2023 Mississippi State Senate election

The 2023 Mississippi State Senate election is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, to elect all 52 members of the Mississippi State Senate to four-year terms. It will be held concurrently with elections for all statewide offices and the Mississippi House of Representatives. Primary elections will take place on August 8.[1]

2023 Mississippi State Senate election
November 7, 2023
All 52 seats in the Mississippi State Senate
27 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Dean Kirby Derrick Simmons
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 7, 2020 July 31, 2017
Leader's seat 30h district 12th district
Current seats 36 16
Seats needed Steady Increase 11
Incumbent President

Delbert Hosemann
Republican


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Background

In the 2019 Mississippi Legislature elections, Republicans expanded their majorities in both chambers to 75 in the House and 36 in the Senate.[2][3] Going into the 2023 elections, Republicans held a two-thirds supermajority in the Senate, though not in the House.

The 2023 election will be the first election held under new district maps following redistricting as a result of the 2020 census.[4]

Overview
↓
26 15 11
Republican To be elected Democratic
Parties Candidates Votes Seats
No.  % Before After +/-
Republican 40 36
Democratic 21 16
Independent 5 0
Libertarian 5 0
Green 1 0
Write-ins – 0
Total 72 100.00% 52

Results by district
District2020 Pres.[5]IncumbentCandidates[6]Result
MemberPartyFirst electedRunning
1 R+34.0 Michael McLendon Republican 2020 Yes
  • ▌TBD (Republican)
  • ▌Gail Lyons (Democratic)
Republican primary
2 R+13.1 David Parker Republican 2013 Yes
3 R+43.6 Kathy Chism Republican 2020 Yes
Republican hold
4 R+62.4 Rita Potts Parks Republican 2012 Yes
5 R+71.9 Daniel Sparks Republican 2020 Yes
Republican hold
6 R+47.9 Chad McMahan Republican 2016 Yes
  • ▌TBD (Republican)
Republican primary
 Republican hold
7 R+12.2 Hob Bryan Democratic 1984 Yes
  • ▌Robert Mitchell (Republican)
  • ▌Hob Bryan (Democratic)
  • ▌Lesley Smith (Libertarian)
8 R+30.1 Benjamin Suber Republican 2020 Yes
Republican hold
9 R+15.1 Nicole Akins Boyd Republican 2020 Yes
  • ▌TBD (Republican)
Republican primary
 Republican hold
10 R+19.2 Neil Whaley Republican 2018 Yes
  • ▌Neil Whaley (Republican)
  • ▌Andre DeBerry (Democratic)
11 D+22.5 Robert L. Jackson Democratic 2004 Yes
Democratic hold
12 D+38.9 Derrick Simmons Democratic 2011 Yes
Democratic hold
13 D+36.3 Sarita Simmons Democratic 2020 Yes
  • ▌TBD (Democratic)
Democratic primary
 Democratic hold
14 R+23.3 Lydia Chassaniol Republican 2007 Yes
  • ▌TBD (Republican)
Republican primary
 Republican hold
15 R+24.3 Bart Williams Republican 2020 Yes
  • ▌TBD (Republican)
Republican primary
 Republican hold
16 D+37.8 Angela Turner-Ford Democratic 2013 Yes
Democratic hold
17 R+28.1 Charles Younger Republican 2014 Yes
Republican hold
18 R+36.3 Jenifer Branning Republican 2016 Yes
Republican hold
19 R+30.0 Kevin Blackwell Republican 2016 Yes
  • ▌TBD (Republican)
  • ▌Sandy Kerr (Democratic)
Republican primary
20 R+45.7 Josh Harkins Republican 2012 Yes
Republican hold
21 D+32.7 Barbara Blackmon Democratic 2016 Yes
  • ▌TBD (Democratic)
Democratic primary
 Democratic hold
22 D+17.9 Joseph C. Thomas Democratic 2020 Yes
23 R+8.0 Briggs Hopson Republican 2008 Yes
Republican hold
24 D+22.8 David Lee Jordan Democratic 1993 Yes
  • ▌TBD (Democratic)
  • ▌Marty Evans Jr. (Republican)
  • ▌Curressia M. Brown (Independent)
Democratic primary
25 R+23.8 J. Walter Michel Republican 2016 Yes
Republican hold
26 D+43.8 John Horhn Democratic 1993 Yes
Democratic hold
27 D+43.2 Hillman Terome Frazier Democratic 1993 Yes
  • ▌TBD (Democratic)
Democratic primary
 Democratic hold
28 D+74.8 Sollie Norwood Democratic 2013 Yes
Democratic hold
29 D+31.1 David Blount Democratic 2008 Yes
  • ▌TBD (Democratic)
  • ▌Michael Carson (Republican)
Democratic primary
  • ▌David Blount (Democratic)
  • ▌Dwayne Pickett (Democratic)
30 R+35.6 Dean Kirby Republican 1992 Yes
Republican hold
31 R+34.2 Tyler McCaughn Republican 2020 Yes
Republican hold
32 D+32.5 Rod Hickman Democratic 2021[a] Yes
Democratic hold
33 R+40.3 Jeff Tate Republican 2020 Yes
Republican hold
34 D+17.5 Juan Barnett Democratic 2020 Yes
Democratic hold
35 R+17.8 Chris Caughman Republican 2016 No
  • ▌Andy Berry (Republican)
 Republican hold
36 R+54.3 None (new seat)
  • ▌TBD (Republican)
Republican primary
  • ▌Brian Rhodes (Republican)
  • ▌Jared Morrison (Republican)
Republican gain
37 D+25.5 Albert Butler Democratic 2010 Yes
  • ▌TBD (Democratic)
Democratic primary
 Democratic hold
Melanie Sojourner Republican 2020 No Republican loss
38 D+22.3 Tammy Witherspoon Democratic 2016 No
  • ▌Gary Brumfield (Democratic)
  • ▌Trischell LaRice Veal (Libertarian)
  • ▌Kelvin E. Butler (Independent)
  • ▌Willye R. Powell (Independent)
39 R+43.5 Jason Barrett Republican 2020 Yes
Republican hold
40 R+61.7 Angela Burks Hill Republican 2012 Yes
41 R+37.2 Joey Fillingane Republican 2007 Yes
  • ▌TBD (Republican)
Republican primary
 Republican hold
42 R+63.1 Chris McDaniel Republican 2008 No
  • ▌TBD (Republican)
Republican primary
 Republican hold
43 R+53.8 Dennis DeBar Republican 2016 Yes
Republican hold
44 R+42.3 John A. Polk Republican 2012 Yes
Republican hold
45 R+31.4 Chris Johnson Republican 2020 Yes
Republican hold
46 R+60.7 Philip Moran Republican 2012 Yes
  • ▌TBD (Republican)
Republican primary
  • ▌Philip Moran (Republican)
  • ▌Philman A. Ladner (Republican)
Republican hold
47 R+64.7 Mike Seymour Republican 2016 Yes
  • ▌TBD (Republican)
  • ▌George "Tony" Uram (Independent)
Republican primary
  • ▌Mike Seymour (Republican)
  • ▌Scott Strickland (Republican)
48 R+11.0 Mike Thompson Republican 2020 Yes
49 R+16.7 Joel Carter Republican 2018 Yes
  • ▌Joel Carter (Republican)
  • ▌Glen A. Lewis (Libertarian)
50 R+26.2 Scott DeLano Republican 2020 Yes
Republican hold
51 R+25.9 Jeremy England Republican 2020 Yes
  • ▌Jeremy England (Republican)
  • ▌Lynn M. Bowker (Libertarian)
  • ▌Artis R. Burney (Green)
52 R+28.8 Brice Wiggins Republican 2012 Yes
Republican hold

See also

References
  1. "2023 Elections Calendar" (PDF). Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  2. "Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 2019".
  3. "Mississippi State Senate elections, 2019".
  4. "Redistricting in Mississippi after the 2020 census". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  5. "MS 2022 State Senate". Dave's Redistricting. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
  6. "2023 Candidate Qualifying List" (PDF). Retrieved February 3, 2023.
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