Election Name: | 2019 Mississippi elections |
Country: | Mississippi |
Flag Image: | Flag of Mississippi (2001–2020).svg |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2015 Mississippi elections |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Election: | 2023 Mississippi elections |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Election Date: | November 5, 2019 |
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Mississippi on November 5, 2019. All executive offices in the state were up for election. The primary election was held on August 6, 2019, and runoff elections were held on August 27, 2019.[1] Although the Democrats came close to winning the governorship, they ultimately failed to do so. In addition, they lost the sole statewide office they have held since 1878: the Attorney General.
See main article: 2019 Mississippi gubernatorial election.
Election Name: | Mississippi Lieutenant Gubernatorial election, 2019 |
Country: | Mississippi |
Flag Image: | Flag of Mississippi (2001–2020).svg |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2015 Mississippi elections#Lieutenant Governor |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Election: | 2023 Mississippi lieutenant gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Nominee1: | Delbert Hosemann |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Nominee2: | Jay Hughes |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Image1: | Delbert Hosemann.jpg |
Popular Vote1: | 524,757 |
Popular Vote2: | 349,627 |
Percentage1: | 60.01% |
Percentage2: | 39.99% |
Lieutenant Governor | |
Before Election: | Tate Reeves |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Delbert Hosemann |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Electoral Vote1: | 78 |
Electoral Vote2: | 44 |
Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Tate Reeves, who was reelected in 2015 with 60%, was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits and successfully ran for governor instead.
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Name: | Mississippi Secretary of State election, 2019 |
Country: | Mississippi |
Flag Image: | Flag of Mississippi (2001–2020).svg |
Previous Election: | 2015_Mississippi_elections#Secretary_of_State |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Election: | 2023_Mississippi_elections#Secretary_of_State |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Nominee1: | Michael Watson |
Nominee2: | Johnny DuPree |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 511,249 |
Percentage1: | 58.83% |
Popular Vote2: | 357,806 |
Percentage2: | 41.17% |
Secretary of State | |
Before Election: | Delbert Hosemann |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Michael Watson |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Image1: | Michael Watson.png |
Electoral Vote1: | 79 |
Electoral Vote2: | 43 |
Incumbent Republican secretary of state Delbert Hosemann declined to run for a fourth term and instead successfully ran for lieutenant governor.
See main article: 2019 Mississippi Attorney General election.
Election Name: | Mississippi Attorney General election, 2019 |
Country: | Mississippi |
Flag Image: | Flag of Mississippi (2001–2020).svg |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2015 Mississippi Attorney General election |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Election: | 2023 Mississippi elections#Attorney General |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Election Date: | November 5, 2019 |
Image1: | File:White House Meeting on Protecting Consumers from Social Media Abuse (50380288396) (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Lynn Fitch |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 507,468 |
Percentage1: | 57.83% |
Nominee2: | Jennifer Riley Collins |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 370,068 |
Percentage2: | 42.17% |
Attorney General | |
Before Election: | Jim Hood |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Lynn Fitch |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Electoral Vote1: | 79 |
Electoral Vote2: | 43 |
Incumbent Democratic attorney general Jim Hood declined to run for a fifth term and instead ran for governor.[2] Republican state treasurer Lynn Fitch defeated Democrat Jennifer Collins to become the first Republican attorney general since the Reconstruction era.
Election Name: | Mississippi State Auditor election, 2019 |
Country: | Mississippi |
Flag Image: | Flag of Mississippi (2001–2020).svg |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2015_Mississippi_elections#State_Auditor |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Election: | 2023 Mississippi elections#State_Auditor |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Election Date: | November 5, 2019 |
Nominee1: | Shad White |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 656,902 |
Percentage1: | 100% |
State Auditor | |
Before Election: | Shad White |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Shad White |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Electoral Vote1: | 122 |
Election Name: | Mississippi State Treasurer election, 2019 |
Country: | Mississippi |
Flag Image: | Flag of Mississippi (2001–2020).svg |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2015_Mississippi_elections#State_Treasurer |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Election: | 2023 Mississippi elections#State_Treasurer |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Election Date: | November 5, 2019 |
Image1: | David McRae.png |
Nominee1: | David McRae |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 528,899 |
Percentage1: | 60.8% |
Nominee2: | Addie Lee Green |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 340,962 |
Percentage2: | 39.2% |
State Treasurer | |
Before Election: | Lynn Fitch |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | David McRae |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Electoral Vote1: | 80 |
Electoral Vote2: | 42 |
Incumbent Republican treasurer Lynn Fitch declined to run for a third term and instead chose to run for attorney general.
Election Name: | Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce election, 2019 |
Country: | Mississippi |
Flag Image: | Flag of Mississippi (2001–2020).svg |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2015 Mississippi elections#Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Election: | 2023 Mississippi elections#Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Election Date: | November 5, 2019 |
Image1: | Andy Gipson.jpg |
Nominee1: | Andy Gipson |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 509,239 |
Percentage1: | 58.7% |
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce | |
Before Election: | Andy Gipson |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Andy Gipson |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Nominee2: | Rickey Cole |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 358,318 |
Percentage2: | 41.3% |
Electoral Vote1: | 79 |
Electoral Vote2: | 43 |
Election Name: | Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance election, 2019 |
Country: | Mississippi |
Flag Image: | Flag of Mississippi (2001–2020).svg |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2015 Mississippi elections#Commissioner of Insurance |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Election: | 2023 Mississippi elections#Commissioner of Insurance |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Election Date: | November 5, 2019 |
Nominee1: | Mike Chaney |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 533,324 |
Percentage1: | 61.26% |
Map Size: | 170px |
Commissioner of Insurance | |
Before Election: | Mike Chaney |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Mike Chaney |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Nominee2: | Robert Amos |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 337,297 |
Percentage2: | 38.74% |
Electoral Vote1: | 79 |
Electoral Vote2: | 43 |
Country: | Mississippi |
Flag Image: | Flag of Mississippi (2001–2020).svg |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2015_Mississippi_elections#Northern_District |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Next Election: | 2023 Mississippi elections#Public Service Commission |
Nominee1: | Brandon Presley |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 222,167 |
Percentage1: | 100% |
Before Election: | Brandon Presley |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Brandon Presley |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Northern District Commissioner | |
Election Name: | Mississippi Public Service Commissioner, Northern District election, 2019 |
Image1: | Brandon Presley, MS Public Service Commissioner.jpg |
Country: | Mississippi |
Flag Image: | Flag of Mississippi (2001–2020).svg |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2015_Mississippi_elections#Central_District |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Next Election: | 2023 Mississippi elections#Public Service Commission |
Nominee1: | Brent Bailey |
Nominee2: | De'Keither Stamps |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 146,596 |
Popular Vote2: | 144,574 |
Percentage1: | 50.3% |
Percentage2: | 49.7% |
Before Election: | Cecil Brown |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Brent Bailey |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Central District Commissioner | |
Election Name: | Mississippi Public Service Commissioner, Central District election, 2019 |
Map Size: | 200px |
Country: | Mississippi |
Flag Image: | Flag of Mississippi (2001–2020).svg |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2015_Mississippi_elections#Southern_District |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Next Election: | 2023 Mississippi elections#Public Service Commission |
Nominee1: | Dane Maxwell |
Nominee2: | Connie Moran |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 181,083 |
Popular Vote2: | 108,074 |
Percentage1: | 62.6% |
Percentage2: | 37.4% |
Before Election: | Sam Britton |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Dane Maxwell |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Southern District Commissioner | |
Election Name: | Mississippi Public Service Commissioner, Southern District election, 2019 |
Map Size: | 200px |
Country: | Mississippi |
Flag Image: | Flag of Mississippi (2001–2020).svg |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2015_Mississippi_elections#Northern_District_2 |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Next Election: | 2023 Mississippi elections#Transportation Commission |
Nominee1: | John Caldwell |
Nominee2: | Joey Grist |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 181,168 |
Popular Vote2: | 105,562 |
Percentage1: | 63.2% |
Percentage2: | 36.8% |
Before Election: | Mike Tagert |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | John Caldwell |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Northern District Commissioner | |
Election Name: | Mississippi Transportation Commissioner, Northern District election, 2019 |
Map Size: | 200px |
Country: | Mississippi |
Flag Image: | Flag of Mississippi (2001–2020).svg |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2015_Mississippi_elections#Central_District_2 |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Next Election: | 2023 Mississippi elections#Transportation Commission |
Nominee1: | Willie Simmons |
Nominee2: | Butch Lee |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 149,573 |
Popular Vote2: | 143,003 |
Percentage1: | 51.1% |
Percentage2: | 48.9% |
Before Election: | Dick Hall |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Willie Simmons |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Central District Commissioner | |
Election Name: | Mississippi Transportation Commissioner, Central District election, 2019 |
Map Size: | 200px |
Country: | Mississippi |
Flag Image: | Flag of Mississippi (2001–2020).svg |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2015_Mississippi_elections#Southern_District_2 |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Next Election: | 2023 Mississippi elections#Transportation Commission |
Nominee1: | Tom King |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 234,905 |
Percentage1: | 100% |
Before Election: | Tom King |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Tom King |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Southern District Commissioner | |
Election Name: | Mississippi Transportation Commissioner, Southern District election, 2019 |
Image1: | Tom King.jpg |
Official campaign websites for lieutenant governor
Official campaign websites for secretary of state
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Official campaign websites for auditor
Official campaign websites for treasurer
Official campaign websites for Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner
Official campaign websites for insurance commissioner