Mississippi 2010 Midterm Election

The Green Papers: Mississippi 2010 Midterm Election

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Mississippi
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 1 June 2010
Primary Runoff (CD 2-R): Tuesday 22 June 2010
General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Electoral Votes:	6	(1.12% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2002-2010 Representatives:	4	(0.92% of 435)
2000 Census:	2,852,927	(1.01% of 281,998,273)
Capital:	Jackson
Tuesday 1 June 2010 polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) to 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC).
Tuesday 22 June 2010 polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) to 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC).
Tuesday 2 November 2010 polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) to 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC).

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Mississippi State and Local Government

Partisan primary: If no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the primary, the two top vote-getters will proceed to a runoff. The candidate who leads in this runoff (second primary) shall be nominated as a Party's candidate for the office.

General election: To win a State-based statewide office, a candidate must receive 50% or more of the vote and carry 62 or more of the 122 House districts. Otherwise, the House chooses between the top two vote-getters in January.

1 June 2010 primary results from a media source.

If no candidate receives 50% of the vote in the Tuesday 1 June 2010 party primary, the two leading candidates proceed to a Tuesday 22 June 2010 run off. Contest headed to runoff:

U.S. House CD 2 - Republican

Bill Marcy (35%). Won the runoff with 59%.
Richard Cook (35%).

22 June 2010
MISSISSIPPI RUNOFF results from a media source

2 November 2010
General Election returns from an official source.



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 111^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1	Republican	Senator Roger F. Wicker • Appointed 31 December 2007 to fill the vacancy caused by the 18 December 2007 resignation of Senator Trent Lott. First elected in a special election: 4 November 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Class 2	Republican	Senator Thad Cochran • First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, All Governors

	Republican	Governor Haley Barbour • First elected: 2003; re-elected: 2007 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair - At term limit

	Democratic			Johnny DuPree
	Democratic			William O. "Bill" Luckett, Jr.

	Republican			Phil Bryant
	Republican			Dave Dennis

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011

	Republican	Lieutenant Governor Phil Bryant • First elected: 2007 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011

	Republican			state Senator Billy Hewes

111^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit. 111^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 3 Democratic (3 Renominated); 1 Republican (1 Renominated)

CD 1 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Travis W. Childers • First elected in a special election 13 May 2008 (re: the appointment of Congressman Roger Wicker to the U.S. Senate Class 1 seat) • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Renominated - 1 June 2010 Primary

	Republican	121,074	55.26%	state Senator Patrick Alan "Alan" Nunnelee • FEC H0MS01043; 31 Dec 10; Tot $1,739,381; Dsb $1,617,116

	Democratic	89,388	40.80%	Congressman Travis W. Childers • FEC H8MS01061; 31 Dec 10; Tot $1,817,030; Dsb $1,846,371

	Independent	2,180	1.00%	Wally Pang • FEC H8MS01129; 10 Nov 10; Tot $0; Dsb $6,900
	Independent	2,020	0.92%	Lester L. "Les" Green • FEC H0MS01068; 10 Dec 10; Tot $45,296; Dsb $45,294
	Independent	1,882	0.86%	A. G. Baddley • FEC H0MS01092

	Constitution	1,235	0.56%	Elizabeth Gail "Gail" Giaramita • FEC H0MS01084; 22 Nov 10; Tot $12,730; Dsb $12,913

	Independent	478	0.22%	Rick "Rico" Hoskins • FEC H0MS01100

	Libertarian	447	0.20%	Harold M. Taylor • FEC H2MS01072

	Reform	389	0.18%	Barbara Dale Washer • 13 September 2010: Ballot position restored. 3 September 2010: Removed from ballot due to paperwork issues (the party's officers failed to register with the Secretary of State). • FEC H4MS01102
Total		219,093	100.00%

CD 2 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Bennie G. Thompson • Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010 • First elected in Special Election, 13 April 1993, re: resignation of Congressman Mike Espy, 21 January 1993 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Renominated - 1 June 2010 Primary

	Democratic	105,327	61.47%	Congressman Bennie G. Thompson • FEC H4MS02068; 31 Dec 10; Tot $1,808,676; Dsb $1,343,451

	Republican	64,499	37.64%	William Louis "Bill" Marcy • Received 35% (2,231 votes) in the 1 June 2010 primary. Won the 22 June 2010 runoff with 59%. • FEC H0MS02066; 31 Dec 10; Tot $47,933; Dsb $40,847

	Reform	1,530	0.89%	Ashley Norwood • FEC H0MS02074
Total		171,356	100.00%

CD 3 {map}	Republican	Congressman Gregg Harper • Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010 • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Renominated - 1 June 2010 Primary

	Republican	132,393	67.99%	Congressman Gregg Harper • FEC H8MS03067; 31 Dec 10; Tot $715,013; Dsb $688,952

	Democratic	60,737	31.19%	Joel L. Gill • FEC H8MS03091

	Reform	1,586	0.81%	Tracella Lou O'Hara Hill • 13 September 2010: Ballot position restored. 3 September 2010: Removed from ballot due to paperwork issues (the party's officers failed to register with the Secretary of State). • FEC H0MS03064
Total		194,716	100.00%

CD 4 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Gene Taylor • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Renominated - 1 June 2010 Primary

	Republican	105,613	51.93%	state Representative Steven McCarty Palazzo • FEC H0MS04120; 31 Dec 10; Tot $1,111,451; Dsb $1,058,472

	Democratic	95,243	46.83%	Congressman Gene Taylor • FEC H8MS05047; 31 Dec 10; Tot $855,980; Dsb $958,955

	Libertarian	1,741	0.86%	Kenneth "Tim" Hampton • FEC H0MS04138

	Reform	787	0.39%	Anna Jewel Revies • 13 September 2010: Ballot position restored. 3 September 2010: Removed from ballot due to paperwork issues (the party's officers failed to register with the Secretary of State). • FEC H0MS04146
Total		203,384	100.00%

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011

	Republican	Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann • First elected: 2007 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011

	Democratic	Attorney General Jim Hood • First elected: 2003; re-elected: 2007 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011

	Republican	Treasurer Tate Reeves • First elected: 2003; re-elected: 2007 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011

Auditor of Public Accounts 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011

	Republican	Auditor of Public Accounts Stacey E. Pickering • First elected: 2007 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011

Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011

	Republican	Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Lester Spell, Jr. • First elected as a Democrat: 1995; re-elected: 1999, 2003; re-elected: 2007 as a Republican • Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011 • Open Seat - 16 June 2010: Announced retirement at the end of his term.

	Republican			state Representative Dannie Reed

Commissioner of Insurance 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011

	Republican	Insurance Commissioner Michael Jackson "Mike" Chaney • First elected: 2007 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011

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.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 4 incumbents, 6 candidates
	• Republican: 10 incumbents, 8 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Libertarian: 2 candidates
	• Reform (affiliates): 4 candidates
Independents
	• Independent: 4 candidates
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.