MISSISSIPPI

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ELECTION CALENDAR: Filing Deadline: February 1, 2023 Primary: August 8, 2023 Runoff: August 29, 2023 General: November 7, 2023

CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND: Bold = Active Candidate Italics = Potential Candidate * = Incumbent = Winner (Incumbent Party Listed First)

This page was last updated on January 26, 2023

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR:
Tate Reeves (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Thomas Duff (R) - Venture Capitalist & State University Board Member
Lynn Fitch (R) - Attorney General & Ex-State Treasurer
Robert Foster (R) - Ex-State Rep., Farmer & '19 Candidate
Philip Gunn (R) - House Speaker & Attorney
Bill Waller Jr. (R) - Retired Supreme Ct Chief Justice, Retired Army Brig Gen & '19 Candidate
John Witcher (R) - Physician & Anti-COVID Vaccine Activist
Brandon Presley (D) - Public Service Commissioner & Ex-Nettleton Mayor
Gregory Wash (D) - Songwriter & '19 Candidate
George Flaggs (I) - Vickburg Mayor, Ex-State Rep. & Ex-Democrat

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections are in 2023.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
Delbert Hosemann (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Chris McDaniel (R) - State Sen., Attorney & '14/'18 US Sen Candidate
Shane Quick (R) - Christian Music Promoter & '19 Candidate
Derrick Simmons (D) - State Senate Minority Leader & Attorney

SECRETARY OF STATE:
Michael Watson (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Shuwaski Young (D) - Political Organizer, National Guard Veteran & '22 US Rep Candidate

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Lynn Fitch (R)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE AUDITOR:
Shad White (R)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE TREASURER:
David McRae (R)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE AGRICULTURE & COMMERCE COMMISSIONER:
Andy Gipson (R)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER:
Mike Chaney (R)* - (Campaign Site)

MISSISSIPPI STATE LEGISLATURE:

State House

State Senate

U.S. SENATOR:

Roger Wicker (R)* - (Campaign Site)s
Robert Foster (R) - Ex-State Rep., Farmer & '19 Gov Candidate
Ty Pinkins (D) - Attorney, Retired Army NCO, Iraq War Veteran & Community Activist

Cindy Hyde-Smith (R)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2026.

District 1:
Trent Kelly (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 2:
Bennie Thompson (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 3:
Michael Guest (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 4:
Mike Ezell (R)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

Mississippi Democratic Party (D)
Green Party of Mississippi (G)
Libertarian Party of Mississippi (L)
Mississippi Reform Party (REF)
Mississippi Republican Party (R)
Independent (I)
Write-In (WI)

STATE ELECTION OFFICE:

Secretary of State's Office

STATE NEWS SOURCES:

Biloxi Sun Herald
Booneville Democrat
Clarksdale Press-Register
Columbus Commercial Dispatch
Daily Corinthian
Daily Mississippian (University of Mississippi)
Delta Business Journal
Greenville Delta Daily Democrat
Greenwood Commonwealth
Hattiesburg American
Holly Springs South Reporter
Jackson Advocate (African-American)
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Jackson Free Press (Alternative)
Laurel Leader-Call
Madison County Journal
Magnolia Report (Politics)
Meridian Star
Mississippi Business Journal
Mississippi Link (African-American)
Mississippi Today
Natchez Democrat
Neshoba Democrat
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
La Noticia MS (Spanish)
Picayune Item
Southwest Times-Record
Tate Record
Vicksburg Post
Winona Times
Y'all Politics Blog

Mississippi Public Broadcasting (PBS / NPR)
WLOX TV-13 (ABC / CBS - Biloxi)
WXXV TV-25 (FOX / NBC - Biloxi)
WCBI TV-4 (CBS - Columbus)
Delta News TV (ABC / CBS / FOX / NBC - Greenwood / Greenville)
WLBT TV-3 (NBC - Jackson)
WJTV TV-12 (CBS - Jackson)
WAPT TV-16 (ABC - Jackson)
WDBD TV-40 (FOX - Jackson)
WTOK TV-11 (ABC - Meridian)

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