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Secretary of State elections, 2015
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In 2015, three secretary of state seats were up for election:
Party breakdown
There were 27 Republican secretaries of state, 19 Democratic secretaries of state and one nonpartisan secretary of state heading into the 2015 elections.
Just as the nationwide partisan balance of secretaries of state favors Republicans, two of the three secretary of state positions up for election in 2015 were under GOP control. The seats in Louisiana and Mississippi were held by Republicans Tom Schedler and Delbert Hosemann, respectively. The other seat was held by Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes of Kentucky.
| Partisan Breakdown: Secretaries of State | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 2015 | After the 2015 Election | |
| Republican Party | 27 | 27 | |
| Democratic Party | 19 | 19 | |
| Nonpartisan | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 47 | 47 | |
Election information
| Secretary of State Election Information, 2015 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Incumbent | Incumbent Party | Incumbent Running? | 2015 Winner | Partisan switch? | |
| Kentucky Secretary of State |  Alison Lundergan Grimes |
 Democratic |
Yes[1][2] | Alison Lundergan Grimes | No | |
| Louisiana Secretary of State |  Tom Schedler |
 Republican |
Yes[3] | Tom Schedler | No | |
| Mississippi Secretary of State |  Delbert Hosemann |
Republican |
Yes[4] | Delbert Hosemann | No | |
Kentucky
General election
Alison Lundergan Grimes - Incumbent[5][6] 
Stephen L. Knipper[7]
Lost in primary
Withdrawn
Michael Pitzer (February 9, 2015)[9]
Election results
Primary election
Democratic
Alison Lundergan Grimes defeated Charles Lovett in the Democratic primary on May 19, 2015.
| Kentucky Secretary of State Democratic Primary, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
| Alison Lundergan Grimes |
73.2% | 131,640 | ||
| Charles Lovett | 26.8% | 48,083 | ||
| Total Votes | 179,723 | |||
| Election results via Kentucky State Board of Elections. | ||||
Republican
Stephen L. Knipper ran unopposed for the Republican nomination.
General election
Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes defeated Republican Stephen L. Knipper in the general election. Grimes was one of two Democratic candidates to win in the 2015 Kentucky state executive official elections.[10]
| Secretary of State, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democrat | Alison Lundergan Grimes Incumbent |
51.2% | 493,598 | |
| Republican | Stephen L. Knipper | 48.8% | 471,209 | |
| Total Votes | 964,807 | |||
| Election results via Kentucky Secretary of State | ||||
Margin of victory
| Margin of victory analysis (top four offices), 2003-2011 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | 2011 margin of victory (%) | Party of winning candidate, 2011 | 2007 margin of victory (%) | Party of winning candidate, 2007 | 2003 margin of victory (%) | Party of winning candidate, 2003 | |
| Kenucky Governor/Lieutenant Governor | 20.4 | |
17.4 | |
10 |
| |
| Kentucky Attorney General | 10.1 | |
21 | |
0.6 |
| |
| Kentucky Secretary of State | 21.3 | |
14.2 | |
5 |
| |
Louisiana
Declared
Tom Schedler - Incumbent[3]
Chris Tyson[3]
Election results
Primary election
There were only two candidates on the ballot in the blanket primary election on October 24, 2015. Incumbent Secretary of State Schedler won a majority of votes, eliminating the need for a general election contest in November.[11]
| Secretary of State of Louisiana, Blanket Primary, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Tom Schedler |
62.2% | 649,153 | |
| Democrat | Chris Tyson | 37.8% | 394,153 | |
| Total Votes | 1,043,306 | |||
| Election Results Louisiana Secretary of State. | ||||
Margin of victory
| Margin of victory analysis (top four offices), 2003-2011 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | 2011 margin of victory (%) | Party of winning candidate, 2011 | 2007 margin of victory (%) | Party of winning candidate, 2007 | 2003 margin of victory (%) | Party of winning candidate, 2003 | |
| Louisiana Governor | 47.9 | |
36.4 | |
3.9 |
| |
| Louisiana Lieutenant Governor | 6.5 | |
26.3 | |
33.1 |
| |
| Louisiana Attorney General | - | |
33.2 | |
7.1 |
| |
| Louisiana Secretary of State | 0.9 | |
32.1 | |
49.9 |
| |
Note: A "-" indicates a race where only one candidate contested the seat.
Mississippi
General election
☑ Delbert Hosemann (Incumbent)[4][12]
☐ Charles E. Graham[4][12]
☐
Randy Walker[4]
Election results
Primary election
No primary was scheduled for either major party as only one candidate filed for the office from each party.[12]
General election
| Mississippi Secretary of State, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Charles E. Graham | 35.8% | 256,689 | |
| Republican | Delbert Hosemann Incumbent |
61.3% | 440,048 | |
| Reform | Randy Walker | 3% | 21,260 | |
| Total Votes | 717,997 | |||
| Election results via Mississippi Secretary of State | ||||
Margin of victory
| Margin of victory analysis (top four offices), 2003-2011 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | 2011 margin of victory (%) | Party of winning candidate, 2011 | 2007 margin of victory (%) | Party of winning candidate, 2007 | 2003 margin of victory (%) | Party of winning candidate, 2003 | |
| Mississippi Governor | 22 | |
15.8 | |
6.7 |
| |
| Mississippi Lieutenant Governor | 60.7 | |
17.1 | |
23.9 |
| |
| Mississippi Attorney General | - | |
19.7 | |
35.5 |
| |
| Mississippi Secretary of State | 22.1 | |
16.5 | |
47.6 |
| |
Note: A "-" indicates a race where only one candidate contested the seat.
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Secretary + of + State + election + 2015"
See also
- State executive official elections, 2015
- Secretary of State
- Kentucky Secretary of State election, 2015
- Louisiana Secretary of State election, 2015
- Mississippi Secretary of State election, 2015
- Kentucky state executive official elections, 2015
- Louisiana state executive official elections, 2015
- Mississippi state executive official elections, 2015
External links
- Office of the Kentucky Secretary of State
- Office of the Louisiana Secretary of State
- Office of the Mississippi Secretary of State
Footnotes
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Information for Alison Lundergan Grimes," January 26, 2015
- ↑ WPSD, "Alison Grimes to seek re-election as secretary of state," January 26, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Advocate, "Schedler draws competition," March 4, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Mississippi Secretary of State, "2015 Candidate Qualifying List," accessed March 4, 2015 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "candlist" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Information for Alison Lundergan Grimes," January 26, 2015
- ↑ WPSD, "Alison Grimes to seek re-election as secretary of state," January 26, 2015
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Information for Stephen L. Knipper, Candidate for Secretary of State," November 6, 2014
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Information for Charles Lovett, Candidate for Secretary of State," January 26, 2015
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Information for Michael Pitzer, Candidate for Secretary of State," February 9, 2015
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Secretary of State," accessed November 4, 2015
- ↑ The Lens, "Election 2015," accessed October 25, 2015
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Associated Press, "Mississippi - Summary Vote Results," August 04, 2015
