2023 Mississippi elections

The 2023 Mississippi elections will take place on November 7, 2023, with the primary on August 8 and any required runoffs on August 29.[1] All executive offices in the state up for election, as well as all 52 seats of the Mississippi State Senate, all 122 seats in the Mississippi House of Representatives, and many local offices. The qualifying deadline for all 2023 Mississippi races was February 1, 2023.[2]

2023 Mississippi elections
Elections in Mississippi
Federal government
U.S. President
U.S. Senate
U.S. House
State government
State elections
Gubernatorial elections
State Senate elections
House of Representatives elections
Attorney General elections
Ballot measures
2001
2004
2020
City of Jackson
Mayoral elections

Special elections also will take place during the year.

State House of Representatives
Main article: 2023 Mississippi House of Representatives election

State Senate
Main article: 2023 Mississippi State Senate election

Governor
Main article: 2023 Mississippi gubernatorial election

Lieutenant governor
Main article: 2023 Mississippi lieutenant gubernatorial election

One-term Republican Incumbent Delbert Hosemann was elected in 2019 with 60% of the vote. He has announced that he is running for re-election.[3]

Republican State Senator Chris McDaniel has also announced his candidacy, challenging Hosemann.[4]

Republicans Shane Quick (who ran against Hosemann in 2019) and Tiffany Longino have filed for the race,[3] as has Democrat D. Ryan Grover, a former candidate for the Oxford Board of Aldermans.[5]

Secretary of State

After considering challenging Tate Reeves in the 2023 Mississippi gubernatorial election,[6] Michael Watson elected instead to run for re-election as Mississippi Secretary of State.[7]

Former Mississippi Secretary of State Staffer and 2022 Democratic Nominee for Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District Shuwaski Young has announced his bid to replace Watson.[3]

Attorney general

One-term Republican incumbent Lynn Fitch was elected in 2019 with 57.83% of the vote, becoming the state's first Republican attorney general since 1878.[3] She is running for re-election.[3]

Democratic attorney and Disability Rights Mississippi Litigation Director Greta Kemp Martin is running to challenge Fitch.[3]

State auditor

Incumbent Republican Shad White was appointed as auditor in 2018, winning his first full term unopposed in 2019. White is running for re-election.[3]

The mayor of Anguilla, Democrat Larry Bradford, is challenging White in the general election.[4]

State treasurer

One-term Republican incumbent David McRae was elected in 2019 with 60.8% of the vote. He has announced that he is seeking re-election,[3] and is running unopposed in the Republican primary.[4][3]

McRae will face a rematch in the general election, as former Bolton Board of Aldermans Member Addie Lee Green was the only Democrat to announce a run.[4] Lee Green received 39.2% of the vote in 2019.

Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce

Two-term Republican Incumbent Andy Gipson was re-elected in 2019 with 58.7% of the vote. Gipson is running for re-election,[8] and is the only Republican on the ballot.[4]

Four Democrats have announced that they are challenging Gipson:

  • Robert Bradford, Director of Natchez-Adams County Homeland Security Program, Floodplain Management Program, Emergency 9-1-1 Coordinator, and Emergency Management Agency.[4][9]
  • Robert Briggs[4]
  • Bethany Hill[4]
  • Terry Rogers II[4]

Commissioner of Insurance

Four-Term Republican Incumbent Mike Chaney was reelected in 2019 with 61.26% of the vote. Chaney, who also serves as the state's Fire Marshal, is running for re-election.[3][4]

Republican Mitch Young, a former US Navy Petty Officer and Candidate for Governor in 2015 has announced a primary challenge against Chaney.[4]

Democratic Attorney and 2022 Court of Appeals in District Four Candidate Bruce Burton has also announced a run.[3]

Public Service Commission

Northern District

Four-term Democratic Incumbent Brandon Presley was re-elected unopposed in 2019. Presley has announced that he will not run for a fifth term, instead opting to run for governor.[10]

No Democrats filed to run to succeed Presley,[10] leaving the field open for three Republican challengers to run for the open seat:

Central District

One-term Republican Incumbent Brent Bailey was elected in 2019 with 50.3% of the vote. He is running for re-election.[4]

Bailey's 2019 Democratic Opponent, now-State Representative De’Keither Stamps, is facing him again in a rematch.[4]

Southern District

One-term Republican Incumbent Dane Maxwell was elected in 2019 with 62.6% of the vote. Maxwell will be challenged in the primary by Nelson Wayne Carr.[4]

Transportation Commission

Northern District

One-term Republican Incumbent John Caldwell was elected in 2019 with 63.2% of the vote. He is running for re-election unopposed.[11]

Central District

One-term Democrat Incumbent Willie Simmons was elected in 2019 with 51.1% of the vote. He is running for re-election.[12]

Ricky Pennington Jr., a Republican, is also running for the seat.[12]

Southern District

Three-term Republican Incumbent Tom King won re-election unopposed in 2019. On November 16, 2022, King announced he would retire at the end of his term and not seek re-election.[13]

Republican State Representative for the 111th District Charles Busby[12] will face off against Independent Steven Brian Griffin.[12]

References
  1. "Mississippi elections, 2023". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  2. "Press Releases & Columns | Michael Watson Secretary of state". www.sos.ms.gov. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  3. "The field is set for 2023 Elections in Mississippi. See who is running in statewide races". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  4. Harrison, Bobby (February 2, 2023). "Who's running for Mississippi statewide offices in 2023". Mississippi Today. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  5. "The field is set for 2023 Elections in Mississippi. See who is running in statewide races". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved February 4, 2023.Maxwell will be challenged in the primary by Nelson Wayne Carr.
  6. Journal, TAYLOR VANCE Daily. "Secretary of State Michael Watson mulls move to oust Gov. Tate Reeves". Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.
  7. "Secretary of State Michael Watson announces 2023 run for reelection". Clarionledger.com. January 19, 2023. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  8. "Ag Commissioner Andy Gipson announces re-election bid for 2023". SuperTalk Mississippi Media. July 28, 2022. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  9. "Committee to elect Robert Brad Bradford". bradforagcomm24.com. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  10. Journal, CALEB BEDILLION Daily. "Democrats a no-show to hold Brandon Presley's Public Service Commission seat". Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  11. "Candidate tracker 2023: Who has qualified for Mississippi statewide, regional elections". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  12. "Who is running for Mississippi's statewide offices in 2023?". WJTV. February 3, 2023. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  13. "King won't seek 4th term on Mississippi transport commission". AP NEWS. November 17, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
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