- Source: 2023 Mississippi elections
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.
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 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
Results
= 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.
= General election
=Polling
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 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
Results
= Democratic primary
=Candidate
Greta Kemp Martin, attorney and Disability Rights Mississippi Litigation Director
Results
= General election
=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 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
Results
= Democratic primary
=Candidate
Larry Bradford, Mayor of Anguilla
Results
= General election
=Results
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
Results
= Democratic primary
=Candidate
Addie Lee Green, former member of the Bolton Board of Aldermen
Results
= General election
=Results
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
Results
= 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
= General election
=Results
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 U.S. 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
Results
= Democratic primary
=Candidates
Bruce Burton, attorney and candidate for Appeals Court District 4 in 2022
Results
= General election
=Results
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 eligibility 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 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
= Results =
Republican primary
= Candidate =
Brent Bailey, incumbent Public Service Commissioner
= Results =
Results
= 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 =
Nelson Wayne Carr, construction manager, landlord, and Republican Party activist
Dane Maxwell, incumbent Public Service Commissioner
= Results =
Results
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
= Results =
Results
= 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
= Results =
Republican primary
= Candidate =
Ricky Pennington Jr., candidate for this district in 2019
= Results =
Results
= 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
= Results =
Results
Notes
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