2023 Mississippi House of Representatives election
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Elections in Mississippi |
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The 2023 Mississippi House of Representatives election was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, to elect all 122 members of the Mississippi House of Representatives to four-year terms. It was held concurrently with elections for all statewide offices and the Mississippi State Senate. Primary elections took place on August 8.[1]
The 2023 election was the first election held under new district maps following redistricting as a result of the 2020 census.[2]
Background
[edit]In the 2019 Mississippi Legislature elections, Republicans expanded their majorities in both chambers to 75 in the House and 36 in the Senate.[3][4] They had 77 members in the House, five votes short of a two-thirds supermajority, after elected Democrats Kevin Horan and Jon Ray Lancaster switched parties.[5]
In the 2020 Presidential Election, Donald Trump won 79 Mississippi House districts while Joe Biden won 43. Heading into the 2023 Mississippi House election, Democrats held 2 districts Trump won: District 33 (Trump +25%) and District 75 (Trump +41%). Republicans held 2 districts Biden won: District 43 (Biden +1%) and District 102 (Biden +6%). Additionally, Independents held 3 districts: District 45 (Biden +5%), District 64 (Trump +1%), and District 96 (Biden +5%).
Retirements
[edit]Sixteen incumbents did not seek re-election.[6]
Democrats
[edit]- District 33: Thomas Reynolds II retired.
- District 57: Edward Blackmon Jr. retired.
- District 66: De'Keither Stamps retired to successfully run for Public Service Commission Central District.
- District 69: Alyce Clarke retired.
- District 75: Tom Miles retired to successfully run for Scott County Chancery Clerk.[7]
Independents
[edit]- District 45: Michael Evans retired to run for Kemper County Sheriff.[8]
Republicans
[edit]- District 6: Dana Criswell retired.
- District 7: Steve Hopkins retired.
- District 20: Chris Brown retired to successfully run for Public Service Commission Northern District.
- District 28: Jerry Darnell retired.
- District 56: Philip Gunn retired.
- District 58: Joel Bomgar retired.
- District 62: Tom Weathersby retired.
- District 88: Robin Robinson retired to successfully run for State Senate.
- District 111: Charles Busby retired to successfully run for Transportation Commission Southern District.
- District 115: Randall Patterson retired.
Resignations and death
[edit]Three seats were vacant on the day of the general election due to resignations or death in 2022 or 2023.
Democrats
[edit]Two Democrats resigned before the end of their terms.
- District 27: Kenneth Walker resigned April 2, 2023, to become Assistant Chief for the Natural Resources Conservation Service for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.[9]
- District 72: Debra Gibbs resigned December 29, 2022, to become a circuit court judge of Hinds County.[10]
Republicans
[edit]One Republican died in office.
- District 15: Mac Huddleston died August 27, 2023, of multiple myeloma.[11]
Incumbents defeated
[edit]In primary election
[edit]Four incumbent representatives, one Democrat and three Republicans, were defeated in the August 8 primary election.[12] Two more incumbent representatives, both Republicans, were defeated in the August 29 primary runoff election.[13][14]
Democrats
[edit]- District 51: Rufus Straughter lost renomination to Timaka James-Jones.
Republicans
[edit]- District 2: Nick Bain lost renomination to Brad Mattox.
- District 10: Brady Williamson lost renomination to Josh Hawkins.
- District 23: Perry Van Bailey lost renomination to Andy Stepp.
- District 105: Dale Goodin lost renomination to Elliot Burch.
- District 107: Doug McLeod lost renomination to Steve Lott.
Special elections
[edit]One special election was held on January 10, 2023, with a runoff on January 31, 2023, to fill a vacancy in District 23. Incumbent Charles Beckett resigned on September 22, 2022, to become executive director of the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff.[15] As with all Mississippi special elections, party labels did not appear on the ballot.[16] The winner, Perry Van Bailey, belongs to the Republican Party.[17][18]
District | Incumbent | Candidates | Results | ||
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Member | Party | First elected | |||
23 | Charles Beckett | Republican | 2003 |
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Republican hold |
Overview
[edit]79 | 2 | 41 |
Republican | I | Democratic |
Parties | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||||
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No. | % | Before | After | +/- | ||||
Republican | 85 | 447,034 | 62.19% | 77 | 79 | 2 | ||
Democratic | 53 | 247,175 | 34.38% | 42 | 41 | 1 | ||
Independent | 5 | 14,284 | 1.99% | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
Libertarian | 12 | 9,280 | 1.29% | 0 | 0 | |||
Green | 1 | 1,075 | 0.15% | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 157 | 718,848 | 100.00% | 122 | 122 |
Predictions
[edit]Source | Ranking | As of |
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270toWin[21] | Safe R | November 2, 2023 |
Elections Daily[22] | Safe R | November 2, 2023 |
Results by district
[edit]District | 2020 pres.[23] | Incumbent | Candidates[17][24] | Result | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Running | ||||
1 | R+74.5 | Lester Carpenter | Republican | 2007 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
2 | R+56.3 | Nick Bain | Republican | 2011 | Lost renomination |
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Republican hold |
3 | R+66.4 | William Tracy Arnold | Republican | 2011 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
4 | R+62.3 | Jody Steverson | Republican | 2011 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
5 | D+25.6 | John Faulkner | Democratic | 2013 (special) |
Yes |
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Democratic hold |
6 | R+18.8 | Dana Criswell | Republican | 2015 | No |
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Republican hold |
7 | R+19.5 | Steve Hopkins | Republican | 2015 | No |
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Republican hold |
8 | R+43.5 | Trey Lamar | Republican | 2011 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
9 | D+28.4 | Cedric Burnett | Democratic | 2015 | Yes |
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Democratic hold |
10 | R+23.0 | Brady Williamson | Republican | 2019 | Lost renomination |
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Republican hold |
11 | D+20.7 | Lataisha Jackson | Democratic | 2013 (special) |
Yes |
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Democratic hold |
12 | R+1.1 | Clay Deweese | Republican | 2019 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
13 | R+40.5 | Steve Massengill | Republican | 2011 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
14 | R+61.4 | Sam Creekmore IV | Republican | 2019 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
15 | R+55.9 | Vacant[a] |
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Republican hold | |||
16 | D+22.3 | Rickey W. Thompson | Democratic | 2019 | Yes |
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Democratic hold |
17 | R+26.2 | Shane Aguirre | Republican | 2015 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
18 | R+48.2 | Jerry Turner | Republican | 2003 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
19 | R+67.9 | Randy Boyd | Republican | 2011 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
Chris Brown | Republican | 2011 | No | Republican loss | |||
20 | R+5.3 | None (new seat) |
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Republican gain | |||
21 | R+75.1 | Donnie Bell | Republican | 2007 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
22 | R+26.8 | Jon Ray Lancaster | Republican | 2019 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
23 | R+56.2 | Perry Van Bailey | Republican | 2023 (special) |
Lost renomination |
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Republican hold |
24 | R+38.0 | Jeff Hale | Republican | 2015 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
25 | R+21.6 | Dan Eubanks | Republican | 2015 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
26 | D+40.4 | Orlando Paden | Democratic | 2015 | Yes |
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Democratic hold |
27 | D+28.7 | Vacant[b] |
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Democratic hold | |||
28 | R+60.2 | Jerry Darnell | Republican | 2019 | No |
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Republican hold |
29 | D+39.8 | Robert L. Sanders | Democratic | 2021 (special) |
Yes |
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Democratic hold |
30 | D+19.9 | Tracey Rosebud | Democratic | 2018 (special) |
Yes |
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Democratic hold |
Thomas Reynolds II | Democratic | 1979 | No | Democratic loss | |||
31 | D+32.8 | Otis Anthony | Democratic | 2018 (special) |
Yes |
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Democratic hold |
32 | D+57.4 | Solomon Osborne | Democratic | 2019 (special) |
Yes |
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Democratic hold |
33 | R+24.6 | None (new seat) |
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Republican gain | |||
34 | R+25.8 | Kevin Horan | Republican | 2011 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
35 | R+43.7 | Joey Hood | Republican | 2011 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
36 | D+23.9 | Karl Gibbs | Democratic | 2013 (special) |
Yes |
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Democratic hold |
37 | R+42.1 | Andy Boyd | Republican | 2022 (special) |
Yes |
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Republican hold |
38 | D+26.0 | Cheikh Taylor | Democratic | 2017 (special) |
Yes |
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Democratic hold |
39 | R+41.8 | Dana McLean | Republican | 2019 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
40 | D+22.8 | Hester Jackson-McCray | Democratic | 2019 | Yes |
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Democratic hold |
41 | D+43.9 | Kabir Karriem | Democratic | 2015 | Yes |
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Democratic hold |
42 | D+33.3 | Carl Mickens | Democratic | 2015 | Yes |
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Democratic hold |
43 | R+3.2 | Rob Roberson | Republican | 2015 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
44 | R+55.9 | C. Scott Bounds | Republican | 2003 | Yes |
|
Republican hold |
45 | D+11.6 | Michael Evans | Independent | 2011 | No |
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Democratic gain |
46 | R+32.5 | Karl Oliver | Republican | 2015 | Yes |
|
Republican hold |
47 | D+45.5 | Bryant Clark | Democratic | 2003 | Yes |
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Democratic hold |
48 | R+33.8 | Jason White | Republican | 2011 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
49 | D+38.8 | Willie Bailey | Democratic | 1994 (special) |
Yes |
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Democratic hold |
50 | D+36.6 | John Hines | Democratic | 2001 (special) |
Yes |
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Democratic hold |
51 | D+51.5 | Rufus Straughter | Democratic | 1995 | Lost renomination |
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Democratic hold |
52 | R+22.3 | Bill Kinkade | Republican | 2012 (special) |
Yes |
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Republican hold |
53 | R+37.1 | Vince Mangold | Republican | 2015 | Yes |
|
Republican hold |
54 | R+37.7 | Kevin Ford | Republican | 2017 (special) |
Yes |
|
Republican hold |
55 | D+37.2 | Oscar Denton | Democratic | 2013 (special) |
Yes |
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Democratic hold |
56 | R+17.3 | Philip Gunn | Republican | 2003 | No |
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Republican hold |
57 | D+43.0 | Edward Blackmon Jr. | Democratic | 1983 | No |
|
Democratic hold |
58 | R+46.2 | Joel Bomgar | Republican | 2015 | No |
|
Republican hold |
59 | R+45.4 | Brent Powell | Republican | 2013 (special) |
Yes |
|
Republican hold |
60 | R+41.9 | Fred Shanks | Republican | 2018 (special) |
Yes |
|
Republican hold |
61 | R+42.5 | Gene Newman | Republican | 2019 | Yes |
|
Republican hold |
62 | R+52.9 | Thomas Weathersby Sr. | Republican | 1991 | No |
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Republican hold |
63 | D+17.2 | Stephanie Foster | Democratic | 2019 | Yes |
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Democratic hold |
64 | R+3.1 | Shanda Yates | Independent | 2019 | Yes |
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Independent hold |
65 | D+74.1 | Chris Bell | Democratic | 2015 | Yes |
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Democratic hold |
66 | D+32.2 | De'Keither Stamps | Democratic | 2020 (special) |
No |
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Democratic hold |
67 | D+77.0 | Earle S. Banks | Democratic | 1993 (special) |
Yes |
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Democratic hold |
68 | D+34.8 | Zakiya Summers | Democratic | 2019 | Yes |
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Democratic hold |
69 | D+87.9 | Alyce Clarke | Democratic | 1984 (special) |
No |
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Democratic hold |
70 | D+70.2 | Bo Brown | Democratic | 2019 | Yes |
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Democratic hold |
71 | D+58.8 | Ronnie Crudup Jr. | Democratic | 2019 (special) |
Yes |
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Democratic hold |
72 | D+58.1 | Vacant[c] |
|
Democratic hold | |||
73 | R+33.8 | Jill Ford | Republican | 2019 | Yes |
|
Republican hold |
74 | R+47.7 | Lee Yancey | Republican | 2019 | Yes |
|
Republican hold |
75 | R+41.6 | Tom Miles | Democratic | 2011 | No |
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Republican gain |
76 | D+23.0 | Gregory Holloway Sr. | Democratic | 1999 | Yes |
|
Democratic hold |
77 | R+41.3 | Price Wallace | Republican | 2018 (special) |
Yes |
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Republican hold |
78 | R+34.6 | Randy Rushing | Republican | 2011 | Yes |
|
Republican hold |
79 | R+53.1 | Mark Tullos | Republican | 2015 | Yes |
|
Republican hold |
80 | D+34.8 | Omeria Scott | Democratic | 1992 (special) |
Yes |
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Democratic hold |
81 | R+49.1 | Stephen Horne | Republican | 2003 | Yes |
|
Republican hold |
82 | D+50.7 | Charles Young | Democratic | 2011 | Yes |
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Democratic hold |
83 | R+45.2 | Billy Adam Calvert | Republican | 2019 | Yes |
|
Republican hold |
84 | R+25.2 | Troy Smith | Republican | 2019 | Yes |
|
Republican hold |
85 | D+28.8 | Jeffery Harness | Democratic | 2018 (special) |
Yes |
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Democratic hold |
86 | R+30.2 | Shane Barnett | Republican | 2015 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
87 | R+55.1 | Joseph Tubb | Republican | 2020 (special) |
Yes |
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Republican hold |
88 | R+75.1 | Robin Robinson | Republican | 2020 (special) |
No |
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Republican hold |
89 | R+51.8 | Donnie Scoggin | Republican | 2016 (special) |
Yes |
|
Republican hold |
90 | R+25.1 | Noah Sanford | Republican | 2015 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
91 | D+9.1 | Robert Evans | Democratic | 2007 | Yes |
|
Democratic hold |
92 | R+53.6 | Becky Currie | Republican | 2007 | Yes |
|
Republican hold |
93 | R+67.1 | Timmy Ladner | Republican | 2011 | Yes |
|
Republican hold |
94 | D+42.7 | Robert Johnson III | Democratic | 2003 | Yes |
|
Democratic hold |
95 | R+60.6 | Jay McKnight | Republican | 2019 | Yes |
|
Republican hold |
96 | D+9.1 | Angela Cockerham | Independent | 2005 (special) |
Yes |
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Independent hold |
97 | R+40.6 | Sam Mims V | Republican | 2003 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
98 | D+27.1 | Daryl Porter Jr. | Democratic | 2019 | Yes |
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Democratic hold |
99 | R+47.2 | Bill Pigott | Republican | 2007 | Yes |
|
Republican hold |
100 | R+43.3 | Ken Morgan | Republican | 2006 (special) |
Yes |
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Republican hold |
101 | R+34.3 | Kent McCarty | Republican | 2019 (special) |
Yes |
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Republican hold |
102 | D+2.7 | Missy McGee | Republican | 2017 (special) |
Yes |
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Republican hold |
103 | D+53.3 | Percy Watson | Democratic | 1979 | Yes |
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Democratic hold |
104 | R+63.8 | Larry Byrd | Republican | 2007 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
105 | R+65.1 | Dale Goodin | Republican | 2019 | Lost renomination |
|
Republican hold |
106 | R+59.5 | Jansen Owen | Republican | 2019 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
107 | R+69.6 | Doug McLeod | Republican | 2011 | Lost renomination |
|
Republican hold |
108 | R+55.5 | Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes | Republican | 2017 (special) |
Yes |
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Republican hold |
109 | R+82.1 | Manly Barton | Republican | 2011 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
110 | D+41.5 | Jeramey Anderson | Democratic | 2013 (special) |
Yes |
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Democratic hold |
111 | R+48.6 | Charles Busby | Republican | 2011 | No |
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Republican hold |
112 | R+35.5 | John Read | Republican | 1992 (special) |
Yes |
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Republican hold |
113 | R+36.8 | Henry Zuber III | Republican | 1999 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
114 | R+49.0 | Jeffrey S. Guice | Republican | 2008 (special) |
Yes |
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Republican hold |
115 | R+11.0 | Randall Patterson | Republican | 2003 | No |
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Republican hold |
116 | R+58.8 | Casey Eure | Republican | 2011 (special) |
Yes |
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Republican hold |
117 | R+29.1 | Kevin Felsher | Republican | 2019 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
118 | R+23.4 | Greg Haney | Republican | 2011 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
119 | D+55.7 | Jeffrey Hulum III | Democratic | 2022 (special) |
Yes |
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Democratic hold |
120 | R+38.3 | Richard Bennett | Republican | 2007 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
121 | R+35.8 | Carolyn Crawford | Republican | 2011 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
122 | R+42.7 | Brent Anderson | Republican | 2019 | Yes |
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Republican hold |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Republican Representative Mac Huddleston died on August 27, 2023.
- ^ Democratic Representative Kenneth Walker resigned his seat on April 2, 2023.
- ^ Democratic Representative Debra Gibbs resigned her seat on December 29, 2022.
References
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- ^ a b "2023 Candidate Qualifying List" (PDF). Mississippi Secretary of State. June 20, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
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