2023 Mississippi House of Representatives election

The 2023 Mississippi House of Representatives election is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, to elect all 122 members of the Mississippi House of Representatives to four-year terms. It will be held concurrently with elections for all statewide offices and the Mississippi State Senate. Primary elections will take place on August 8.[1]

2023 Mississippi House of Representatives election
November 7, 2023
All 122 seats in the Mississippi House of Representatives
62 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Philip Gunn (retired) Robert Johnson III
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 3, 2012 January 7, 2020
Leader's seat 56th district 94th district
Current seats 77 42
Seats needed Steady Increase 20
Map of the incumbents:
     Democratic incumbent      Democratic incumbent retiring
     Republican incumbent      Republican incumbent retiring
     Independent incumbent      Independent incumbent retiring
     Open Seat
Incumbent Speaker

Philip Gunn
Republican


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Background

In the 2019 Mississippi Legislature elections, Republicans expanded their majorities in both chambers to 75 in the House and 36 in the Senate.[2][3] They currently have 77 members in the House, five votes short of a two-thirds supermajority, after elected Democrats Kevin Horan and Jon Ray Lancaster switched parties.[4]

The 2023 election will be the first election held under new district maps following redistricting as a result of the 2020 census.[5]

Retirements

Sixteen incumbents will not seek re-election.[6]

Democrats
  1. District 33: Thomas Reynolds II will retire.
  2. District 57: Edward Blackmon Jr. will retire.
  3. District 66: De'Keither Stamps will retire to run for Public Service Commission Central District.
  4. District 69: Alyce Clarke will retire.
  5. District 75: Tom Miles will retire to run for Scott County Chancery Clerk.[7]

Independents
  1. District 45: Michael Evans will retire to run for Kemper County Sheriff.[8]

Republicans
  1. District 6: Dana Criswell will retire.
  2. District 7: Steve Hopkins will retire.
  3. District 20: Chris Brown will retire to run for Public Service Commission Northern District.
  4. District 28: Jerry Darnell will retire.
  5. District 56: Philip Gunn will retire.
  6. District 58: Joel Bomgar will retire.
  7. District 62: Tom Weathersby will retire.
  8. District 88: Robin Robinson will retire to run for State Senate.
  9. District 111: Charles Busby will retire to run for Transportation Commission Southern District.
  10. District 115: Randall Patterson will retire.

Resignations and death

Three seats were left vacant on the day of the general election due to resignations or death in 2022 or 2023.

Democrats

Two Democrats resigned before the end of their terms.

  1. 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]
  2. District 72: Debra Gibbs resigned December 29, 2022, to become a circuit court judge of Hinds County.[10]

Republicans

One Republican died in office.

  1. District 15: Mac Huddleston died August 27, 2023, of multiple myeloma.[11]

Incumbents defeated

In primary election

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
  1. District 51: Rufus Straughter lost renomination to Timaka James-Jones.

Republicans
  1. District 2: Nick Bain lost renomination to Brad Mattox.
  2. District 10: Brady Williamson lost renomination to Josh Hawkins.
  3. District 23: Perry Van Bailey lost renomination to Andy Stepp.
  4. District 105: Dale Goodin lost renomination to Elliot Burch.
  5. District 107: Doug McLeod lost renomination to Steve Lott.

Special elections

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
Member Party First
elected
23 Charles Beckett Republican 2003
  • First round:
  • ▌Orange tickY Andrew Stepp (Nonpartisan) 48.5%
  • ▌Orange tickY Perry Van Bailey (Nonpartisan) 38.0%
  • ▌ Andy Clark (Nonpartisan) 13.5%[19]
  • Runoff:
  • ▌Green tickY Perry Van Bailey (Nonpartisan) 50.1%
  • ▌ Andrew Stepp (Nonpartisan) 49.9%[20]
 Republican hold

Overview
↓
58 1 31 32
Republican I To be elected Democratic
Parties Candidates Votes Seats
No.  % Before After +/-
Republican 85 77
Democratic 53 42
Independent 5 3
Libertarian 12 0
Green 1 0
Write-ins – 0
Total 157 100.00% 122

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
270tonWin[21] Safe R September 21, 2023

Results by district
District2020 pres.[22]IncumbentCandidates[17]Result
MemberPartyFirst electedRunning
1 R+74.5 Lester Carpenter Republican 2007 Yes
Republican hold
2 R+56.3 Nick Bain Republican 2011 Lost renomination
  • ▌Brad Mattox (Republican)
 Republican hold
3 R+66.4 William Tracy Arnold Republican 2011 Yes
4 R+62.3 Jody Steverson Republican 2011 Yes
5 D+25.6 John Faulkner Democratic 2013
(special)		 Yes
Democratic hold
6 R+18.8 Dana Criswell Republican 2015 No
  • ▌Justin Keen (Republican)
  • ▌Jarvis Cook (Democratic)
  • ▌Amos A. Thompson (Libertarian)
7 R+19.5 Steve Hopkins Republican 2015 No
  • ▌Kimberly Remak (Republican)
  • ▌Gail Lyons (Democratic)
8 R+43.5 Trey Lamar Republican 2011 Yes
Republican hold
9 D+28.4 Cedric Burnett Democratic 2015 Yes
10 R+23.0 Brady Williamson Republican 2019 Lost renomination
  • ▌Josh Hawkins (Republican)
 Republican hold
11 D+20.7 Lataisha Jackson Democratic 2013
(special)		 Yes
Democratic hold
12 R+1.1 Clay Deweese Republican 2019 Yes
  • ▌Clay Deweese (Republican)
  • ▌Donna Niewiaroski (Democratic)
13 R+40.5 Steve Massengill Republican 2011 Yes
Republican hold
14 R+61.4 Sam Creekmore IV Republican 2019 Yes
Republican hold
15 R+55.9 Vacant[lower-alpha 1]
  • ▌Beth Luther Waldo (Republican)
 Republican hold
16 D+22.3 Rickey W. Thompson Democratic 2019 Yes
Democratic hold
17 R+26.2 Shane Aguirre Republican 2015 Yes
Republican hold
18 R+48.2 Jerry Turner Republican 2003 Yes
Republican hold
19 R+67.9 Randy Boyd Republican 2011 Yes
Republican hold
Chris Brown Republican 2011 No Republican loss
20 R+5.3 None (new seat)
  • ▌Rodney Hall (Republican)
 Republican gain
21 R+75.1 Donnie Bell Republican 2007 Yes
Republican hold
22 R+26.8 Jon Ray Lancaster Republican 2019 Yes
Republican hold
23 R+56.2 Perry Van Bailey Republican 2023
(special)		 Lost renomination
  • ▌Andy Stepp (Republican)
  • ▌Danny Lampley (Democratic)
  • ▌Andy Clark (Independent)
24 R+38.0 Jeff Hale Republican 2015 Yes
  • ▌Jeff Hale (Republican)
  • ▌David Olds (Democratic)
25 R+21.6 Dan Eubanks Republican 2015 Yes
Republican hold
26 D+40.4 Orlando Paden Democratic 2015 Yes
Democratic hold
27 D+28.7 Vacant[lower-alpha 2]
  • ▌Kenji Holloway (Democratic)
 Democratic hold
28 R+60.2 Jerry Darnell Republican 2019 No
  • ▌W. I. "Doc" Harris (Republican)
 Republican hold
29 D+39.8 Robert L. Sanders Democratic 2021
(special)		 Yes
Democratic hold
30 D+19.9 Tracey Rosebud Democratic 2018
(special)		 Yes
Democratic hold
Thomas Reynolds II Democratic 1979 No Democratic loss
31 D+32.8 Otis Anthony Democratic 2018
(special)		 Yes
Democratic hold
32 D+57.4 Solomon Osborne Democratic 2019
(special)		 Yes
Democratic hold
33 R+24.6 None (new seat)
  • ▌Jim Estrada (Republican)
 Republican gain
34 R+25.8 Kevin Horan Republican 2011 Yes
Republican hold
35 R+43.7 Joey Hood Republican 2011 Yes
Republican hold
36 D+23.9 Karl Gibbs Democratic 2013
(special)		 Yes
Democratic hold
37 R+42.1 Andy Boyd Republican 2022
(special)		 Yes
  • ▌Andy Boyd (Republican)
 Republican hold
38 D+26.0 Cheikh Taylor Democratic 2017
(special)		 Yes
Democratic hold
39 R+41.8 Dana McLean Republican 2019 Yes
Republican hold
40 D+22.8 Hester Jackson-McCray Democratic 2019 Yes
41 D+43.9 Kabir Karriem Democratic 2015 Yes
42 D+33.3 Carl Mickens Democratic 2015 Yes
  • ▌Carl Mickens (Democratic)
  • ▌Shantell Stevens (Libertarian)
43 R+3.2 Rob Roberson Republican 2015 Yes
Republican hold
44 R+55.9 C. Scott Bounds Republican 2003 Yes
45 D+11.6 Michael Evans Independent 2011 No
  • ▌Keith Jackson (Democratic)
  • ▌Michael Cassidy (Republican)
  • ▌Trent Rickles (Independent)
46 R+32.5 Karl Oliver Republican 2015 Yes
Republican hold
47 D+45.5 Bryant Clark Democratic 2003 Yes
Democratic hold
48 R+33.8 Jason White Republican 2011 Yes
Republican hold
49 D+38.8 Willie Bailey Democratic 1994
(special)		 Yes
50 D+36.6 John Hines Democratic 2001
(special)		 Yes
Democratic hold
51 D+51.5 Rufus Straughter Democratic 1995 Lost renomination
  • ▌Timaka James-Jones (Democratic)
 Democratic hold
52 R+22.3 Bill Kinkade Republican 2012
(special)		 Yes
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
Democratic hold
56 R+17.3 Philip Gunn Republican 2003 No
  • ▌Clay Mansell (Republican)
  • ▌Sharon Moman (Democratic)
57 D+43.0 Edward Blackmon Jr. Democratic 1983 No
  • ▌Lawrence Blackmon (Democratic)
 Democratic hold
58 R+46.2 Joel Bomgar Republican 2015 No
  • ▌Jonathon McMillan (Republican)
 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
  • ▌Lance Varner (Republican)
 Republican hold
63 D+17.2 Stephanie Foster Democratic 2019 Yes
Democratic hold
64 R+3.1 Shanda Yates Independent 2019 Yes
65 D+74.1 Chris Bell Democratic 2015 Yes
Democratic hold
66 D+32.2 De'Keither Stamps Democratic 2020
(special)		 No
  • ▌Fabian Nelson (Democratic)
 Democratic hold
67 D+77.0 Earle S. Banks Democratic 1993
(special)		 Yes
Democratic hold
68 D+34.8 Zakiya Summers Democratic 2019 Yes
Democratic hold
69 D+87.9 Alyce Clarke Democratic 1984
(special)		 No
  • ▌Tamarra Butler-Washington (Democratic)
 Democratic hold
70 D+70.2 Bo Brown Democratic 2019 Yes
Democratic hold
71 D+58.8 Ronnie Crudup Jr. Democratic 2019
(special)		 Yes
Democratic hold
72 D+58.1 Vacant[lower-alpha 3]
  • ▌Justis Gibbs (Democratic)
 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
  • ▌Celeste Hurst (Republican)
  • ▌Ryshonda Harper Beechem (Independent)
76 D+23.0 Gregory Holloway Sr. Democratic 1999 Yes
77 R+41.3 Price Wallace Republican 2018
(special)		 Yes
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
Democratic hold
81 R+49.1 Stephen Horne Republican 2003 Yes
Republican hold
82 D+50.7 Charles Young Democratic 2011 Yes
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
86 R+30.2 Shane Barnett Republican 2015 Yes
87 R+55.1 Joseph Tubb Republican 2020
(special)		 Yes
Republican hold
88 R+75.1 Robin Robinson Republican 2020
(special)		 No
  • ▌Charles "Chuck" Blackwell (Republican)
 Republican hold
89 R+51.8 Donnie Scoggin Republican 2016
(special)		 Yes
Republican hold
90 R+25.1 Noah Sanford Republican 2015 Yes
Republican hold
91 D+9.1 Robert Evans Democratic 2007 Yes
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
Independent hold
97 R+40.6 Sam Mims V Republican 2003 Yes
  • ▌Sam Mims V (Republican)
  • ▌Thompson Benton (Democratic)
98 D+27.1 Daryl Porter Jr. Democratic 2019 Yes
Democratic hold
99 R+47.2 Bill Pigott Republican 2007 Yes
  • ▌Bill Pigott (Republican)
  • ▌Gregory Todd "Ttodd" Fortenberry (Green)
100 R+43.3 Ken Morgan Republican 2006
(special)		 Yes
Republican hold
101 R+34.3 Kent McCarty Republican 2019
(special)		 Yes
Republican hold
102 D+2.7 Missy McGee Republican 2017
(special)		 Yes
Republican hold
103 D+53.3 Percy Watson Democratic 1979 Yes
Democratic hold
104 R+63.8 Larry Byrd Republican 2007 Yes
  • ▌Larry Byrd (Republican)
  • ▌Melissa D Brady (Libertarian)
105 R+65.1 Dale Goodin Republican 2019 Lost renomination
  • ▌Elliot Burch (Republican)
  • ▌Matthew Daves (Democratic)
106 R+59.5 Jansen Owen Republican 2019 Yes
Republican hold
107 R+69.6 Doug McLeod Republican 2011 Lost renomination
  • ▌Steve Lott (Republican)
 Republican hold
108 R+55.5 Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes Republican 2017
(special)		 Yes
Republican hold
109 R+82.1 Manly Barton Republican 2011 Yes
Republican hold
110 D+41.5 Jeramey Anderson Democratic 2013
(special)		 Yes
Democratic hold
111 R+48.6 Charles Busby Republican 2011 No
  • ▌Jimmy Fondren (Republican)
 Republican hold
112 R+35.5 John Read Republican 1992
(special)		 Yes
Republican hold
113 R+36.8 Henry Zuber III Republican 1999 Yes
Republican hold
114 R+49.0 Jeffrey S. Guice Republican 2008
(special)		 Yes
115 R+11.0 Randall Patterson Republican 2003 No
  • ▌Zachary Grady (Republican)
 Republican hold
116 R+58.8 Casey Eure Republican 2011
(special)		 Yes
Republican hold
117 R+29.1 Kevin Felsher Republican 2019 Yes
118 R+23.4 Greg Haney Republican 2011 Yes
Republican hold
119 D+55.7 Jeffrey Hulum III Democratic 2022
(special)		 Yes
Democratic hold
120 R+38.3 Richard Bennett Republican 2007 Yes
121 R+35.8 Carolyn Crawford Republican 2011 Yes
122 R+42.7 Brent Anderson Republican 2019 Yes

See also

Notes
  1. Republican Representative Mac Huddleston died on August 27, 2023.
  2. Democratic Representative Kenneth Walker resigned his seat on April 2, 2023.
  3. Democratic Representative Debra Gibbs resigned her seat on December 29, 2022.

References
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  8. "Kemper County Sheriff candidate profile: Michael Evans". WTOK-TV. August 7, 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
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  10. Mennefield, Marie (December 29, 2022). "Two new judges join Hinds County bench". WJTV. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
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  12. Harrison, Bobby (August 9, 2023). "Legislative elections: Jason White on path for speakership, first Black Republican elected since 1800s, few incumbents lose". Mississippi Today. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
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  14. Harrison, Bobby (September 7, 2023). "House chairman Nick Bain loses by 26 votes, becoming seventh incumbent legislator defeated". Mississippi Today. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
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