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United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, 2020
- Election date: Nov. 3
- Registration deadline(s): Oct. 5
- Online registration: No
- Same-day registration: No
- Recount laws
- Early voting starts: N/A
- Absentee/mail voting deadline(s): Nov. 3 (postmarked); Nov. 10 (received)
- Processing, counting, and challenging absentee/mail-in ballots
- Voter ID: Photo ID
- Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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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 from each of the state's four congressional districts.
| Candidate filing deadline | Primary election | General election |
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Election procedure changes in 2020
Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.
Mississippi modified its absentee/mail-in voting procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:
- Absentee/mail-in voting: Any individual under a physician-ordered quarantine, or an individual caring for a dependent under quarantine, due to COVID-19 was eligible to vote by absentee ballot. The absentee ballot postmark deadline was extended to November 3, 2020, and the receipt deadline to November 10, 2020.
For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 3 election, the Republican Party held three of the four congressional seats from Mississippi.
| Members of the U.S. House from Mississippi -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 2020 | After the 2020 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 1 | 1 | |
| Republican Party | 3 | 3 | |
| Total | 4 | 4 | |
Incumbents
Heading into the 2020 election, the incumbents for the four congressional districts were:
| Name | Party | District |
|---|---|---|
| Trent Kelly |  Republican |
1 |
| Bennie Thompson |  Democratic |
2 |
| Michael Guest | Republican |
3 |
| Steven Palazzo | Republican |
4 |
Voting in Mississippi
- See also: Voting in Mississippi
Click the links below for more information on Mississippi elections in 2020:
Battleground races
Ballotpedia identified the following Mississippi elections as battlegrounds:
Candidates
District 1
General election candidates
- Trent Kelly (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Antonia Eliason (Democratic Party)
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Democratic primary candidates
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Republican primary candidates
- Trent Kelly (Incumbent) ✔
District 2
General election candidates
- Bennie Thompson (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Brian Flowers (Republican Party)
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= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Democratic primary candidates
- Bennie Thompson (Incumbent) ✔
- Sonia Rathburn
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District 3
General election candidates
- Michael Guest (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Dorothy Benford (Democratic Party)
Democratic primary candidates
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Republican primary candidates
- Michael Guest (Incumbent) ✔
- James Tulp
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District 4
General election candidates
- Steven Palazzo (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
Democratic primary candidates
The Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
Republican primary candidates
- Steven Palazzo (Incumbent) ✔
- Carl Boyanton
- Robert Deming
- Samuel Hickman
Candidate ballot access requirements
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Mississippi in the 2020 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Mississippi, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2020 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Signature formula | Filing fee | Filing fee formula | Filing deadline | Source |
| Mississippi | 1st Congressional District | Qualified party | N/A | N/A | $500.00 | Fixed number | 1/10/2020 | Source |
| Mississippi | 1st Congressional District | Unaffiliated | 200 | Fixed number | $500.00 | Fixed number | 1/10/2020 | Source |
| Mississippi | 2nd Congressional District | Qualified party | N/A | N/A | $500.00 | Fixed number | 1/10/2020 | Source |
| Mississippi | 2nd Congressional District | Unaffiliated | 200 | Fixed number | $500.00 | Fixed number | 1/10/2020 | Source |
| Mississippi | 3rd Congressional District | Qualified party | N/A | N/A | $500.00 | Fixed number | 1/10/2020 | Source |
| Mississippi | 3rd Congressional District | Unaffiliated | 200 | Fixed number | $500.00 | Fixed number | 1/10/2020 | Source |
| Mississippi | 4th Congressional District | Qualified party | N/A | N/A | $500.00 | Fixed number | 1/10/2020 | Source |
| Mississippi | 4th Congressional District | Unaffiliated | 200 | Fixed number | $500.00 | Fixed number | 1/10/2020 | Source |
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2020
- United States Senate election in Mississippi, 2020
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2020
- List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2020
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2020
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2020
- Democratic Party battleground primaries, 2020
- Republican Party battleground primaries, 2020
External links
Footnotes
