| The Green Papers: Mississippi 2009 General Election |
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Mississippi
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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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. 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. |
| 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 |
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| Class 2 | Republican | Senator Thad Cochran • First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 111th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 3 Democratic (3 Undetermined); 1 Republican (1 Undetermined) | |||||
| 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 |
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| CD 2 {map} |
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 2 November 2010 |
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| CD 3 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Gregg Harper • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| CD 4 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Gene Taylor • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |