The Green Papers: Mississippi 2013 General Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2013. Find 2014 elections here.
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:1 
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
 

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Mississippi State and Local Government

Mississippi 2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


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.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 113th 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. Re-elected: 2012
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Class 2 Republican Senator Thad Cochran
First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
  Candidate Republican     Senator Thad Cochran
FEC S8MS00055; 30 Sep 13; Tot $402,284; Dsb $78,562
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Christopher Brian "Chris" McDaniel
FEC S4MS00120

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2011, 2015. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, All Governors

  Republican Governor Phil Bryant
First elected: 2011
Chair up for election: Tuesday 3 November 2015
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2011, 2015

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves
First elected: 2011
Seat up for election: Tuesday 3 November 2015

113th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2014, 2016. No Term Limit. 113th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
3 Republican (3 Undetermined);
1 Democratic (1 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 1 Republican Congressman Patrick Alan "Alan" Nunnelee
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Patrick Alan "Alan" Nunnelee
FEC H0MS01043; 30 Sep 13; Tot $470,867; Dsb $275,981
  Candidate Libertarian     Danny Bedwell

Incumbent - 113th Congress
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 4 November 2014
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Bennie G. Thompson
FEC H4MS02068; 30 Sep 13; Tot $452,903; Dsb $310,194

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 3 Republican Congressman Gregg Harper
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Gregg Harper
FEC H8MS03067; 30 Sep 13; Tot $434,822; Dsb $204,413

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 4 Republican Congressman Steven McCarty Palazzo
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Tavish Cordero Kelly
FEC H4MS04098
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Steven McCarty Palazzo
FEC H0MS04120; 30 Sep 13; Tot $268,796; Dsb $199,730

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2011, 2015

  Republican Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann
First elected: 2007; re-elected: 2011
Seat up for election: Tuesday 3 November 2015

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2011, 2015

  Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood
First elected: 2003; re-elected: 2007, 2011
Seat up for election: Tuesday 3 November 2015

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2011, 2015

  Republican Treasurer Lynn Fitch
First elected: 2011
Seat up for election: Tuesday 3 November 2015

Auditor of Public Accounts  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2011, 2015

  Republican Auditor of Public Accounts Stacey E. Pickering
First elected: 2007; re-elected: 2011
Seat up for election: Tuesday 3 November 2015

Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2011, 2015

  Republican Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Cindy Hyde-Smith
First elected: 2011
Seat up for election: Tuesday 3 November 2015

Commissioner of Insurance  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2011, 2015

  Republican Insurance Commissioner Michael Jackson "Mike" Chaney
First elected: 2007; re-elected: 2011
Seat up for election: Tuesday 3 November 2015
 

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, 1 candidate
  Republican: 12 incumbents, 6 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Libertarian: 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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2012 CONGRESSIONAL Political Party Breakdown by SECTION and Region
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History
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