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Ron Meyers
Ron Meyers was a 2017 nonpartisan special election candidate for District 49 of the Mississippi State Senate.
Elections
2017
A special election for the position of Mississippi State Senate District 49 was called for December 19, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was October 30, 2017.[1]
The seat became vacant on October 16, 2017, after Sean Tindell (R) resigned from the state Senate. Gov. Phil Bryant (R) appointed Tindell to the state Court of Appeals.[2]
Dan Carr, Joel Carter, and Ron Meyers ran in the special election. Carter won the special election with 53 percent of the vote. A runoff election was not needed.[3][4] Candidates in Mississippi special elections run without party labels.
| Mississippi State Senate, District 49, Special Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Joel Carter |
52.7% | 1,986 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dan Carr | 26.6% | 1,004 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ron Meyers | 20.6% | 778 | |
| Total Votes | 3,768 | |||
| Source: Mississippi Secretary of State | ||||
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See also
- Mississippi State Senate
- Mississippi State Senate District 49
- Mississippi state legislative special elections, 2017
- Mississippi State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Mississippi Senate special election," October 17, 2017
- ↑ Clarion Ledger, "Bryant appoints state senator to appeals court," September 29, 2017
- ↑ wxxv25.com, "JOEL CARTER WINS DISTRICT 49 SENATE SEAT," December 19, 2017
- ↑ Mississippi Secretary of State, "2017 Candidate Qualifying List," accessed October 31, 2017
