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Mississippi State Senate elections, 2027

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Primary: Pending
General: November 2, 2027

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Elections for the Mississippi State Senate will take place in 2027. The general election is on November 2, 2027.

The Mississippi State Senate is one of eight state legislative chambers with elections in 2027. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.

Party control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates and State government trifectas
Party As of September 2025
     Democratic Party 14
     Republican Party 36
     Other 0
     Vacancies 2
Total 52

Candidates

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

  • Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
  • Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies

Voting information

See also: Voting in Mississippi

Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.


Competitiveness

This section will be updated with information about the competitiveness of state legislative elections in Mississippi. For more information about Ballotpedia's Competitiveness Analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.

Process to become a candidate

See also: Ballot access requirements for political candidates in Mississippi

For party candidates

DocumentIcon.jpg See statutes: Title 23, Chapter 15, Article 11, Section 297 of the Mississippi Code

A candidate seeking the nomination of his or her party for federal or state office (including seats in the Mississippi State Legislature) must submit a statement of intent to his or her party and pay a filing fee, also to be submitted to the party. The statement of intent is a form prescribed by the Mississippi Secretary of State that must include the name and address of the candidate, the party with which the candidate is affiliated, and the office being sought. The deadline for receipt of these materials by the state executive committee of the party is set by state statutes as 5:00 p.m. on March 1 in the year of the election.[1]

Mississippi law directly sets filing fees for some elected offices, while authorizing political party committees to determine fees for other offices within statutory limits:[2][3][4]

Filing fees
Office Fee
Governor, United States Senator Political party state executive committees determine the fee between $1,000 and $5,000.
Lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor, insurance commissioner, commissioner of agriculture and commerce, public service commissioner, state highway commissioner, United States Representative Political party state executive committees determine the fee between $500 and $2,500.
State senator, state representative $250

For independent candidates

DocumentIcon.jpg See statutes: Title 23, Chapter 15, Article 13, Part B of the Mississippi Code

Independent candidates for federal or state office (including seats in the Mississippi State Legislature) must petition to appear on the general election ballot. The form of petitions is prescribed by the Mississippi Secretary of State, and completed petitions must be submitted to the Mississippi Secretary of State by 5:00 p.m. on March 1 in the year of the election. Signature requirements are as follows:[2]

Petition signature requirements
Office Required signatures
For offices elected by the state at large (e.g., United States Senator, governor, attorney general, etc.) At least 1,000 signatures
For an office elected by congressional district (e.g., United States Representative) At least 200 signatures
For an office elected by state senatorial or representative district (e.g., State senator, state representative) At least 50 signatures

The petition must be accompanied by a qualifying statement of intent (a form prescribed by the Mississippi Secretary of State similar to the statement of intent filed by party candidates). Petition signatures must be verified by the appropriate circuit clerk in the county in which signatures were collected before being submitted to the Mississippi Secretary of State for final approval. Independent candidates must also pay filing fees as follows:[2][5]

Filing fees
Office Fee
Governor, United States Senator $1,000
Lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor, insurance commissioner, commissioner of agriculture and commerce, public service commissioner, state highway commissioner, United States Representative $500
State senator, state representative $250

For write-in candidates

The relevant statutes do not indicate that write-in candidates must file any special paperwork or pay any filing fees in order to have their votes tallied.

Qualifications

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

In order to run for the Mississippi State Senate, a candidate must:[6]

  • Be 25 years of age or older.
  • Be a qualified elector and resident of the State of Mississippi for four years.
  • Be a resident of the county or district a candidate plans to represent for two years.
  • If running as a Republican or Democrat, pay a $15 filing fee to the State Executive Committee of the party with which the candidate is affiliated.
  • If running as an independent, submit 50 signatures to the Circuit Clerk or the Secretary of State.

Salaries and per diem

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
State legislative salaries, 2024[7]
SalaryPer diem
$23,500/yearFor senators: $166/day. For representatives: $157/day.

When sworn in

See also: When state legislators assume office after a general election

Mississippi legislators assume office the Tuesday after the first Monday of January.[8]

Mississippi political history

Trifectas

A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.

Mississippi Party Control: 1992-2025
Four years of Democratic trifectas  •  Fourteen years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Governor R R R R R R R R D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Senate D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D R[9] D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
House D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

Presidential politics in Mississippi

2024

See also: Presidential election, 2024


Presidential election in Mississippi, 2024
 
Candidate/Running mate
%
Popular votes
Electoral votes
✔
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Donald Trump/J.D. Vance (R)
 
60.9
 
747,744 6
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Kamala D. Harris/Tim Walz (D)
 
38.0
 
466,668 0
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr./Nicole Shanahan (Independent)
 
0.4
 
5,387 0
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Chase Oliver/Mike ter Maat (L)
 
0.2
 
2,536 0
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Jill Stein/Butch Ware (G)
 
0.2
 
1,873 0
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Claudia De La Cruz/Karina Garcia (Independent)
 
0.1
 
1,075 0
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Randall Terry/Stephen E. Broden (Constitution Party)
 
0.1
 
1,030 0
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Peter Sonski/Lauren Onak (Independent)
 
0.1
 
1,007 0
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Shiva Ayyadurai/Crystal Ellis (Independent)
 
0.1
 
688 0

There were no incumbents in this race The results have been certified.

Total votes: 1,228,008


2020

See also: Presidential election, 2020


Presidential election in Mississippi, 2020
 
Candidate/Running mate
%
Popular votes
Electoral votes
✔
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Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R)
 
57.6
 
756,764 6
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Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D)
 
41.1
 
539,398 0
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Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L)
 
0.6
 
8,026 0
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Ye/Michelle Tidball (Independent)
 
0.3
 
3,657 0
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Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G)
 
0.1
 
1,498 0
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Phil Collins/Billy Joe Parker (Independent)
 
0.1
 
1,317 0
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Don Blankenship/William Mohr (American Constitution Party)
 
0.1
 
1,279 0
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Brian T. Carroll/Amar Patel (American Solidarity Party)
 
0.1
 
1,161 0
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Brock Pierce/Karla Ballard (Independent)
 
0.1
 
659 0

Incumbents are bolded and underlined The results have been certified.

Total votes: 1,313,759


2016

See also: Presidential election, 2016
U.S. presidential election, Mississippi, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes Electoral votes
     Democratic Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine 40.1% 485,131 0
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDonald Trump/Mike Pence 57.9% 700,714 6
     Libertarian Gary Johnson/Bill Weld 1.2% 14,435 0
     Green Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka 0.3% 3,731 0
     Constitution Darrell Lane Castle/Scott Bradley 0.3% 3,987 0
     American Delta Rocky De La Fuente/Michael Steinberg 0.1% 644 0
     Prohibition Jim Hedges/Bill Bayes 0.1% 715 0
Total Votes 1,209,357 6
Election results via: Mississippi Secretary of State


Mississippi presidential election results (1900-2024)

  • 16 Democratic wins
  • 15 Republican wins
  • 2 other wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960[10] 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winning Party D D D D D D D D D D D D SR[11] D D D R AI[12] R D R R R R R R R R R R R R


Redistricting following the 2020 census

On July 3, 2025, the state filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court of part of a May 7, 2025, federal three-judge panel decision that led to redrawn districts and special elections. The state said the appeal would not affect the special elections.[13]

A legal challenge to the state legislative maps had resulted in a three-judge panel ordering the state to add two new majority-Black Senate districts and one new majority-Black House district by the end of the 2025 legislative session.[14] The legislature approved the new maps on March 5, 2025.[15] On April 15, 2025, a three-judge panel ordered the legislature to redraw the Senate district in DeSoto County and gave the State Board of Election Commissioners seven days to submit a new map.[16] The panel approved revised maps from the Mississippi Election Commission on May 7, 2025, and special elections in the affected districts were scheduled for November 4, 2025.[17]

Mississippi enacted new state legislative district boundaries on March 31, 2022, when both legislative chambers approved district maps for the other chamber.[18] Legislative redistricting in Mississippi is done via a joint resolution and did not require Gov. Tate Reeves' (R) approval.[18] Emily Wagster Pettus of the Associated Press wrote that "Republican legislative leaders said the redistricting plans are likely to maintain their party's majority in each chamber."[19] Pettus also wrote that "Senate President Pro Tempore Dean Kirby of Pearl said the Senate redistricting plan keeps the same number of Republican-leaning and Democratic-leaning districts as now."[19]


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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Mississippi Code of 1972, "Title 23, Chapter 15, Article 11, Section 299," accessed March 7, 2025
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mississippi Code of 1972, "Title 23, Chapter 15, Article 11, Section 297," accessed March 7, 2025
  3. ↑ Mississippi Legislature, "Senate Bill No. 2358," accessed March 7, 2025
  4. ↑ Mississippi 2025 Candidate Qualifying Guide," March 7, 2025
  5. ↑ Misssissippi Legislature Bill Status, "Senate Bill 2167," March 13, 2025
  6. ↑ Mississippi Secretary of State, "Filing Fees and Qualifications," accessed December 17, 2013
  7. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
  8. ↑ Mississippi Constitution, "Article 4, Section 36," accessed November 1, 2021
  9. ↑ Republicans gained a majority in 2007 when two Democratic state senators switched their party affiliation. Democrats regained the majority as a result of the 2007 elections.
  10. ↑ Although he was not on the ballot, Harry F. Byrd (D) won Mississippi's eight unpledged electoral votes in the 1960 election against Richard Nixon (R) and Democratic Party nominee John F. Kennedy.
  11. ↑ States' Rights Democratic Party
  12. ↑ American Independent Party
  13. ↑ Magnolia Tribune, "Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court coming to address “very narrow, legal issue” in court-ordered legislative redistricting," July 3, 2025
  14. ↑ Associated Press, "Mississippi can wait to reset legislative districts that dilute Black voting strength, judges say," July 18, 2024
  15. ↑ Associated Press, "New Mississippi legislative maps head to court for approval despite DeSoto lawmakers’ objections," March 6, 2025
  16. ↑ DeSoto Times-Tribune, "Judges order new redistricting map for DeSoto," April 16, 2025
  17. ↑ Mississippi Today, "Federal court approves Mississippi legislative redistricting. Special elections will proceed," May 9, 2025
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Jackson Free Press, "Mississippi House and Senate OK Each Other's Redistricting," April 1, 2022
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Jackson Free Press, "Mississippi House, Senate Pass Separate Redistricting Plans," March 30, 2022


Current members of the Mississippi State Senate
Leadership
Senators
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
Hob Bryan (D)
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
Vacant
District 25
District 26
Vacant
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
Jeff Tate (R)
District 34
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
District 40
District 41
District 42
District 43
District 44
John Polk (R)
District 45
District 46
District 47
District 48
District 49
District 50
District 51
District 52
Republican Party (36)
Democratic Party (14)
Vacancies (2)


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