United States Senate election in Mississippi, 2024 (March 12 Republican primary)
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: January 12, 2024 |
| Primary: March 12, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 General runoff: November 26, 2024 Pre-election incumbent: Roger Wicker (Republican) |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Mississippi |
| Race ratings |
DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Republican Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
| U.S. Senate battlegrounds U.S. House battlegrounds Federal and state primary competitiveness Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024 |
| See also |
U.S. Senate • 1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th Mississippi elections, 2024 U.S. Congress elections, 2024 U.S. Senate elections, 2024 U.S. House elections, 2024 |
A Republican Party primary took place on March 12, 2024, in Mississippi to determine which Republican candidate would run in the state's general election on November 5, 2024.
Incumbent Roger Wicker advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Mississippi.
Thirty-four of 100 seats in the U.S. Senate were up for election in 2024, including one special election. At the time of the election, Democrats had a 51-49 majority.[1] Of the seats up for election in 2024, Democrats held 19, Republicans held 11, and independents held four. As of May 2024, eight members of the U.S. Senate had announced they were not running for re-election.
| Candidate filing deadline | Primary election | General election |
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Heading into the election, the incumbent was Roger Wicker (Republican), who was first elected in 2008.
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.
In Mississippi, primaries are open, meaning any registered voter may vote in the primary of their choice. State law says: "No person shall vote or attempt to vote in the primary election of one (1) party when he or she has voted on the same date in the primary election of another party."[2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on Mississippi's United States Senate Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- United States Senate election in Mississippi, 2024 (March 12 Democratic primary)
- United States Senate election in Mississippi, 2024
Candidates and election results
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Mississippi
Incumbent Roger Wicker defeated Ghannon Burton and Dan Eubanks in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Mississippi on March 12, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Roger Wicker | 61.4 | 152,086 |
 | Ghannon Burton  | 24.8 | 61,387 | |
 | Dan Eubanks | 13.8 | 34,238 | |
| Total votes: 247,711 | |||
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Candidate profiles
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Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "Timothy Ghannon Burton "The Colonel" is a Mississippi Native who is a recently retired United States Marine Corps Colonel with 30 years of Service. He flew F-18's, Graduated from TOPGUN, Test Pilot School and he is a 2 time Commander with 5 Combat Deployments as a Veteran of Afghanistan, Iraq and Kosovo. He has numerous awards including the Bronze Star, Air Medal with Combat V, Legion of Merit and Meritorious Service Medal. He is a Christian, Husband and Grandfather married to the same wonderful Mississippi lady for over 30 years."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. Senate Mississippi in 2024.
Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "I am a husband, father, and former business owner. I have served as a pastor for the last 18 years in addition to representing district 25 in the Mississippi House of Representatives for the last 8 years. I have been married to my wife Corey for the last 24 years and we have a 15 year old son. I am a Constitutional, conservative, Christian who believes in the founding principles and documents of our great Republic. I will always champion the values of human life (regardless of age) along with the freedom and liberty that each and every life deserve. I am a fiscal conservative, and have fought hard these last 8 years for smaller government and lower taxes."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. Senate Mississippi in 2024.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Mississippi
Campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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| Roger Wicker | Republican Party | $9,850,511 | $8,708,340 | $2,994,749 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Ghannon Burton | Republican Party | $218,188 | $216,593 | $1,596 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Dan Eubanks | Republican Party | $52,718 | $52,718 | $0 | As of August 9, 2024 |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Mississippi in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Mississippi, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2024 | ||||||||
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| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Signature formula | Filing fee | Filing fee formula | Filing deadline | Source |
| Mississippi | U.S. Senate | Democratic | N/A | N/A | $1,000.00 | Fixed number | 1/12/2024 | Source |
| Mississippi | U.S. Senate | Republican | N/A | N/A | $5,000.00 | Fixed number | 1/12/2024 | Source |
| Mississippi | U.S. Senate | Unaffiliated | 1,000 | Fixed number | $1,000.00 | Fixed number | 1/12/2024 | Source |
Election analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
- Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
- State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
- Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
Cook PVI by congressional district
| Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for Mississippi, 2024 | |||
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| District | Incumbent | Party | PVI |
| Mississippi's 1st | Trent Kelly |  Republican |
R+18 |
| Mississippi's 2nd | Bennie Thompson |  Democratic |
D+11 |
| Mississippi's 3rd | Michael Guest | Republican |
R+15 |
| Mississippi's 4th | Mike Ezell | Republican |
R+22 |
2020 presidential results by 2024 congressional district lines
| 2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2024 district lines, Mississippi[3] | ||||
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| District | Joe Biden 
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Donald Trump 
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| Mississippi's 1st | 33.4% | 65.1% | ||
| Mississippi's 2nd | 62.5% | 36.4% | ||
| Mississippi's 3rd | 37.2% | 61.5% | ||
| Mississippi's 4th | 30.3% | 68.2% | ||
2012-2020
How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:
| County-level voting pattern categories | |||||||
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| Democratic | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Democratic | D | D | D | ||||
| Trending Democratic | R | D | D | ||||
| Battleground Democratic | D | R | D | ||||
| New Democratic | R | R | D | ||||
| Republican | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Republican | R | R | R | ||||
| Trending Republican | D | R | R | ||||
| Battleground Republican | R | D | R | ||||
| New Republican | D | D | R | ||||
Following the 2020 presidential election, 71.6% of Mississippians lived in one of the state's 51 Solid Republican counties, which voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 25.0% lived in one of 27 Solid Democratic counties. Overall, Mississippi was Solid Republican, having voted for Mitt Romney (R) in 2012, Donald Trump (R) in 2016, and Donald Trump (R) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Mississippi following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.
| Mississippi county-level statistics, 2020 | |||||||
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| Solid Republican | 51 | 71.6% | |||||
| Solid Democratic | 27 | 25.0% | |||||
| Trending Republican | 3 | 2.0% | |||||
| Battleground Democratic | 1 | 1.5% | |||||
| Total voted Democratic | 28 | 26.5% | |||||
| Total voted Republican | 54 | 73.5% | |||||
Historical voting trends
Mississippi presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 16 Democratic wins
- 13 Republican wins
- 2 other wins
This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.
U.S. Senate elections
The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in Mississippi.
| U.S. Senate election results in Mississippi | ||
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| Race | Winner | Runner up |
| 2020 | 54.1% |
44.1%
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| 2018 | 53.6% |
46.4%
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| 2018 | 58.5% |
39.5%
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| 2014 | 59.9% |
37.9%
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| 2012 | 57.2% |
40.6%
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| Average | 56.7 | 41.7 |
Gubernatorial elections
- See also: Governor of Mississippi
The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in Mississippi.
| Gubernatorial election results in Mississippi | ||
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| Race | Winner | Runner up |
| 2023 | 50.9% |
47.7%
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| 2019 | 51.9% |
46.9%
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| 2015 | 66.4% |
32.4%
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| 2011 | 61.0% |
39.0%
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| 2007 | 57.9% |
42.1%
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| Average | 58.0 | 41.2 |
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Mississippi's congressional delegation as of May 2024.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Mississippi | |||
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| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Republican | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 4 | 6 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Mississippi's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.
| State executive officials in Mississippi, April 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Office | Officeholder |
| Governor | Tate Reeves
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| Lieutenant Governor | Delbert Hosemann
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| Secretary of State | Michael D. Watson Jr.
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| Attorney General | Lynn Fitch
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State legislature
Mississippi State Senate
| Party | As of February 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 16 | |
| Republican Party | 36 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | |
Mississippi House of Representatives
| Party | As of February 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 41 | |
| Republican Party | 79 | |
| Independent | 2 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 122 | |
Trifecta control
The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.
Mississippi Party Control: 1992-2024
Four years of Democratic trifectas • Thirteen years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Governor | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| Senate | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R[7] | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| House | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
The table below details demographic data in Mississippi and compares it to the broader United States as of 2022.
| Demographic Data for Mississippi | ||
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| Mississippi | United States | |
| Population | 2,961,279 | 331,449,281 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 46,924 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 56.9% | 65.9% |
| Black/African American | 37.2% | 12.5% |
| Asian | 1% | 5.8% |
| Native American | 0.4% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander | 0% | 0.2% |
| Other (single race) | 1.4% | 6% |
| Multiple | 2.9% | 8.8% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 3.3% | 18.7% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 86.2% | 89.1% |
| College graduation rate | 23.9% | 34.3% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $52,985 | $75,149 |
| Persons below poverty level | 14.4% | 8.8% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2017-2022). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
See also
- United States Senate election in Mississippi, 2024 (March 12 Democratic primary)
- United States Senate election in Mississippi, 2024
- United States Senate Democratic Party primaries, 2024
- United States Senate Republican Party primaries, 2024
- United States Senate elections, 2024
- U.S. Senate battlegrounds, 2024
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Two Independents caucused with the Democratic Party. Another independent, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, counted toward the Democratic majority for committee purposes.
- ↑ LexisNexis, "Miss. Code Ann. § 23–15–575," accessed September 3, 2025
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed December 15, 2023
- ↑ Although he was not on the ballot, Harry F. Byrd (D) won Mississippi's eight unpledged electoral votes in the 1960 election against Richard Nixon (R) and Democratic Party nominee John F. Kennedy.
- ↑ States' Rights Democratic Party
- ↑ American Independent Party
- ↑ Republicans gained a majority in 2007 when two Democratic state senators switched their party affiliation. Democrats regained the majority as a result of the 2007 elections.
