William Lowe Waller Sr. was an American politician and attorney. A Democrat,Waller served as the Governor of Mississippi from 1972 to 1976. Born near Oxford,Mississippi to a farming family,Waller went to law school and in 1950 established a law practice in Jackson. Nine years later,he was elected District Attorney of Hinds County,Mississippi. Waller attempted to reform the position and provoked the ire of local law enforcement for aggressively prosecuting several cases. In 1964,he twice prosecuted Byron De La Beckwith for the murder of civil rights activist Medgar Evers,with both trials resulting in deadlocked juries. In 1967,he launched an unsuccessful campaign for governor,finishing fifth in the Democratic primary.
Jonathan Tate Reeves is an American politician serving as the 65th governor of Mississippi since 2020. A member of the Republican Party,Reeves served as the 32nd lieutenant governor of Mississippi from 2012 to 2020 and as the Mississippi State Treasurer from 2004 to 2012.
The 2008 United States Senate special election in Mississippi was held on November 4,2008. This election was held on the same day of Thad Cochran's re-election bid in the 2008 United States Senate election in Mississippi. The winner of this special election served the rest of the Senate term,which ended in January 2013. Unlike most Senate elections,this was a non-partisan election in which the candidate who got a majority of the vote won,and if the first-place candidate did not get 50%,a runoff election with the top two candidates would have been held. In the election,no run-off was necessary as Republican nominee and incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Roger Wicker won election to finish the term.
Grady Franklin "Gray" Tollison is a Republican member of the Mississippi Senate,representing District 9 since 1996. In January 2012,Tollison was appointed Chairman of the Senate Education Committee by Lt. Governor Tate Reeves. From 2004 until 2012,he served as Chairman of the Judiciary,Division “B”Committee under the leadership of Lt. Governor Phil Bryant and Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck. He also serves as a member of the Rules,Finance,Public Health and Welfare,Universities and Colleges,and Wildlife,Fisheries and Parks Committees.
The University of Mississippi School of Law,also known as Ole Miss Law,is an ABA-accredited law school located on the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford,Mississippi. The School of Law offers the only dedicated aerospace law curriculum in the United States from an ABA-accredited school. The University of Mississippi School of Law is also the only school in the United States,and one of only a handful in the world,to offer a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Air and Space Law.
Carlton Wayne Reeves is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He is the chairman as well as a member of the United States Sentencing Commission.
Leslie D. King is a justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court.
Lynn Fitch is an American lawyer,politician,and the 40th Mississippi Attorney General. She is the first woman to serve in the role and the first Republican since 1878. Previously,she was the 54th State Treasurer of Mississippi from 2012 to 2020.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Mississippi on November 3,2015. All of Mississippi's executive officers were up for election. Primary elections were held on August 4,2015,with primary runoffs,necessary if no candidate wins a majority of the vote,to be held on August 25,2015. The filing deadline for primary ballot access was February 27.
Daniel McKinnon Lee Sr. was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1981 to 1998,serving as chief justice from 1995 to 1998.
Francis S. Bowling was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1977 to 1984.
Virgil Alexis Griffith was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1928 to 1949,serving as chief justice from 1948 to 1949.
The 2019 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 5,2019,to choose the next Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Governor Phil Bryant was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits. The Democratic Party nominated incumbent Attorney General Jim Hood,the only Democrat holding statewide office in Mississippi;the Republican Party nominated incumbent Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves. In the general election,Reeves defeated Hood by a margin of 5.08%,the closest gubernatorial election in Mississippi since 1999,with Reeves significantly underperforming Trump who won the state by 17 points,3 years prior.
The 1967 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 7,1967,in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Democrat Paul B. Johnson Jr. was term-limited,and could not run for reelection to a second term.
The 1963 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 5,1963,in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Democrat Ross Barnett was term-limited,and could not run for reelection to a second term.
A special election to determine the member of the United States House of Representatives for Mississippi's 4th congressional district was held on June 23,1981,with a runoff held two weeks later on July 6. Democrat Wayne Dowdy defeated Republican Liles Williams in the runoff by 912 votes. Dowdy replaced Republican U.S. Representative Jon Hinson,who resigned from Congress following his arrest for engaging in sodomy.
Michael Patrick Guest is an American attorney and Republican politician. He has represented Mississippi's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2019. He has been the ranking member of the United States House Committee on Ethics since August 2022.
Tamika Renee Montgomery-Reeves is an American lawyer who serves as an Associate Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court and is a designate to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
The 2023 Mississippi gubernatorial election will take place on November 7 to choose the governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Republican Governor Tate Reeves is eligible to run for a second term,but he has not stated whether he will do so.
Clayton D. Potter was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1916 to 1917,and Attorney General of Mississippi from 1922 to 1924.
