The Green Papers: Mississippi 2005 Off Year Elections |
Mississippi
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Class 1 | Republican | Senator Trent Lott First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Class 2 | Republican | Senator Thad Cochran First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, All Governors | |||||
Republican | Governor Haley Barbour First elected: 2003 Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007 | |||||
Republican | Lieutenant Governor Amy Tuck First elected: 1999 (ran as a Democrat) Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007 |
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109th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109th House | |||||
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Republican (2 Undetermined); 2 Democratic (2 Undetermined) | |||||
CD 1 | Republican | Congressman Roger F. Wicker First elected: 1994 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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CD 2 | Democratic | Congressman Bennie G. Thompson First elected in Special Election, 13 April 1993, re: resignation of Congressman Mike Espy, 21 January 1993 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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CD 3 | Republican | Congressman Charles W. "Chip" Pickering, Jr. First elected: 1996 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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CD 4 | Democratic | Congressman Gene Taylor Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007 | |||||
Democratic | Secretary of State Eric Clark First elected: 1995; re-elected: 1999, 2003 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007 |
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Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007 | |||||
Democratic | Attorney General Jim Hood First elected: 2003 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007 |
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Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007 | |||||
Republican | Treasurer Tate Reeves First elected: 2003 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007 |
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Auditor of Public Accounts 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007 | |||||
Republican | Auditor of Public Accounts Phil Bryant Appointed: 1996; first elected: 1999, 2003 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007 |
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Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007 | |||||
Democratic | A & C Commissioner Lester Spell, Jr. First elected: 1995; re-elected: 1999, 2003 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007 |
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Commissioner of Insurance 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007 | |||||
Democratic | Insurance Commissioner George Dale First elected: 1975, re-elected: 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007 |
Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |
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