The Green Papers: Mississippi 2024 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 12 March 2024
✓ Runoffs - House CD 2 Rep: Tuesday 2 April 2024
✓ General Election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Tuesday 2 January - Thursday 11 January 2024 (presumably) - Filing - Primary/Independent/Third/Minor .
Tuesday 12 March 2024 - Primary . Polling hours 7:00a-7:00p CDT (1200-0000 UTC).
Tuesday 2 April 2024 - Runoffs - House CD 2 Rep . Polling hours 7:00a-7:00p CDT (1200-0000 UTC).
Tuesday 5 November 2024 - General Election . Polling hours 7:00a-7:00p CST (1300-0100 UTC).
 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:2,963,914 (0.96% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:6(0.00% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:4(0.92% of 435)
Capital:Jackson
 

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Mississippi State and Local Government

Mississippi 2024 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


The primary is for the Democrats and 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.

3 November 2020: Voters approved a ballot measure which provides that if one candidate for governor or state office does not receive a majority, the top two vote-getters advance to a runoff election.


For special elections, all candidates run in a non-partisan primary. Party labels do not appear on the ballot. If no one receives a majority in the primary, the top 2 vote getters proceed to a non-partisan runoff.


2024 Democratic Primary Sample Ballot and 2024 Republican Primary Sample Ballot from the Mississippi Secretary of State.

12 March 2024 results from a media source.

Candidate & Referenda Information from the Mississippi Secretary of State.

2024 General Election Candidate Qualifying List from the Mississippi Secretary of State.

SAMPLE Official Election Ballot from the Mississippi Secretary of State.

 
           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 6 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates by State, List of Presidential Candidates.
Up for election in 2024
 Candidate list (9)
  Elected Republican 708,339 61.60% former President Donald John Trump
for Vice President: Ohio Senator James D. "J.D." Vance
(6 Electoral Votes)
FEC P80001571; 08 Aug 24; Tot $29,134; Dsb $29,134
  Candidate Democratic 428,641 37.28% Vice President  Kamala Devi Harris
for Vice President: Minnesota Governor Timothy J. "Tim" Walz
FEC P00009423; 16 Oct 24; Tot $997,236,360; Dsb $880,268,088
  Candidate Independent 5,111 0.44% Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr.
for Vice President: Nicole Ann Shanahan
FEC P40011793; 16 Oct 24; Tot $62,846,924; Dsb $61,628,901
  Candidate Libertarian 2,407 0.21% Chase Russell Oliver
for Vice President: Mike ter Maat
FEC P40011983; 16 Oct 24; Tot $441,081; Dsb $435,801
  Candidate Green 1,787 0.16% former Lexington Town Meeting Member Jill Ellen Stein
for Vice President: Rudolph T. "Butch" Ware, III
FEC P20003984; 16 Oct 24; Tot $2,862,297; Dsb $2,388,338
  Candidate Independent; (Socialism and Liberation) 1,019 0.09% Claudia De la Cruz
for Vice President: Karina Alexandra Garcia
FEC P40015406; 16 Oct 24; Tot $360,917; Dsb $333,692
  Candidate Constitution 969 0.08% Randall Allan Terry
for Vice President: Stephen E. Broden
FEC P40019218; 16 Oct 24; Tot $381,026; Dsb $363,591
  Candidate Independent; (American Solidarity) 941 0.08% Connecticut Regional School Board of Education Member  Peter A. Sonski
for Vice President: Lauren Michelle Onak
FEC P40013724; 25 Nov 24; Tot $87,821; Dsb $83,178
  Candidate Independent 654 0.06% Shiva Ayyadurai
for Vice President: Crystal Ellis
FEC P40012015; 16 Oct 24; Tot $163,391; Dsb $139,389
Total 1,149,868 100.00%  

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 118th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1
Seat up for regular election
Republican Senator  Roger F. Wicker
• Re-elected Tuesday 5 November 2024
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, 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Renominated
 Candidate list (2)
  Elected Republican 722,770 63.42% Senator  Roger F. Wicker
FEC S8MS00196; 16 Oct 24; Tot $7,076,463; Dsb $5,979,319
  Candidate Democratic 416,819 36.58% Ty Pinkins
FEC S4MS00187; 16 Oct 24; Tot $919,321; Dsb $900,656
Total 1,139,589 100.00%  

Class 2 Republican Senator  Cindy Hyde-Smith
Appointed: 1 April 2018 [re: the resignation of Senator Thad Cochran (Republican)]; first elected in a Special Election: 27 November 2018; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     Senator  Cindy Hyde-Smith
FEC S8MS00261

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2023, 2027. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, All Governors

  Republican Governor  Tate Reeves
First elected: 2019; re-elected: 2023.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 2 November 2027
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2023, 2027

  Republican Lieutenant Governor  Delbert Hosemann
First elected: 2019; re-elected: 2023.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 2 November 2027

118th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2024, 2026. No Term Limit. 118th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
3 Republican (3 Renominated);
1 Democratic (1 Renominated)

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress  John Trent "Trent" Kelly
• Re-elected Tuesday 5 November 2024
First elected in a Special Election: 2 June 2015 (re: death of Member of Congress Patrick Alan "Alan" Nunnelee).
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Renominated
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Elected Republican 216,779 70.15% Member of Congress  John Trent "Trent" Kelly
FEC H6MS01131; 16 Oct 24; Tot $1,181,283; Dsb $893,237
  Candidate Democratic 92,247 29.85% Dianne Dodson Black
FEC H2MS01148; 16 Oct 24; Tot $9,444; Dsb $7,450
Total 309,026 100.00%  

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 2
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Member of Congress  Bennie G. Thompson
• Re-elected Tuesday 5 November 2024
First elected in Special Election, 13 April 1993, re: resignation of Member of Congress Mike Espy, 21 January 1993
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Renominated
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Elected Democratic 156,571 61.84% Member of Congress  Bennie G. Thompson
FEC H4MS02068; 25 Nov 24; Tot $1,242,513; Dsb $1,288,054
  Candidate Republican 96,630 38.16% Ron Eller
Proceeded to and won the Runoff 2 April 2024

FEC H2MS02203; 16 Oct 24; Tot $47,798; Dsb $17,810
Total 253,201 100.00%  

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 3
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress  Michael Patrick Guest
• Re-elected Tuesday 5 November 2024
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Renominated
 ** Uncontested Race **
 Candidate list (1) - 119th Congress
  Elected Republican     Member of Congress  Michael Patrick Guest
FEC H8MS03125; 16 Oct 24; Tot $823,173; Dsb $368,683

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 4
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress  Walter Michael "Mike" Ezell
• Re-elected Tuesday 5 November 2024
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Renominated
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Elected Republican 212,943 74.07% Member of Congress  Walter Michael "Mike" Ezell
FEC H2MS04258; 16 Oct 24; Tot $1,109,417; Dsb $1,035,503
  Candidate Democratic 74,539 25.93% Craig Elliot Raybon
FEC H4MS04189
Total 287,482 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2023, 2027

  Republican Secretary of State  Michael Watson
First elected: 2019; re-elected: 2023.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 2 November 2027

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2023, 2027

  Republican Attorney General  Lynn Fitch
First elected: 2019; re-elected: 2023.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 2 November 2027

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2023, 2027

  Republican Treasurer  David McRae
First elected: 2019; re-elected: 2023.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 2 November 2027

Auditor of Public Accounts  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2023, 2027

  Republican Auditor of Public Accounts  Shadrack "Shad" White
Appointed 6 July 2018 [re: 15 July resignation of Stacey E. Pickering]; first elected: 2019; re-elected: 2023.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 2 November 2027

Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2023, 2027

  Republican Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce  Andy Gipson
Appointed: 2 April 2018 [re: resignation of Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican) who was appointed by Governor Phil Bryant (Republican) to the U.S. Senate Class 2 seat.]; first elected: 2019; re-elected: 2023.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 2 November 2027

Commissioner of Insurance  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2023, 2027

  Republican Insurance Commissioner  Michael Jackson "Mike" Chaney
First elected: 2007; re-elected: 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 2 November 2027
 

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   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 1 incumbent, 5 candidates
  Republican: 13 incumbents, 7 candidates
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
  American Solidarity: 1 candidate
  Justice Party
  Socialism and Liberation: 1 candidate
  Unity
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.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"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.


Links Links to other web sites

Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
  Unannotated Mississippi Code - Mississippi Constitution
Election Authority
  Mississippi Secretary of State
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
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Democratic
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Republican
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Third Party
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  Libertarian Party of Mississippi
  The Constitution Party of Mississippi
  The Unity Party of Mississippi
Media & others
  djournal.com - Journal Publishing - Tupelo
  Jackson Free Press
  Madison County Journal - Ridgeland
  Magnolia Report
  Magnolia Tribune - Flora
  Mississippi Business Journal
  NewsLink.org - Mississippi
  Picayune Item
  Politics1.com - Mississippi
  The Fayette Chronicle
  The Jackson Advocate - Jackson
  The Natchez Democrat
  The Neshoba Democrat - Philadelphia
  The Vicksburg Post
  WAPT TV - ABC - Jackson
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  WTOK TV - ABC - Meridian
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