2025 Mississippi House of Representatives special election

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2025 House of Representatives special election
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  2023 November 4, 20252027 

5 of 122 seats in the Mississippi State Senate
62 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
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Leader Jason White Robert Johnson III
Party Republican Democratic Independents
Leader sinceJanuary 2, 2024January 7, 2020N/A
Leader's seat48th district94th districtN/A
Seats before80402

Speaker before election

Jason White
Republican

Elected Speaker

TBD

The 2025 Mississippi House of Representatives special election will be 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 a special election will be held on April 22 to fill a vacancy in two district. Primary elections will be held on August 5 and, if needed, runoff elections will be held on December 2. [1] [2]

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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

DistrictIncumbentResultCandidates
MemberPartyFirst 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:
  • Orange check.svgY Perry Van Bailey (Nonpartisan) 40.8%
  • Orange check.svgYColby Bollinger (Nonpartisan) 32.2%
  • Travis Wright (Nonpartisan) 20.0%
  • Andy Clark (Nonpartisan) 6.0%
  • Danny Lampley (Nonpartisan) 1.0% [5]
  • Runoff:
  • Green check.svgY Perry Van Bailey (Nonpartisan) 50.6%
  • Colby Bollinger (Nonpartisan) 49.4% [6]
82 Charles Young Jr. Democratic2011Incumbent died December 19, 2024. [7]
New member elected April 22, 2025 after no one received over 50% of the vote on March 25, 2025.
Republican gain.
  • First round:
  • Orange check.svgY Gregory Elliott (Nonpartisan) 40.3%
  • Orange check.svgYJoe Norwood (Nonpartisan) 30.0%
  • Joseph Denson (Nonpartisan) 29.7% [5]
  • Runoff:
  • Green check.svgY Gregory Elliott (Nonpartisan) 65.5%
  • Joe Norwood (Nonpartisan) 34.5% [6]

November 4 special election

DistrictIncumbentResultCandidates
MemberPartyFirst elected
26 Orlando Paden Democratic2015Incumbent resigned June 30, 2025, after being elected mayor of Clarksdale. [8]
New member to be elected November 4, 2025.
TBD

November 4 redistricting elections

DistrictIncumbentCandidatesResult
MemberPartyFirst electedRunning
16 Rickey Thompson Democratic2019Yes
Democratic hold
22 Jon Ray Lancaster Republican2019Yes
36 Karl Gibbs Democratic2013
(special)
Yes
Democratic hold
39 Dana McLean Republican2019Yes
Republican hold
41 Kabir Karriem Democratic2015Yes
Democratic hold

See also

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. 1 2 "Live Results: March 25 Legislative Special Elections". 270toWin . March 25, 2025. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  6. 1 2 "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".
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Candidates line up for special Mississippi legislative elections. See who's running". Mississippi Today. Retrieved June 10, 2025.