2025 Mississippi House of Representatives special election

2025 Mississippi House of Representatives special election

←  2023 April 22 – November 4, 2025 2027 →
8 of 122 seats in the Mississippi House of Representatives 62 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Jason White Robert Johnson III Party Republican Democratic Independents Leader since January 2, 2024 January 7, 2020 N/A Leader's seat 48th district 94th district N/A Seats before 79 41 2 Seats won 78 42 2 Swing 1 1
Speaker before election Jason White Republican Elected Speaker TBD

The 2025 Mississippi House of Representatives special election was held on November 4, 2025, to elect 5 of 122 members of the Mississippi House of Representatives. Special elections were called in 5 districts due to court-ordered redistricting, in addition to special elections held on April 22 to fill vacancies in two districts. Primary elections were held on August 5, and runoff elections were canceled as all elections resulted in majority wins. ^{[1] [2]}

Background

The election was called after court-ordered redistricting caused the state House map to be redrawn, as it was found to diminish the voting power of the state's African American population. The new map creates one new majority black district in Chickasaw County. ^[3]

Summary

April 22 special elections

See also: 2025 United States state legislative special elections

District	Incumbent			Result	Candidates
	Member	Party	First elected
23	Andy Stepp	Republican	2023	Incumbent died December 5, 2024. [4] New member elected April 22, 2025 after no one received over 50% of the vote on March 25, 2025. Republican hold.	First round: ▌Y Perry Van Bailey (Nonpartisan) 40.8% ▌YColby Bollinger (Nonpartisan) 32.2% ▌Travis Wright (Nonpartisan) 20.0% ▌Andy Clark (Nonpartisan) 6.0% ▌Danny Lampley (Nonpartisan) 1.0% [5] Runoff: ▌Y Perry Van Bailey (Nonpartisan) 50.6% ▌Colby Bollinger (Nonpartisan) 49.4% [6]
82	Charles Young Jr.	Democratic	2011	Incumbent died December 19, 2024. [7] New member elected April 22, 2025 after no one received over 50% of the vote on March 25, 2025. Democratic hold.	First round: ▌Y Gregory Elliott (Nonpartisan) 40.3% ▌YJoe Norwood (Nonpartisan) 30.0% ▌Joseph Denson (Nonpartisan) 29.7% [5] Runoff: ▌Y Gregory Elliott (Nonpartisan) 65.5% ▌Joe Norwood (Nonpartisan) 34.5% [6]

November 4 special election

District	Incumbent			Result	Candidates
	Member	Party	First elected
26	Orlando Paden	Democratic	2015	Incumbent resigned June 30, 2025 to become the Mayor of Clarksdale. [8] New member elected November 4, 2025. Democratic hold. [9]	▌YOtha Williams (Nonpartisan) 52.6% [10] ▌Kim Seals (Nonpartisan) 33.8% [10] ▌Mary Dear-Moton (Nonpartisan) 13.6% [10]

November 4 redistricting elections

District	Incumbent				Candidates	Result
	Member	Party	First elected	Running
16	Rickey Thompson	Democratic	2019	Yes	▌Y Rickey Thompson (Democratic) [11]	Democratic hold.
22	Jon Ray Lancaster	Republican	2019	Yes	▌Y Justin Crosby (Democratic) 52.8% ▌ Jon Ray Lancaster (Republican) 47.2% [12]	Democratic gain.
36	Karl Gibbs	Democratic	2013 (special)	Yes	▌Y Karl Gibbs (Democratic) [11]	Democratic hold.
39	Dana McLean	Republican	2019	Yes	▌Y Dana McLean (Republican) [11]	Republican hold.
41	Kabir Karriem	Democratic	2015	Yes	▌Y Kabir Karriem (Democratic) [11]	Democratic hold.

See also

• 2025 United States state legislative elections

References

1. Pender, Geoff (May 9, 2025). "Federal court approves Mississippi legislative redistricting. Special elections will proceed". Mississippi Today . Retrieved June 2, 2025.
2. "Mississippi state legislative special elections, 2025". Ballotpedia. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
3. Corder, Frank (February 7, 2025). "House passes legislative redistricting plan that makes HD 22 a majority-minority district". Magnolia Tribune . Retrieved July 17, 2025.
4. Vance, Taylor (December 5, 2024). "Calhoun County lawmaker Andy Stepp dies at 66". Mississippi Today . Retrieved December 5, 2024.
5. "Live Results: March 25 Legislative Special Elections". 270toWin . March 25, 2025. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
6. "Live Results: April 22 Connecticut and Mississippi State House Special Elections". 270toWin . April 22, 2025. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
7. Corder, Frank (December 20, 2024). "State Rep. Charles Young, Jr. has died". Magnolia Tribune. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
8. "State Rep. Orlando Paden voted to replace Chuck Espy as Clarksdale mayor - SuperTalk Mississippi". June 3, 2025.
9. Harrison, Heather (November 5, 2025). "Mississippi Special Election Results: Democrats Flip 3 Seats". Mississippi Free Press. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
10. Williams, Angela (October 6, 2025). "What races are on the Mississippi Nov. 4 ballot?". WAPT . Retrieved October 12, 2025.
11. "Candidates line up for special Mississippi legislative elections. See who's running". Mississippi Today. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
12. Corder, Frank (November 4, 2025). "Democrats pick up seats in Mississippi House, Senate due to court-ordered special redistricting elections". Magnolia Tribune.