2023 Mississippi elections
The 2023 Mississippi elections will take 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 will take place during the year. State House of Representatives

State Senate

Governor

Lieutenant governor
One-term Republican incumbent Delbert Hosemann was elected in 2019 with 60% of the vote. He has announced that he is running 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. Democratic primary

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

Results

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. Candidate 
Ty Pinkins, attorney and military veteran

Republican primary

Candidate
Michael Watson, incumbent Secretary of State

Results

Polling 

Michael Watson vs. Shuwaski Young

Results

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 is running for re-election. Democratic attorney and Disability Rights Mississippi Litigation Director Greta Kemp Martin is running to challenge Fitch. Democratic primary

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

Results

Republican primary

Candidate
Lynn Fitch, incumbent Attorney General

Results

Endorsements

Polling 
Lynn Fitch vs. Greta Martin

Results

State Auditor

Incumbent Republican Shad White was appointed as auditor in 2018, winning his first full term unopposed in 2019. White is running for re-election. The mayor of Anguilla, Democrat Larry Bradford, is challenging White in the general election. Democratic primary

Candidate
Larry Bradford, Mayor of Anguilla

Results

Republican primary

Candidate
Shad White, incumbent State Auditor

Results

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State Treasurer

One-term Republican incumbent David McRae was elected in 2019 with 60.8% of the vote. He has announced that he is seeking re-election, and ran unopposed in the Republican primary. McRae will face 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. Democratic primary

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

Results

Republican primary

Candidate
David McRae, incumbent State Treasurer

Results

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Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce

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

Results

Republican primary

Candidates
Andy Gipson, incumbent Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce

Results

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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, is running 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 has also announced a run. Democratic primary

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

Results

Republican primary

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

Results

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Public Service Commission

Northern District 

Four-term Democratic Incumbent Brandon Presley was re-elected unopposed in 2019. Presley has announced that he will 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. Results

Results

Central District 

One-term Republican incumbent Brent Bailey was elected in 2019 with 50.3% of the vote. He is running for re-election. Bailey's 2019 Democratic opponent, current State Representative De’Keither Stamps, is facing him again in a rematch. Democratic primary

Candidate
De’Keither Stamps, State Representative

Results

Republican primary

Candidate
Brent Bailey, incumbent Public Service Commissioner

Results

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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

Results

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Transportation Commission

Northern District 

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

Candidate
John Caldwell, incumbent Transportation Commissioner

Results

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Central District 

One-term Democrat Incumbent Willie Simmons was elected in 2019 with 51.1% of the vote. He is running for re-election. Ricky Pennington Jr., a Republican, is also running for the seat. Democratic primary

Candidate
Willie Simmons, incumbent Transportation Commissioner

Results

Republican primary

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

Results

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Southern District 

Three-term Republican Incumbent Tom King won re-election unopposed in 2019. On November 16, 2022, King announced he would retire at the end of his term and not seek re-election. Republican State Representative for the 111th District Charles Busby will be running against Independent Steven Brian Griffin. Republican primary

Candidate
Charles Busby, State Representative

Results

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Notes

References

2023 elections in the United States by state
2023 Mississippi elections