The Green Papers: Mississippi 2020 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 10 March 2020
✓ Runoff-- U.S. House: CD 2 R: Tuesday 23 June 2020
✓ General Election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Friday 10 January 2020 - Filing Deadline - Primary/Independent/Third/Minor .
Tuesday 10 March 2020 - Primary . Polling hours 7:00a-7:00p CDT (1200-0000 UTC).
Tuesday 23 June 2020 - Runoff-- U.S. House: CD 2 R . Polling hours 7:00a-7:00p CDT (1200-0000 UTC).
Friday 4 September 2020 - Filing Deadline - Independent Candidates for President .
Tuesday 3 November 2020 - General Election . Polling hours 7:00a-7:00p CST (1300-0100 UTC).
 
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 2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


20 March 2020: Due to the COVID-19 virus, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves announced he is postponing the runoffs from 31 March to 23 June.

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.


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.


Elections Calendar - 2019-2020, Sample ballots, Mississippi Voter Information Guide, and 2020 Candidate Qualifying Guide from the Mississippi Secretary of State.


10 March 2020 Primary results from WAPT.

2020 Election Returns from the Mississippi Secretary of State.

23 June 2020 Runoff sample ballot from the Mississippi Secretary of State.

Primary results from a media source.


2020 General Election Candidate list from the Mississippi Secretary of State.


2020 Election Sample Ballot from the Mississippi Secretary of State.

3 November 2020 returns 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 2020
 Candidate list (9)
  Elected Republican 756,764 57.60% President Donald John Trump
for Vice President: Vice President Michael R. "Mike" Pence
(6 Electoral Votes)
FEC P80001571; 23 Nov 20; Tot $717,303,371; Dsb $718,174,436
  Candidate Democratic 539,398 41.06% former Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.
for Vice President: California Senator Kamala D. Harris
FEC P80000722; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,064,613,463; Dsb $1,063,053,521
  Candidate Libertarian 8,026 0.61% Jo Jorgensen
for Vice President: Jeremy "Spike" Cohen
FEC P00013524; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,405,357; Dsb $3,373,521
  Candidate Independent 3,657 0.28% Kanye "Deez Nutz" West
for Vice President: Michelle Tidball
FEC P00016741; 23 Nov 20; Tot $14,442,390; Dsb $12,135,513
  Candidate Green 1,498 0.11% Howie Gresham Hawkins
for Vice President: Angela Nichole Walker
FEC P00012211; 23 Nov 20; Tot $495,566; Dsb $476,095
  Candidate Independent; (Prohibition Party) 1,317 0.10% former Libertyville Township Illinois Trustee Phil Andrew Collins
for Vice President: Billy Joe Parker
FEC P00014522
  Candidate American Constitution 1,279 0.10% Don Blankenship
for Vice President: William Alan Mohr
FEC P00014209; 20 Dec 20; Tot $83,880; Dsb $83,880
  Candidate American Solidarity 1,161 0.09% Brian T. Carroll
for Vice President: Amar Patel
FEC P00013771
  Candidate Independent 659 0.05% Brock Jeffrey Pierce
for Vice President: Karla Marie Ballard
FEC P00016550; 23 Nov 20; Tot $6,347,587; Dsb $6,315,486
Total 1,313,759 100.00%  

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 116th 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, 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     Senator Roger F. Wicker
FEC S8MS00196

Class 2
Seat up for regular election
Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
Appointed: 1 April 2018 [re: the resignation of Senator Thad Cochran (Republican)]; first elected in a Special Election: 27 November 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (3)
  Elected Republican 709,511 54.11% Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith
FEC S8MS00261; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,385,209; Dsb $3,225,055
  Candidate Democratic 578,691 44.13% former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Michael "Mike" Espy
FEC S8MS00287; 23 Nov 20; Tot $12,320,830; Dsb $12,405,571
  Candidate Libertarian 23,152 1.77% Jimmy L. Edwards
FEC S0MS00086
Total 1,311,354 100.00%  
  
Senator Thad Cochran (Republican), who was first elected in 1978; and re-elected in 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014, announced his intention to resign from the U.S. Senate effective 1 April 2018 "... I regret my health has become an ongoing challenge ..."
On 21 March 2018, Governor Phil Bryant (Republican) announced that upon Senator Cochran's resignation, he will appoint state Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican) to the Senate Class 2 Seat.
1 April 2018: Senator Thad Cochran resigns.
3 April 2018: Governor Phil Bryant (Republican) set 6 November 2018 as the date for the Special U.S. Senate election. If no one receives a majority in the primary, the top 2 vote getters proceed to a 27 November non-partisan runoff. For special elections, all candidates run in a non-partisan primary. Party labels do not appear on the ballot.
6 November 2018: Since no candidate received a majority of the vote in the General Election, there will be a Tuesday 27 November 2018 non-partisan runoff between Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican) and former Member of Congress Alphonso Michael "Mike" Espy (Democratic).
27 November 2018: Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican) is elected.
30 May 2019: former Senator Thad Cochran (Republican), 81, passed away.

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, All Governors

  Republican Governor Tate Reeves
First elected: 2019.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2023
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann
First elected: 2019.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2023

116th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2021. No Term Limit. 116th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
3 Republican (3 Renominated);
1 Democratic (1 Renominated)

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress John Trent "Trent" Kelly
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
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 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 228,787 68.75% Member of Congress John Trent "Trent" Kelly
FEC H6MS01131; 23 Nov 20; Tot $887,392; Dsb $803,489
  Candidate Democratic 104,008 31.25% Antonia Eliason
FEC H0MS01118; 23 Nov 20; Tot $22,531; Dsb $18,424
Total 332,795 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 2
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Member of Congress Bennie G. Thompson
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
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 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress
  Elected Democratic 196,224 66.02% Member of Congress Bennie G. Thompson
FEC H4MS02068; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,376,861; Dsb $1,081,475
  Candidate Republican 101,010 33.98% Brian Wesley Flowers
FEC H0MS02082
Total 297,234 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 3
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Michael Patrick Guest
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 221,064 64.67% Member of Congress Michael Patrick Guest
FEC H8MS03125; 23 Nov 20; Tot $802,796; Dsb $519,348
  Candidate Democratic 120,782 35.33% Dorothy "Dot" Benford
FEC H8MS02044
Total 341,846 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 4
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Steven McCarty Palazzo
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 ** Uncontested Race **
 Candidate list (1) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 255,971 100.00% Member of Congress Steven McCarty Palazzo
FEC H0MS04120; 23 Nov 20; Tot $822,037; Dsb $657,613
Total 255,971 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023

  Republican Secretary of State Michael Watson
First elected: 2019
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2023

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023

  Republican Attorney General Lynn Fitch
First elected: 2019
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2023

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023

  Republican Treasurer David McRae
First elected: 2019
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2023

Auditor of Public Accounts  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023

  Republican Auditor of Public Accounts Shadrack "Shad" White
Appointed 6 July 2018 [re: 15 July resignation of Stacey E. Pickering]; first elected: 2019
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2023
 6 July 2018: Governor Phil Bryant (Republican) appointed Shad White (Republican) to fill the remainder of the term when the office becomes vacant.
15 July 2018: Auditor of Public Accounts Stacey E. Pickering (Republican), who was first elected in 2007 and re-elected in 2011 and 2015, resigned to become head of the Mississippi Veterans Affairs Board.

Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023

  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
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2023

Commissioner of Insurance  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023

  Republican Insurance Commissioner Michael Jackson "Mike" Chaney
First elected: 2007; re-elected: 2011, 2015, 2019
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2023
 

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.
  Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Libertarian: 2 candidates
Other Third Parties
  American Constitution (affiliate of Constitution): 1 candidate
  American Solidarity: 1 candidate
  Prohibition Party (affiliates): 1 candidate
Independents
  Independent: 3 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.


 


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