2024 United States Senate election in Mississippi

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2024 United States Senate election in Mississippi
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Nominee Roger Wicker Ty Pinkins
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote763,420451,981
Percentage62.81%37.19%
2024 United States Senate election in Mississippi results map by county.svg
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Wicker:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Pinkins:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
U.S. senator before election

Roger Wicker
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

Roger Wicker
Republican

The 2024 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Mississippi. Incumbent Senator Roger Wicker took office on December 31, 2007, as an interim appointee after Trent Lott resigned 13 days prior. Wicker retained his Senate seat in the subsequent 2008 special election, won full terms in 2012 and 2018, and sought a third full term. Primary elections took place on March 12, 2024.

Contents

Mississippi has been represented in the U.S. Senate exclusively by Republicans since 1989. Wicker easily won re-election to a third full term. [1] Wicker improved on his performance and flipped Issaquena, Jasper, and Marshall Counties from 2018.


Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Ghannon Burton (R)$212,429 [a] $207,927$4,501
Dan Eubanks (R)$52,717 [b] $52,717$0
Roger Wicker (R)$8,139,009$6,397,660$3,593,927
Source: Federal Election Commission [10]

Results

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Results by county
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  •   Wicker—40-50%
  •   Wicker—50–60%
  •   Wicker—60–70%
  •   Wicker—70–80%
  •   Wicker—80–90%
  •   Wicker—≥90%
  •   Burton—50–60%
  •   Burton—60–70%
Republican primary results [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Roger Wicker (incumbent) 152,086 61.40%
Republican Ghannon Burton61,38724.78%
Republican Dan Eubanks 34,23813.82%
Total votes247,711 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Declined

Endorsements

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Ty Pinkins (D)$324,980$189,792$135,188
Source: Federal Election Commission [10]

Results

Democratic primary results [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ty Pinkins 82,264 100.0%
Total votes82,264 100.0%

Independents

Filed paperwork

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [19] Solid RNovember 9, 2023
Inside Elections [20] Solid RNovember 9, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball [21] Safe RNovember 9, 2023
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill [22] Safe RJune 8, 2024
Elections Daily [23] Safe RMay 4, 2023
CNalysis [24] Solid RNovember 21, 2023
RealClearPolitics [25] Solid RAugust 5, 2024
Split Ticket [26] Safe ROctober 23, 2024
538 [27] Solid ROctober 23, 2024

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [c] 		Margin
of error		Roger
Wicker (R)		Ty
Pinkins (D)		OtherUndecided
Change Research (D) [28] [A] September 29 – October 3, 2024565 (LV)± 4.5%48%35%7% [d] 10%

Endorsements

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Roger Wicker (R)$8,610,740$6,794,208$3,669,111
Ty Pinkins (D)$499,484$447,377$52,107
Source: Federal Election Commission [29]

Results

2024 United States Senate election in Mississippi [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Roger Wicker (incumbent) 763,420 62.81% +4.32%
Democratic Ty Pinkins451,98137.19%−2.28%
Total votes1,215,401 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

By county

County [31] [32] Roger Wicker
Republican		Ty Pinkins
Democratic		MarginTotal
#%#%#%
Adams 5,21944.31%6,56055.69%-1,341-11.38%11,779
Alcorn 12,57684.65%2,28015.35%10,29669.31%14,856
Amite 4,51466.30%2,29433.70%2,22032.61%6,808
Attala 4,75362.16%2,89437.84%1,85924.31%7,647
Benton 2,52266.33%1,28033.67%1,24232.67%3,802
Bolivar 4,10139.81%6,20060.19%-2,099-20.38%10,301
Calhoun 4,40274.43%1,51225.57%2,89048.87%5,914
Carroll 3,74673.11%1,37826.89%2,36846.21%5,124
Chickasaw 4,12157.68%3,02342.32%1,09815.37%7,144
Choctaw 2,86675.36%93724.64%1,92950.72%3,803
Claiborne 71920.19%2,84379.81%-2,124-59.63%3,562
Clarke 5,15168.67%2,35031.33%2,80137.34%7,501
Clay 4,22846.39%4,88653.61%-658-7.22%9,114
Coahoma 2,14632.13%4,53367.87%-2,387-35.74%6,679
Copiah 6,38854.72%5,28745.28%1,1019.43%11,675
Covington 5,92467.30%2,87932.70%3,04534.59%8,803
DeSoto 49,07362.92%28,91437.08%20,15925.85%77,987
Forrest 17,10460.38%11,22139.62%5,88320.77%28,325
Franklin 2,85270.33%1,20329.67%1,64940.67%4,055
George 9,66288.82%1,21611.18%8,44677.64%10,878
Greene 4,71284.10%89115.90%3,82168.20%5,603
Grenada 5,68958.78%3,98941.22%1,70017.57%9,678
Hancock 16,79780.36%4,10419.64%12,69360.73%20,901
Harrison 49,86366.35%25,28933.65%24,57432.70%75,152
Hinds 25,90129.93%60,62570.07%-34,724-40.13%86,526
Holmes 1,45621.79%5,22678.21%-3,770-56.42%6,682
Humphreys 1,07531.34%2,35568.66%-1,280-37.32%3,430
Issaquena 30451.09%29148.91%132.18%595
Itawamba 9,33789.34%1,11410.66%8,22378.68%10,451
Jackson 37,05971.28%14,93228.72%22,12742.56%51,991
Jasper 4,18953.47%3,64646.53%5436.93%7,835
Jefferson 69320.83%2,63479.17%-1,941-58.34%3,327
Jefferson Davis 2,38344.52%2,97055.48%-587-10.97%5,353
Jones 20,30773.70%7,24626.30%13,06147.40%27,553
Kemper 1,82444.95%2,23455.05%-410-10.10%4,058
Lafayette 14,76163.60%8,44736.40%6,31427.21%23,208
Lamar 20,98475.35%6,86324.65%14,12150.71%27,847
Lauderdale 16,87362.46%10,13937.54%6,73424.93%27,012
Lawrence 4,13768.90%1,86731.10%2,27037.81%6,004
Leake 5,22962.66%3,11637.34%2,11325.32%8,345
Lee 24,41570.22%10,35229.78%14,06340.45%34,767
Leflore 3,11133.30%6,23166.70%-3,120-33.40%9,342
Lincoln 11,59973.98%4,08026.02%7,51947.96%15,679
Lowndes 13,54855.90%10,69044.10%2,85811.79%24,238
Madison 34,18161.74%21,18038.26%13,00123.48%55,361
Marion 7,84570.76%3,24129.24%4,60441.53%11,086
Marshall 8,10054.97%6,63445.03%1,4669.95%14,734
Monroe 10,92068.49%5,02531.51%5,89536.97%15,945
Montgomery 2,67161.42%1,67838.58%99322.83%4,349
Neshoba 8,24576.46%2,53923.54%5,70652.91%10,784
Newton 6,65772.21%2,56227.79%4,09544.42%9,219
Noxubee 1,31230.60%2,97569.40%-1,663-38.79%4,287
Oktibbeha 9,49853.29%8,32546.71%1,1736.58%17,823
Panola 8,37458.35%5,97841.65%2,39616.69%14,352
Pearl River 20,15783.40%4,01216.60%16,14566.80%24,169
Perry 4,41280.20%1,08919.80%3,32360.41%5,501
Pike 8,20553.51%7,13046.49%1,0757.01%15,335
Pontotoc 11,55683.38%2,30416.62%9,25266.75%13,860
Prentiss 8,50483.20%1,71716.80%6,78766.40%10,221
Quitman 95236.88%1,62963.12%-677-26.23%2,581
Rankin 51,54274.91%17,26725.09%34,27549.81%68,809
Scott 6,12262.46%3,68037.54%2,44224.91%9,802
Sharkey 55631.15%1,22968.85%-673-37.70%1,785
Simpson 7,55669.04%3,38930.96%4,16738.07%10,945
Smith 6,15880.86%1,45819.14%4,70061.71%7,616
Stone 6,28280.62%1,51019.38%4,77261.24%7,792
Sunflower 3,07439.75%4,65960.25%-1,585-20.50%7,733
Tallahatchie 2,47849.32%2,54650.68%-68-1.35%5,024
Tate 9,22572.51%3,49827.49%5,72745.01%12,723
Tippah 7,92783.64%1,55016.36%6,37767.29%9,477
Tishomingo 7,82488.29%1,03811.71%6,78676.57%8,862
Tunica 82731.50%1,79868.50%-971-36.99%2,625
Union 10,48485.49%1,77914.51%8,70570.99%12,263
Walthall 4,15864.20%2,31935.80%1,83928.39%6,477
Warren 9,77054.15%8,27245.85%1,4988.30%18,042
Washington 4,92634.37%9,40665.63%-4,480-31.26%14,332
Wayne 6,02266.20%3,07533.80%2,94732.40%9,097
Webster 4,20383.11%85416.89%3,34966.23%5,057
Wilkinson 1,13639.92%1,71060.08%-574-20.17%2,846
Winston 4,93758.94%3,43941.06%1,49817.88%8,376
Yalobusha 3,60961.67%2,24338.33%1,36623.34%5,852
Yazoo 4,70252.68%4,22347.32%4795.37%8,925
Totals763,42062.81%451,98137.19%311,43925.62%1,215,401

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Wicker won three of four congressional districts. [33]

DistrictWickerPinkinsRepresentative
1st 69%31% Trent Kelly
2nd 42%58% Bennie Thompson
3rd 66%34% Michael Guest
4th 72%28% Mike Ezell

Notes

  1. ↑ $27,560 of this total was self-funded by Burton
  2. ↑ $15,000 of this total was self-funded by Eubanks
  3. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  4. ↑ "Would not vote" with 7%

Partisan clients

  1. ↑ Poll sponsored by Pinkins's campaign

References

  1. ↑ "2024 Senate Election Interactive Map - 270toWin". 270toWin.com. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
  2. ↑ Vance, Taylor (January 4, 2023). "Army veteran Ty Pinkins announces campaign against US Sen. Roger Wicker". Daily Journal. Retrieved January 3, 2023. Phillip Waller, the communications director for Wicker, said in a statement that Wicker will also run for re-election next year.
  3. ↑ Wolf, Stephen (November 14, 2023). "Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 11/14". Daily Kos . Retrieved November 14, 2023. Wicker recently drew a primary challenge from retired Marine Col. Ghannon Burton, but there's little indication yet whether the 16-year incumbent is actually in danger of losing renomination in this solidly red state.
  4. ↑ Corder, Frank (June 19, 2023). "Senate 2024: Eubanks files to challenge Wicker". Magnolia Tribune. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  5. 1 2 Corder, Frank (February 29, 2024). "Trump Endorses Wicker for Re-Election". Magnolia Tribune. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Support Pro-Israel Candidates". AIPAC PAC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  7. 1 2 "National Right to Life Endorses U.S. Senator Roger Wicker for Re-Election in Mississippi - National Right to Life". February 20, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  8. 1 2 "U.S. Chamber Endorses Sen. Roger Wicker for U.S. Senate in Mississippi". www.uschamber.com. February 23, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  9. 1 2 "2024 Candidates". With Honor Fund. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  10. 1 2 "2024 Election United States Senate - Mississippi". fec.gov. Federal Election Commission . Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Mississippi Primary Election Results". Secretary of State of Mississippi . March 12, 2024. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  12. ↑ DiNatale, Sara (January 3, 2023). "Ty Pinkins, Army veteran and Delta advocate, announces U.S. Senate run". Mississippi Today . Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  13. ↑ Vance, Taylor (January 8, 2024). "Brandon Presley, courted by national Democrats to run for U.S. Senate, will not run against Sen. Roger Wicker". Mississippi Today . Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  14. 1 2 "2023 Endorsements | Freethought Equality Fund". freethoughtequality.org. Archived from the original on August 23, 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  15. 1 2 "2024 Endorsements". Population Connection Action Fund. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  16. 1 2 "2024 Candidates for Common Good". Vote Common Good. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  17. ↑ "2024 Democratic Primary". Mississippi Secretary of State.
  18. ↑ "TAGGART, JON M MR. - Candidate overview". FEC.gov. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  19. ↑ "2024 Senate Race ratings". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  20. ↑ "Senate Ratings". Inside Elections. January 6, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  21. ↑ "2024 Senate". Sabato's Crystal Ball. January 24, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  22. ↑ "2024 Senate prediction map". elections2024.thehill.com/. The Hill. June 8, 2024. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  23. ↑ "Election Ratings". Elections Daily. August 1, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  24. ↑ "'24 Senate Forecast". CNalysis. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  25. ↑ "Battle for the Senate 2024". RealClearPolitics . Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  26. ↑ "2024 Senate Forecast". Split Ticket. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  27. ↑ "2024 Election Forecast". FiveThirtyEight. Archived from the original on November 1, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  28. ↑ Thomas, Sumati (October 6, 2024). "Ty Pinkins for US Senate - Public Memo - Oct 2024". Google Docs . Retrieved April 13, 2025.
  29. ↑ "2024 Election United States Senate - Indiana". fec.gov. Federal Election Commission . Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  30. ↑ Watson, Michael (December 2, 2024). "Certification of Vote for United States Senate" (PDF). Secretary of State of Mississippi . Archived (PDF) from the original on June 15, 2025. Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  31. ↑ Watson, Michael (November 5, 2024). "Statewide Recapitulation Report" (PDF). Secretary of State of Mississippi . Archived (PDF) from the original on June 11, 2025. Retrieved August 28, 2025.
  32. ↑ Watson, Michael (November 3, 2024). "Pike Updated" (PDF). Secretary of State of Mississippi . Archived (PDF) from the original on June 15, 2025. Retrieved August 28, 2025.
  33. ↑ https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::2a63d0b3-58db-4e59-9b3b-436b221e078a

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