Help us improve in just 2 minutes—share your thoughts in our reader survey.
Philip Gunn
Philip Gunn (Republican Party) was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing District 56. He assumed office in 2004. He left office on January 2, 2024.
Gunn (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Mississippi House of Representatives to represent District 56. He won in the general election on November 5, 2019.
Gunn served as speaker of the state House.
Biography
Gunn is an attorney. He earned his B.B.A. from Baylor University and J.D. from the University of Mississippi School Of Law.[1]
Committee assignments
Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.
2023-2024
Gunn was assigned to the following committees:
- House Compilation, Revision and Publication Committee (decommissioned)
- House Legislative Budget Committee (decommissioned)
- Management Committee
- House Rules Committee
2020-2021
Gunn was assigned to the following committees:
- House Legislative Budget Committee (decommissioned)
- Management Committee
- House Rules Committee
- Legislative Budget Committee (decommissioned)
- House Compilation, Revision and Publication Committee (decommissioned)
2019-2020
Gunn was assigned to the following committees:
- Compilation, Revision and Publication Committee (decommissioned), Chairman
- Legislative Budget Committee (decommissioned), Vice-Chairman
- Management Committee
- House Rules Committee
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Gunn served on the following committees:
| Mississippi committee assignments, 2015 |
|---|
| • Compilation, Revision and Publication, Vice Chair |
| • Legislative Budget, Vice Chair |
| • Management |
| • Rules |
2012-2013
During the 2012-2013 legislative session, Gunn served on the following committees:
| Mississippi committee assignments, 2012 |
|---|
| • Compilation, Revision and Publication |
| • Legislative Budget, Vice Chair |
| • Management |
| • Rules |
2010-2011
During the 2010-2011 legislative session, Gunn served on the following committees:
| Mississippi committee assignments, 2010 |
|---|
| • Conservation and Water Resources |
| • Judiciary A |
| • Judiciary En Banc |
| • Juvenile Justice |
| • Public Utilities |
| • Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2023
Gunn announced he would not seek re-election.[2]
2019
See also: Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 2019
General election
General election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 56
Incumbent Philip Gunn defeated Vicki Slater in the general election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 56 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Philip Gunn (R) | 64.3 | 6,455 |
 | Vicki Slater (D) | 35.7 | 3,585 | |
| Total votes: 10,040 | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 56
Vicki Slater advanced from the Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 56 on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Vicki Slater | 100.0 | 2,263 |
| Total votes: 2,263 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 56
Incumbent Philip Gunn advanced from the Republican primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 56 on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Philip Gunn | 100.0 | 4,371 |
| Total votes: 4,371 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
2015
Elections for the Mississippi House of Representatives took place in 2015. A primary election was held on August 4, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 27, 2015.[3] No Democratic candidates filed for election. Incumbent Philip Gunn was unopposed in the Republican primary. Gunn ran unchallenged in the District 56 general election.
2011
On November 8, 2011, Gunn won re-election to District 56 of the Mississippi House of Representatives. He ran unopposed in the August 2 primary and defeated Jim Culberson in the November 8 general election.[4][5]
| Mississippi House of Representatives, District 56 General Election, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Philip Gunn Incumbent |
77.8% | 9,519 | |
| Democratic | Jim Culberson | 22.2% | 2,711 | |
| Total Votes | 12,230 | |||
2007
On November 6, 2007, Gunn was re-elected in District 56. He ran unopposed.[6]
| Mississippi House of Representatives, District 56 (2007) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Philip Gunn (R) | 8,748 | 100.0% | ||
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Philip Gunn did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.
Scorecards
A scorecard evaluates a legislator’s voting record. Its purpose is to inform voters about the legislator’s political positions. Because scorecards have varying purposes and methodologies, each report should be considered on its own merits. For example, an advocacy group’s scorecard may assess a legislator’s voting record on one issue while a state newspaper’s scorecard may evaluate the voting record in its entirety.
Ballotpedia is in the process of developing an encyclopedic list of published scorecards. Some states have a limited number of available scorecards or scorecards produced only by select groups. It is Ballotpedia’s goal to incorporate all available scorecards regardless of ideology or number.
Click here for an overview of legislative scorecards in all 50 states. To contribute to the list of Mississippi scorecards, email suggestions to editor@ballotpedia.org.
2023
In 2023, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 3 to April 1.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business and economic issues.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
- Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.
2022
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2022, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2022, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 4 to April 5.
|
2021
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2021, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2021, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 5 to April 1.
|
2020
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2020, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2020, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 7 to October 10. The session was suspended effective July 1, 2020. It had been previously suspended from March 18 to May 7. The session reconvened from August 10 to October 2.
|
2019
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2019, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2019, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 8 through March 29.
|
2018
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2018, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2018, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 2 through March 28.
|
2017
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2017, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2017, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 3 through March 29. There was also a special session June 5.
|
2016
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2016, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2016, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 5 through April 21.
|
2015
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2015, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2015, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 6 through April 2.
|
2014
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2014, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2014, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 7 through April 2.
|
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Philip Gunn | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | Delegate |
| State: | Mississippi |
| Bound to: | Unknown |
| Delegates to the RNC 2016 | |
| Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates by state | |
Gunn was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Mississippi.[7] In Mississippi’s presidential primary election on March 8, 2016, Donald Trump won 25 delegates, and Ted Cruz won 15 delegates. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Gunn was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Mississippi's Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[8]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Mississippi to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at district caucuses and the state convention in May 2016. Mississippi GOP bylaws required candidates for delegate positions to submit a written declaration stating "which candidate that person will be bound to support on the floor of the Republican National Convention." Delegates from Mississippi were bound to the candidate to whom they were allocated unless released by their candidate via public statement or in writing.
Mississippi primary results
| Mississippi Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.4% | 1,697 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 1.4% | 5,626 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 493 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 36.1% | 150,364 | 15 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 224 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0% | 172 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.3% | 1,067 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 8.8% | 36,795 | 0 | |
| George Pataki | 0% | 135 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 643 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 5.3% | 21,885 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 510 | 0 | |
| Donald Trump |
47.2% | 196,659 | 25 | |
| Totals | 416,270 | 40 | ||
| Source: Mississippi Secretary of State and The New York Times | ||||
Delegate allocation
Mississippi had 40 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 12 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's four congressional districts). Mississippi's district-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis. The first place finisher in a district won two of that district's delegates while the second place finisher received one.[9][10]
Of the remaining 28 delegates, 25 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 15 percent of the statewide primary vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[9][10]
Personal
Note: Please contact us if the personal information below requires an update.
Gunn has been a member of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce, Hinds County Bar Association, Mississippi Bar Association, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving.[1]
Noteworthy events
On July 5, 2020, Gunn announced he tested positive for COVID-19.[11]
See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Project Vote Smart - Rep. Gunn
- ↑ Daily Journal, "Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn announces he will not run for re-election," accessed November 16, 2022
- ↑ Mississippi Secretary of State, "2015 Elections Calendar," accessed December 2, 2014
- ↑ Mississippi Secretary of State, "2011 Primary Election Results," accessed February 13, 2014
- ↑ Mississippi Secretary of State, "Official 2011 General Election Results," accessed February 13, 2014
- ↑ Mississippi Secretary of State, "2007 Statewide Elections," accessed February 14, 2014
- ↑ Mississippi GOP, "Mississippi Republican Party Has Successful State Convention," May 16, 2016
- ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "rollcallvote" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Clarion Ledger, "MSDH: 8 Mississippi lawmakers positive for COVID-19, 11 others suspected," July 7, 2020
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by - |
Mississippi House of Representatives District 56 2004-2024 |
Succeeded by Clay Mansell (R) |
