United States House elections in Mississippi, 2020 (March 10 Republican primaries)
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The 2020 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Mississippi took place on November 3, 2020. Voters elected four candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's four congressional districts. This page focuses on the Republican primaries that took place in Mississippi on March 10, 2020.
Click here for more information about the Democratic primaries.
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A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Mississippi state law stipulates that an individual can only participate in a party's primary if he or she "intends to support the nominations made in the primary" in which he or she participates. However, this is generally considered an unenforceable requirement. Consequently, Mississippi's primary is effectively open.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Candidates
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District 1
Republican primary candidates
- Trent Kelly (Incumbent) ✔
District 2
Republican primary candidates
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 3
Republican primary candidates
- Michael Guest (Incumbent) ✔
- James Tulp
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 4
Republican primary candidates
- Steven Palazzo (Incumbent) ✔
- Carl Boyanton
- Robert Deming
- Samuel Hickman
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
Two of 82 Mississippi counties—2.4 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
| Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008 | |||||||
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| County | Trump margin of victory in 2016 | Obama margin of victory in 2012 | Obama margin of victory in 2008 | ||||
| Chickasaw County, Mississippi | 6.06% | 4.52% | 2.13% | ||||
| Panola County, Mississippi | 0.12% | 8.62% | 6.52% | ||||
See also
- United States House elections in Mississippi, 2020 (March 10 Democratic primaries)
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2020
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2020
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2020
- United States House elections in Mississippi (June 5, 2018 Republican primaries)
- United States House elections in Mississippi (June 5, 2018 Democratic primaries)
Footnotes
- ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed February 6, 2024
- ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
