December 17, 2015 | ||
James Walker defeated Pearlene Jones in the general election.
| Mississippi 11th Chancery District, Place 3, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| James Walker |
71.4% | 25,848 |
| Pearlene Jones | 28.6% | 10,366 |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 |
| Total Votes | 36,214 | |
| Source: Mississippi Secretary of State, "Official General Election Results," December 3, 2015 | ||
Haydn Roberts defeated James Nix, Rusty Williard and Prentiss Grant in the general election.
| Mississippi 20th Chancery District, Place 3, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Haydn Roberts |
55.8% | 16,726 |
| Prentiss Grant | 22.1% | 6,637 |
| Rusty Williard | 11.1% | 3,339 |
| James Nix | 10.9% | 3,270 |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 |
| Total Votes | 29,972 | |
| Source: Mississippi Secretary of State, "Official General Election Results," December 3, 2015 | ||
Jon Mark Weathers defeated Chad Shook and Charles Lawrence Jr. in the general election.
| Mississippi Twelfth Judicial District, Place 2, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Jon Mark Weathers |
53.4% | 10,853 |
| Charles Lawrence Jr. | 30.4% | 6,183 |
| Chad Shook | 16.1% | 3,270 |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 |
| Total Votes | 20,306 | |
| Source: Mississippi Secretary of State, "Official General Election Results," December 3, 2015 | ||
Stanley Sorey defeated Mary K. Burnham in the general election.
| Mississippi Thirteenth Judicial District, Place 2, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Stanley Sorey |
55.3% | 12,381 |
| Mary K. Burnham | 44.7% | 10,013 |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 |
| Total Votes | 22,394 | |
| Source: Mississippi Secretary of State, "Official General Election Results," December 3, 2015 | ||
Steve Ratcliff defeated Marlin Miller in the general election.
| Mississippi Twentieth Judicial District, Place 3, Runoff Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Steve Ratcliff |
56.9% | 5,141 |
| Marlin Miller | 43.1% | 3,894 |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 |
| Total Votes | 9,035 | |
| Source: Mississippi Secretary of State, "General Runoff Official Election Results," December 4, 2015 | ||
Marlin Miller faced Steve Ratcliff, Chris Walker and Michael Wolf in the general election.
| Mississippi Twentieth Judicial District, Place 3, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Steve Ratcliff |
38.0% | 19,505 |
| Marlin Miller |
26.5% | 13,608 |
| Chris Walker | 24.4% | 12,533 |
| Michael Wolf | 11.2% | 5,736 |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 |
| Total Votes | 51,382 | |
| Source: Mississippi Secretary of State, "2015 Official General Election Results," accessed December 17, 2015 | ||
Process
Primary
Mississippi does not hold primary elections for judicial candidates.[1]
General election
Qualified judicial candidates, including those running unopposed, appear on the general election ballot. There is no indication of party affiliation. When two or more candidates are competing for a seat, they are listed in alphabetical order.[1]
The winner of the general election is determined by majority vote. If no candidate receives a majority (over 50 percent) of the total vote, the top two candidates advance to a runoff election that takes place three weeks later.[1]
State profile
| Demographic data for Mississippi | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 2,989,390 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 46,923 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 59.2% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 37.4% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 1% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 0.4% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 1.2% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 2.9% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 82.3% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 20.7% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $39,665 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 27% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Mississippi. **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. | ||
Presidential voting pattern
Mississippi voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
Pivot Counties (2016)
Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, two are located in Mississippi, accounting for 0.97 percent of the total pivot counties.[2]
Pivot Counties (2020)
In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Mississippi had two Retained Pivot Counties, 1.10 of all Retained Pivot Counties.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mississippi Secretary of State, "Mississippi Election Code," accessed May 1, 2014 (Page 617-618)
- ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
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