2025 Mississippi State Senate election

2025 Mississippi State Senate election

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10 of 52 seats in the Mississippi State Senate 27 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Dean Kirby Derrick Simmons Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 7, 2020 July 31, 2017 Leader's seat 30th district 12th district Seats before 36 16
Incumbents:      Republican incumbent     Democratic incumbent      No incumbent     No election      One Republican, one Democrat      Two Republicans; one retiring
President pro tempore before election Dean Kirby Republican Elected President pro tempore TBD

The 2025 Mississippi State Senate special election will be held on November 4, 2025, to elect 10 of 52 members of the Mississippi State Senate. Special elections were called in 10 districts due to court-ordered redistricting, in addition a special election will be held on April 15 to fill a vacancy in 1 district. Primary elections will be held in August 2025 and, if needed, runoff elections will be held on December 2.

Background

The election was called after court-ordered redistricting caused the state senate map to be redrawn, as it was found to diminish the voting power of the state's African American population. ^[1] The new map creates two new majority black districts, one each in DeSoto and Forrest County, both without incumbents. ^[2]

Retirements

Republicans

1. District 44: John Polk is retiring. ^[3]

Summary

April 15 special election

See also: 2025 United States state legislative special elections

District	Incumbent			Result	Candidates [4]
	Member	Party	First elected
18	Jenifer Branning	Republican	2015	Incumbent resigned January 6, 2025, to join the Mississippi Supreme Court. [5] New member to be elected April 15, 2025.	▌Mark Forsman (Nonpartisan) ▌Lindsey Kidd (Nonpartisan) ▌Jackson "Ike" Melton (Nonpartisan) ▌Marty Sistrunk (Nonpartisan) ▌Lane Taylor (Nonpartisan)

November 4 special elections

District	Incumbent			Result	Candidates
	Member	Party	First elected
1	Michael McLendon	Republican	2019	TBD	TBD
	Reginald Jackson (redistricted from SD 11)	Democratic	2023
2	David Parker	Republican	2012	TBD	TBD
10	Neil Whaley	Republican	2017	TBD	TBD
11	None (new district)			TBD	TBD
19	Kevin Blackwell	Republican	2015	TBD	TBD
34	Juan Barnett	Democratic	2015	TBD	TBD
41	Joey Fillingane	Republican	2006	TBD	TBD
42	Robin Robinson	Republican	2023	TBD	TBD
44	John A. Polk†	Republican	2011	TBD	TBD
	Chris Johnson (redistricted from SD 45)	Republican	2019
45	None (new district)			TBD	TBD

See also

• 2025 United States state legislative elections

References

1. Milam, Ben (February 27, 2025). "Mississippi Senate passes redistricting resolution in line with federal order". SuperTalk Mississippi Media. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
2. Vance, Taylor (February 27, 2025). "Mississippi Senate passes redistricting that calls for 10 new elections". Associated Press. Mississippi Today. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
3. McLaughlin, Grant (February 27, 2025). "MS Senate passes redistricting plan. See who will run in special elections and areas affected". The clarion Ledger . Retrieved April 7, 2025.
4. Corder, Frank (March 10, 2025). "Five candidates qualify for Senate District 18 special election". Magnolia Tribune. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
5. Latino, Russ (November 27, 2024). "Jenifer Branning projected to unseat Supreme Court Justice Jim Kitchens". Magnolia Tribune. Retrieved November 28, 2024.