2023 United States lieutenant gubernatorial elections

For related races, see 2023 United States elections.

2023 United States lieutenant gubernatorial elections

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2 lieutenant governorships [a]
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Seats before 12 4 Seats after 12 4 Seat change Popular vote 1,284,256 529,335 Percentage 69.65% 28.71% Seats up 2 0 Races won 2 0
Republican hold      No election

 The 2023 United States lieutenant gubernatorial elections were held on November 7, 2023, in the state of Mississippi and in Louisiana on October 14. The previous lieutenant gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2019.

Partisan composition

Going into the election, there were 12 Republican lieutenant governors, 4 Democratic lieutenant governors, and 1 Vermont Progressive lieutenant governor in the United States. This class of lieutenant governors is made up of 2 Republicans. Republicans did not hold any states won by Joe Biden in 2020.

Race summary

State	Lieutenant governor	Party	First elected	Last race	Status	Candidates [1]
Louisiana	Billy Nungesser	Republican	2015	68.1% R	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Billy Nungesser (Republican) 65.5% ▌Willie Jones (Democratic) 20.5% ▌ Elbert Guillory (Republican) 6.2% ▌Tami Hotard (Republican) 4.9% Others ▌Bruce Payton (Independent) 1.7% ▌Gary Rispone (Independent) 1.3%
Mississippi	Delbert Hosemann	Republican	2019	60.0% R	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Delbert Hosemann (Republican) 60.7% ▌Ryan Grover (Democratic) 39.3%

Louisiana

Main article: 2023 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election

Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election

←  2019 October 14, 2023 2027 →

Candidate Billy Nungesser Willie Jones Elbert Guillory Party Republican Democratic Republican Popular vote 678,531 211,988 64,058 Percentage 65.52% 20.47% 6.29%

Parish results Nungesser:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Jones:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Guillory:     50–60% Hotard:     30–40%     >90% Payton:     50–60% Tie:     20–30%     30–40%     40–50%     50%     No votes

Lieutenant Governor before election Billy Nungesser Republican Elected Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser Republican

Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser was re-elected in 2019 with 68.1% of the vote. He successfully ran for re-election winning with 65.5% of the vote avoiding a runoff election. ^[2]

2023 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Billy Nungesser (incumbent)	678,531	65.52%
	Democratic	Willie Jones	211,988	20.47%
	Republican	Elbert Guillory	64,058	6.19%
	Republican	Tami Hotard	50,711	4.90%
	Independent	Bruce Payton	17,195	1.66%
	Independent	Gary Rispone	13,111	1.27%
Total votes			1,035,594	100.0%
	Republican hold

Mississippi

Main article: 2023 Mississippi lieutenant gubernatorial election

Mississippi lieutenant gubernatorial election

←  2019 2027 →

Nominee Delbert Hosemann Ryan Grover Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 490,956 317,347 Percentage 60.74% 39.26%

County results 'Hosemann:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Grover:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%

Lieutenant Governor before election Delbert Hosemann Republican Elected Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann Republican

Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann was elected in 2019 with 60.0% of the vote. He successfully ran for re-election defeating Democrat Ryan Grover with 65.5% of the vote. ^[4]

Republican primary results ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Delbert Hosemann (incumbent)	198,979	52.11%
	Republican	Chris McDaniel	162,708	42.61%
	Republican	Tiffany Longino	20,143	5.28%
Total votes			381,830	100.00%

Democratic primary results ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	D. Ryan Grover	151,793	100.00%
Total votes			151,793	100.00%

2023 Mississippi lieutenant gubernatorial election ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Delbert Hosemann (incumbent)	490,956	60.74%	+0.73%
	Democratic	Ryan Grover	317,347	39.26%	–0.73%
Total votes			808,303	100.00%
	Republican hold

Notes

1. Seat tallies and popular vote do not include states that do not elect lieutenant governors separately from governors.

References

1. "Live Election Results: Top Races to Watch". The New York Times. November 7, 2023. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved January 3, 2026.
2. "Nungesser easily wins third term as lieutenant governor • Louisiana Illuminator". Louisiana Illuminator. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
3. "Official Results for Election Date: 10/14/2023 Lieutenant Governor".
4. Williams, Angela (November 8, 2023). Hosemann wins second term as Mississippi lieutenant governor . Retrieved January 3, 2026– via www.wapt.com.
5. "2023 Republican primary results". Mississippi Secretary of State . Retrieved September 16, 2023.
6. "2023 Democratic primary results". Mississippi Secretary of State . Retrieved September 16, 2023.
7. Watson, Michael (December 5, 2023). "Official Tabulation of November 7, 2023, General Election Votes Cast for State Offices" (PDF). Secretary of State of Mississippi . Retrieved August 28, 2025.