| The Green Papers: Mississippi 2020 General Election |
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Mississippi
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 |
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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. |
| 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. | |||||
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| 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 |
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Republican | Senator Roger F. Wicker • FEC S8MS00196 |
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| 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. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated |
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Democratic | former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Michael "Mike" Espy • FEC S8MS00287; 31 Mar 20; Tot $778,022; Dsb $690,116 |
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Republican | Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith • FEC S8MS00261; 31 Mar 20; Tot $1,902,198; Dsb $819,752 |
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Libertarian | Jimmy Edwards • FEC S0MS00086 |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
Republican | Member of Congress John Trent "Trent" Kelly • 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 |
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| Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress | |||||
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Democratic | Antonia Eliason • FEC H0MS01118; 31 Mar 20; Tot $11,098; Dsb $1,232 |
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Republican | Member of Congress John Trent "Trent" Kelly • FEC H6MS01131; 31 Mar 20; Tot $514,930; Dsb $503,241 |
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CD 2 |
Democratic | Member of Congress Bennie G. Thompson • 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 |
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| Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress | |||||
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Democratic | Member of Congress Bennie G. Thompson • FEC H4MS02068; 31 Mar 20; Tot $849,417; Dsb $673,543 |
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Republican | Thomas L. "Tom" Carey • proceeds to 31 March 2020 Runoff • FEC H0MS02116 |
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Republican | Brian Wesley Flowers • proceeds to 31 March 2020 Runoff • FEC H0MS02082 |
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| Incumbent - 116th Congress | |||||
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Republican | Member of Congress Michael Patrick Guest • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated |
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| Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress | |||||
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Democratic | Dorothy "Dot" Benford • FEC H8MS02044 |
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Republican | Member of Congress Michael Patrick Guest • FEC H8MS03125; 31 Mar 20; Tot $571,230; Dsb $367,150 |
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| Incumbent - 116th Congress | |||||
| CD 4 |
Republican | Member of Congress Steven McCarty Palazzo • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated |
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| Candidate list (1) - 117th Congress | |||||
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Republican | Member of Congress Steven McCarty Palazzo • FEC H0MS04120; 31 Mar 20; Tot $545,436; Dsb $511,542 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023 | |||||
| Republican | Treasurer David McRae • First elected: 2019 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2023 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 21 March 2018: Governor Phil Bryant (Republican) announced that upon Senator Thad Cochran's (Republican) 1 April resigation, he will appoint state Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican) to the Senate Class 2 Seat. 2 April 2018: Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican), who was first elected in 2011 and re-elected in 2015, resigned. 29 March 2018: Governor Phil Bryant (Republican) named state Representative Andy Gipson (Republican) as Mississippi's Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce. He will serve the remainder of the current term which ends in January 2020. 2 April 2018: Andy Gipson is sworn as Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce. | |||||
| 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 |
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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. |
| 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, 4 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) | |
| • Green (affiliates) | |
| • Libertarian: 1 candidate | |
| Other Third Parties | |
| • Justice Party | |
| • Right to Life | |
| • Unity | |
| 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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