Learn who the candidates are for statewide and legislative offices in the 2019 Mississippi election. Click on the candidates to read our full coverage.
2019 Attorney General Candidates
Attorney general candidates Lynn Fitch, Jennifer Riley Collins battle for a spot in the history books
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Whomever voters pick to serve as the state’s chief legal officer and advisor on both civil and criminal matters will make history. The race also marks just the third time in Mississippi that two women are major party nominees for the same statewide office.
Election 2019
Chaney seeks fourth term; Amos hopes to make changes as insurance commissioner
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The Insurance commissioner oversees the department that has regulatory authority over the insurance companies. The office also provides some oversight of mobile home manufacturers.
Election 2019
Agriculture commissioner candidates agree on the need for locally produced food, differ on best approach
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Republican Andy Gipson and his Democratic challenger Rickey Cole are campaigning to head the Department of Agriculture and Commerce, the agency that promotes and regulates Mississippi’s $7.72 billion agriculture industry.
Election
Joe Biden receives 2020 endorsement from 10 African American Mississippi lawmakers
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The Biden campaign says the endorsements are the most yet from any statehouse
Election 2019
Gov. Bryant proclaims GOP candidates loving, hugging, endorsing each other after key Republicans waver on supporting Tate Reeves
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A hastily planned event in Madison was designed to show Republican unity despite bad blood the party hopes to fix before November
Election 2019
Britton and Watson, armed with potent ammo, trade blows in surprisingly bitter GOP Secretary of State primary
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Intraparty warfare is on full display in attack ads from Republican candidates vying to be the next state elections chief
Commentary
Mississippi sole state where popular vote only one factor in winning statewide office
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It’s not clear yet who will defend state in a lawsuit challenging election provisions in the Constitution, but whoever it is will be arguing in favor of language that statements from the time period indicate was placed in the Constitution to ensure African Americans were not elected to statewide office.
Election
Hosemann enters summer with strong war chest for lieutenant governor; Hughes not deterred
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The race is shaping up to be one of the most expensive contests for Mississippi lieutenant governor in state history
2019 Legislative Session
Gerrymandering lawsuit over Senate District 22 headed back to court as governor challenges order to redraw map
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After the Legislature adopted a plan to increase the black voting age population in district, Bryant and Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann ask full appeals court to hear the case. Arguments set for June.
Election
Clarksdale vote on infrastructure improvements advances despite legislative setback
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After several bills filed during the legislative session to pave the way for a city election died in committee, leaders are planning a scaled back increase to address sidewalk, lighting and flood issues
Election
How a college student exposed racial gerrymandering, prompted a lawsuit and forced Mississippi to redraw a voting district
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John Chappell, a senior at the University of Mississippi, performed initial research that set in motion a series of events that could end with the Legislature redrawing a state Senate district to meet the standards of the Voting Rights Act
Election
Poverty, race and reparations: Sen. Elizabeth Warren sets tone for candidates campaigning in Mississippi
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Massachusetts senator talked comfortably about race as she toured neighborhoods in Cleveland and Greenville, and residents there were hopeful after seeing “a presidential candidate to come to the Delta.”
Election 2019
Be a geofence: The story behind the technology that millennial-led Mississippi Votes uses to help more young Mississippians vote
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Mississippi Votes may be the first organization in the state to use geofencing, technology used to create a geographic boundary, for a general get-out-the-vote campaign.
Election 2019
Voter awareness initiative culminates in downtown Jackson art gallery
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The secretary of state’s office partnered with Jackson State on the “Promote the Vote” contest to help educate young people of the importance of voting.
Election 2019
Analysis: Republicans in strong position to hold, maybe increase, legislative majorities
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Democrats struggle to recruit House and Senate candidates to run in November general election and have little margin for error in effort to capture a majority.