Mississippi lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2023 (August 8 Republican primary)
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| Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi |
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: February 1, 2023 |
| Primary: August 8, 2023 Primary runoff: August 29, 2023 General: November 7, 2023 General runoff: November 28, 2023 Pre-election incumbent(s): Delbert Hosemann (Republican) |
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| Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Mississippi |
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A Republican Party primary took place on August 8, 2023, in Mississippi to determine which candidate would earn the right to run as the party's nominee in the state's lieutenant gubernatorial election on November 7, 2023.
Incumbent Delbert Hosemann advanced from the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi.
This page focuses on Mississippi's Republican Party lieutenant gubernatorial primary. For more in-depth information on Mississippi's Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- Mississippi lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2023 (August 8 Democratic primary)
- Mississippi lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2023
Candidates and election results
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Delbert Hosemann | 52.1 | 198,979 |
 | Chris McDaniel | 42.6 | 162,708 | |
 | Tiffany Longino  | 5.3 | 20,143 | |
| Total votes: 381,830 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Shane Quick (R)
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Mississippi
State profile
| Demographic data for Mississippi | ||
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| 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.[1]
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.
More Mississippi coverage on Ballotpedia
- Elections in Mississippi
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
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