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A special election is scheduled to be held in the U.S. state of Mississippi on March 11, 2025 to elect a new member for District 23 in the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing northern Mississippi. The election will fill a vacancy caused by the death of Republican member Andy Stepp, who died on December 5, 2024. [1] This election will be held concurrently with a special election in House District 82.
Prior to his death, District 23 was represented by Republican Andy Stepp since January 2024. He was elected in November 2023 with 71.9 percent of the vote in the general election after defeating incumbent representative Perry Van Bailey in the Republican primary. Van Bailey himself won a special election by just seven votes, only serving a year after being elected in January 2023. The November Republican primary election was a rematch of the January special election. [2]
Special elections in Mississippi are nonpartisan. The following candidates filed before the February 3, 2025 deadline: [3]
| Party | Candidate | Primary Mar. 11, 2025 | Runoff Apr. 22, 2025 | |||
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| Nonpartisan | Colby Bollinger | |||||
| Nonpartisan | Andy Clark | |||||
| Nonpartisan | Danny Lampley | |||||
| Nonpartisan | Perry Van Bailey | |||||
| Nonpartisan | Travis Wright | |||||
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