Английская Википедия:2023 Mississippi elections

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Шаблон:Use mdy datesШаблон:Infobox election Шаблон:ElectionsMS The 2023 Mississippi elections took place on November 7, 2023, with the primary on August 8 and any required runoffs on August 29. All executive offices in the state up for election, as well as all 52 seats of the Mississippi State Senate, all 122 seats in the Mississippi House of Representatives, and many local offices. The qualifying deadline for all 2023 Mississippi races was February 1, 2023.

Special elections also took place during the year. Шаблон:TOC limit

Lieutenant governor

Шаблон:MainOne-term Republican incumbent Delbert Hosemann was elected in 2019 with 60% of the vote. He ran for re-election.

Republican state senator Chris McDaniel also announced his candidacy, challenging Hosemann.

Republicans Shane Quick (who ran against Hosemann in 2019) and Tiffany Longino also filed for the race, as did Democrat D. Ryan Grover, a former candidate for the Oxford Board of Aldermen.

Secretary of state

After considering challenging Tate Reeves in the 2023 Mississippi gubernatorial election, Michael Watson instead decided to run for re-election as Secretary of State.

Former Mississippi Secretary of State Staffer and 2022 Democratic nominee for Mississippi's 3rd congressional district Shuwaski Young announced his bid to unseat Watson.

Republican primary

Candidate

• Michael Watson, incumbent secretary of state

Democratic primary

Candidate

• Shuwaski Young, former Mississippi Secretary of State Staffer and 2022 Democratic nominee for Mississippi's 3rd congressional district

Democratic State Central Committee selection

In August 2023, Shuwaski Young withdrew his candidacy from the race for secretary of state, citing "a hypertensive crisis that was limiting his ability to campaign." On September 7, the Mississippi Democratic Party nominated Ty Pinkins, an attorney and military veteran, as the replacement nominee for the November ballot.

General election

Polling

Michael Watson vs. Shuwaski Young

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample sizeШаблон:Efn	Margin of error	Michael Watson (R)	Shuwaski Young (D)	Other	Undecided
Mississippi Today/Siena College	August 20–28, 2023	650 (LV)	± 4.0%	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|56%	33%	1%Шаблон:Efn	10%

Attorney general

One-term Republican incumbent Lynn Fitch was elected in 2019 with 57.83% of the vote, becoming the state's first Republican attorney general since 1878. She ran for re-election.

Democratic attorney and Disability Rights Mississippi Litigation Director Greta Kemp Martin ran to challenge Fitch.

Republican primary

Candidate

• Lynn Fitch, incumbent attorney general

Democratic primary

Candidate

• Greta Kemp Martin, attorney and Disability Rights Mississippi Litigation Director

General election

Polling

Lynn Fitch vs. Greta Martin

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample sizeШаблон:Efn	Margin of error	Lynn Fitch (R)	Greta Martin (D)	Other	Undecided
Mississippi Today/Siena College	August 20–28, 2023	650 (LV)	± 4.0%	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|54%	35%	2%Шаблон:Efn	9%

State auditor

Incumbent Republican Shad White was appointed as auditor in 2018, winning his first full term unopposed in 2019. White ran for re-election.

The mayor of Anguilla, Democrat Larry Bradford, challenged White in the general election.

Republican primary

Candidate

• Shad White, incumbent state auditor

Democratic primary

Candidate

• Larry Bradford, Mayor of Anguilla

State treasurer

One-term Republican incumbent David McRae was elected in 2019 with 60.8% of the vote. He ran for re-election, and was unopposed in the Republican primary.

McRae faced a rematch in the general election, as former member of the Bolton Board of Aldermen Addie Lee Green was the only Democrat to announce a run. Lee Green received 39.2% of the vote in 2019.

Republican primary

Candidate

• David McRae, incumbent state treasurer

Democratic primary

Candidate

• Addie Lee Green, former member of the Bolton Board of Aldermen

Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce

Two-term Republican incumbent Andy Gipson was re-elected in 2019 with 58.7% of the vote. Gipson ran for re-election, and was the only Republican on the ballot.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Andy Gipson, incumbent Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Robert Bradford, Director of Natchez-Adams County Homeland Security Program, Floodplain Management Program, Emergency 9-1-1 Coordinator, and Emergency Management Agency.
• Bethany Hill, executive director of the Mississippi Women's Cannabis Chamber of Commerce
• Terry Rogers II, college student

Withdrawn or disqualified

• Robert Briggs

Commissioner of Insurance

Four-term Republican incumbent Mike Chaney was reelected in 2019 with 61.26% of the vote. Chaney, who also serves as the state's Fire Marshal, ran for re-election.

Republican Mitch Young, a former US Navy Petty Officer and candidate for governor in 2015, announced a primary challenge against Chaney.

Democratic attorney and 2022 Court of Appeals in District Four candidate Bruce Burton also ran.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Mike Chaney, incumbent commissioner
• Mitch Young, former U.S. Navy Petty officer and candidate for governor in 2015

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Bruce Burton, attorney and candidate for Appeals Court District 4 in 2022

Public Service Commission

Northern District

Four-term Democratic Incumbent Brandon Presley was re-elected unopposed in 2019. Presley did not run for a fifth term, instead opting to run for governor.

No Democrats filed to run to succeed Presley, leaving the field open for two Republican challengers to run for the open seat:

• Chris Brown, Mississippi State Representative for the 20th District.
• Tanner Newman, Tupelo Planning and Zoning Administrator.

Mandy Gunasekara, former Chief of Staff for the Environmental Protection Agency, was a challenger, but she was removed from the ballot due to citizenship eligiblity issues.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Chris Brown, Mississippi State Representative
• Tanner Newman, Tupelo Planning and Zoning Administrator.

Central District

One-term Republican incumbent Brent Bailey was elected in 2019 with 50.3% of the vote. He ran for re-election.

Bailey's 2019 Democratic opponent, current state representative De’Keither Stamps, faced him again in a rematch.

Democratic primary

Candidate

• De’Keither Stamps, State Representative

Republican primary

Candidate

• Brent Bailey, incumbent Public Service Commissioner

Southern District

One-term Republican Incumbent Dane Maxwell was elected in 2019 with 62.6% of the vote. Maxwell was challenged in the primary by Nelson Wayne Carr and lost.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Dane Maxwell, incumbent Public Service Commissioner
• Nelson Wayne Carr, construction manager, landlord, and Republican Party activist

Transportation Commission

Northern District

One-term Republican Incumbent John Caldwell was elected in 2019 with 63.2% of the vote. He ran for re-election unopposed.

Republican primary

Candidate

• John Caldwell, incumbent Transportation Commissioner

Central District

One-term Democrat Incumbent Willie Simmons was elected in 2019 with 51.1% of the vote. He ran for re-election.

Ricky Pennington Jr., a Republican, also ran for the seat.

Democratic primary

Candidate

• Willie Simmons, incumbent Transportation Commissioner

Republican primary

Candidate

• Ricky Pennington Jr., candidate for this district in 2019

Southern District

Three-term Republican incumbent Tom King won re-election unopposed in 2019. On November 16, 2022, King announced he would not seek re-election.

Republican state representative for the 111th District Charles Busby ran against Independent Steven Brian Griffin.

Republican primary

Candidate

• Charles Busby, State Representative