The Green Papers: Mississippi 2011 Off-Year Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2011. Find 2012 elections here.
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 2 August 2011
Second Primary (Runoff): Gov (D), Treasurer (R): Tuesday 23 August 2011
General: Tuesday 8 November 2011
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:1 
2000 Census:2,852,927 (1.01% of 281,998,273)
2002, 2008 Electoral Votes:6(1.12% of 538)
2002-2010 Representatives:4(0.92% of 435)
2010 Census:2,978,240 (0.96% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:6(1.12% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:4(0.92% of 435)
Capital:Jackson
Tuesday 2 August 2011 polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) to 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC).
Tuesday 23 August 2011 polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) to 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC).
Tuesday 8 November 2011 polling hours 7:00a CST (1300 UTC) to 7:00p CST (0100 UTC).
 

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Mississippi State and Local Government

Mississippi 2012 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties


If no candidate receives a majority of the vote in a partisan primary, the two top vote-getters proceed to a runoff. The candidate who receives the most votes in the runoff (aka second primary) shall be nominated as a Party's candidate for the office.

To win a State-based statewide office in the General election, 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.


2 August 2011 Primary Election: Qualifying Candidates.

2 August 2011
MISSISSIPPI primary
Results from AP, WAPT, WTVA.
Clarion Ledger article regarding Precincts report problems.

8 November 2011
MISSISSIPPI General Election
Results from a media source.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 112th 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
  Candidate Republican     Senator Roger F. Wicker
FEC S8MS00196; 30 Sep 11; Tot $1,856,400; Dsb $232,928

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

Chair up for election
Open
Republican Governor Haley Reeves 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
  Elected Republican 516,422 61.11% Lieutenant Governor Phil Bryant
  Candidate Democratic 328,651 38.89% Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny L. DuPree
Received 43% in the 2 August 2011 Primary. Proceeds to 23 August 2011 runoff.
Won the Tuesday 23 August 2011 Second Primary (Runoff) with 55% of the vote.
Total 845,073 100.00%  

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

Seat up for election
Open
Republican Lieutenant Governor Phil Bryant
First elected: 2007
Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011
Open Seat - Running for Governor in 2011
  Elected Republican 610,105 80.27% Treasurer Tate Reeves
  Candidate Reform 149,969 19.73% Tracella Lou O'Hara Hill
Total 760,074 100.00%  

112th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2010, 2012. No Term Limit. 112th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
3 Republican (3 Undetermined);
1 Democratic (1 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 1 Republican Congressman Patrick Alan "Alan" Nunnelee
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Patrick Alan "Alan" Nunnelee
FEC H0MS01043; 30 Sep 11; Tot $441,850; Dsb $221,347
  Candidate Republican     former Eupora mayor Henry Ross

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
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 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Greenville Mayor Heather Dale McTeer Hudson
FEC H2MS02120; 30 Sep 11; Tot $63,192; Dsb $56,103
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Bennie G. Thompson
FEC H4MS02068; 30 Sep 11; Tot $411,284; Dsb $442,842
  Candidate Independent     Cobby Mondale Williams
29 July 2011: Filed with the FEC as a Democrat.
14 November 2011: Filed with the FEC as an Independent.

FEC H2MS02138; 30 Sep 11; Tot $4,730; Dsb $0

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 3 Republican Congressman Gregg Harper
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Gregg Harper
FEC H8MS03067; 30 Sep 11; Tot $254,185; Dsb $137,096

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 4 Republican Congressman Steven McCarty Palazzo
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Steven McCarty Palazzo
FEC H0MS04120; 30 Sep 11; Tot $424,985; Dsb $213,554

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

Seat up for election Republican Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2011
First elected: 2007
Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011
Renominated - 2 August 2011 Primary
  Elected Republican     Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann

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

Seat up for election Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2011
First elected: 2003; re-elected: 2007
Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011
Renominated - 2 August 2011 Primary
  Elected Democratic 505,478 60.79% Attorney General Jim Hood
  Candidate Republican 326,056 39.21% former Mississippi Public Safety Commissioner Stephen B. "Steve" Simpson
Total 831,534 100.00%  

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011

Seat up for election
Open
Republican Treasurer Tate Reeves
First elected: 2003; re-elected: 2007
Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011
Open Seat - Running for Lieutenant Governor in 2011.
  Elected Republican 485,854 58.83% Lynn Fitch
Received 37% in the 2 August 2011 Primary. Proceeds to 23 August 2011 runoff.
Won the Tuesday 23 August 2011 Second Primary (Runoff) with 53% of the vote.
  Candidate Democratic 314,895 38.13% Ocean Springs Mayor Connie Moran
  Candidate Reform 25,091 3.04% Shawn O'Hara
Ran for and lost the Democratic Primary, now running as Reform.
Total 825,840 100.00%  

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

Seat up for election Republican Auditor of Public Accounts Stacey E. Pickering
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2011
First elected: 2007
Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011
Renominated - 2 August 2011 Primary
  Elected Republican 565,168 75.58% Auditor of Public Accounts Stacey E. Pickering
  Candidate Reform 182,562 24.42% Ashley Norwood
Total 747,730 100.00%  

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

Seat up for election
Open
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 - Retiring in 2011.
  Elected Republican 468,234 57.08% state Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith
  Candidate Democratic 331,642 40.43% Joel Gill
  Candidate Reform 20,383 2.48% Cathy L. Toole
Total 820,259 100.00%  

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

Seat up for election Republican Insurance Commissioner Michael Jackson "Mike" Chaney
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2011
First elected: 2007
Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011
Renominated - 2 August 2011 Primary
  Elected Republican 510,227 62.07% Insurance Commissioner Michael Jackson "Mike" Chaney
  Candidate Democratic 284,098 34.56% Louis Fondren
  Candidate Reform 27,700 3.37% Barbara Dale Washer
Total 822,025 100.00%  
 

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): 2 incumbents, 7 candidates
  Republican: 12 incumbents, 13 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Reform (affiliates): 5 candidates
Independents
  Independent: 1 candidate
 
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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