The Green Papers: Mississippi 2010 Midterm Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2010. Find 2011 elections here.
 
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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. 111th 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
  Candidate Democratic     Johnny DuPree
  Candidate Democratic     William O. "Bill" Luckett, Jr.
  Candidate Republican     Phil Bryant
  Candidate 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
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Billy Hewes

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

CD 1
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Seat up for election
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
  Elected Republican 121,074 55.26% state Senator Patrick Alan "Alan" Nunnelee
FEC H0MS01043; 31 Dec 10; Tot $1,739,381; Dsb $1,617,116
  Candidate Democratic 89,388 40.80% Congressman Travis W. Childers
FEC H8MS01061; 31 Dec 10; Tot $1,817,030; Dsb $1,846,371
  Candidate Independent 2,180 1.00% Wally Pang
FEC H8MS01129; 10 Nov 10; Tot $0; Dsb $6,900
  Candidate Independent 2,020 0.92% Lester L. "Les" Green
FEC H0MS01068; 10 Dec 10; Tot $45,296; Dsb $45,294
  Candidate Independent 1,882 0.86% A. G. Baddley
FEC H0MS01092
  Candidate Constitution 1,235 0.56% Elizabeth Gail "Gail" Giaramita
FEC H0MS01084; 22 Nov 10; Tot $12,730; Dsb $12,913
  Candidate Independent 478 0.22% Rick "Rico" Hoskins
FEC H0MS01100
  Candidate Libertarian 447 0.20% Harold M. Taylor
FEC H2MS01072
  Candidate 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
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Seat up for election
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
  Elected Democratic 105,327 61.47% Congressman Bennie G. Thompson
FEC H4MS02068; 31 Dec 10; Tot $1,808,676; Dsb $1,343,451
  Candidate 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
  Candidate Reform 1,530 0.89% Ashley Norwood
FEC H0MS02074
Total 171,356 100.00%  

CD 3
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Seat up for election
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
  Elected Republican 132,393 67.99% Congressman Gregg Harper
FEC H8MS03067; 31 Dec 10; Tot $715,013; Dsb $688,952
  Candidate Democratic 60,737 31.19% Joel L. Gill
FEC H8MS03091
  Candidate 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
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Seat up for election
Democratic Congressman Gene Taylor
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Renominated - 1 June 2010 Primary
  Elected Republican 105,613 51.93% state Representative Steven McCarty Palazzo
FEC H0MS04120; 31 Dec 10; Tot $1,111,451; Dsb $1,058,472
  Candidate Democratic 95,243 46.83% Congressman Gene Taylor
FEC H8MS05047; 31 Dec 10; Tot $855,980; Dsb $958,955
  Candidate Libertarian 1,741 0.86% Kenneth "Tim" Hampton
FEC H0MS04138
  Candidate 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.
  Candidate 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.


 


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