Special legislative elections tomorrow

With Republicans holding supermajority in legislature, special elections will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025

The special election for 14 seats was ordered after a federal court determined that lawmakers diluted Black voting strength when redrawing districts. A sample ballot from the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office can be found here. Four of the seats are not contested and three of the candidates have already been elected.

Senate Races

District 1 (DeSoto and Tate counties)

• Chris Hanna (D)

• Michael McLendon (R—incumbent)

District 2 (DeSoto and Tunica counties)

• Charlie Hoots (R)

• Theresa Isom (D)

District 11 (Coahoma, DeSoto, Quitman, Tate and Tunica counties)

• Reginald Jackson (D—incumbent)

• Kendall Prewett (R)

District 19 (DeSoto County)

• Dianne Black (D)

• Kevin Blackwell (R—incumbent)

District 24 (Leflore, Panola and Tallahatchie counties; as a regular special election, this election is nonpartisan)

• Curressia Brown

• Jason Colquett

• Everett Hill

• Loretta McClee

• Justin Pope

• Georgio Proctor

District 26 (Hinds and Madison counties; nonpartisan election for seat left open after former Sen. John Horhn was elected mayor of Jackson)

• Coleman Boyd

• Jermaine Cooley

• Letitia Johnson

• Theresa Kennedy

• Kamesha Mumford

• James Pittman

• Jeffrey Stallworth

District 34 (Covington, Jasper and Jones counties)

• Juan Barnett (D—incumbent)

District 41 (Covington, Lamar, Marion and Walthall counties)

• Joey Fillingane (R—incumbent)

District 42 (Forrest, Greene, Jones and Wayne counties

• Donald Harness (R—elected)

District 44 (Forrest, Lamar and Perry counties)

• Chris Johnson (R—incumbent)

• Shakita Taylor (D)

District 45 (Forrest and Lamar counties)

• Johnny Dupree (D)

• Anna Rush (R)

House races

District 16 (Chickasaw, Lee, Monroe and Pontotoc counties)

• Rickey Thompson (D—elected)

District 22 (Chickasaw, Clay and Monroe counties)

• Justin Crosby (D)

• Jon Lancaster (R—incumbent)

District 26 (Bolivar, Coahoma and Sunflower counties; nonpartisan election for seat vacated by former Rep. Orlando Paden after he was elected mayor of Clarksdale)

• Mary Frances Dear-Moton ()

• Kimberlyn Seals ()

• Otha Williams III ()

District 36 (Clay, Lowndes, Monroe and Oktibbeha counties)

• Karl Gibbs (D—incumbent)

District 39 (Lowndes and Monroe counties)

• Dana McLean (R—incumbent)

District 41 (Lowndes County)

• Kabir Karriem (D—elected)

Special nonpartisan judicial election, District 12 circuit court judge (Forrest and Perry counties)

• Tangi Carter

• Wes Curry

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