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Delbert Hosemann
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Hosemann in 2018
33rd Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
Assumed office
January 14, 2020
Republican Delbert Hosemann, Jr.(incumbent) 478,525 61.5 N/A
Democratic Ryan Grover300,11838.5N/A
Total votes778,643 100.00
Republican hold

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Party political offices
Preceded by
Julio Del Castillo
Republican nominee for Secretary of State of Mississippi
2007, 2011, 2015
Succeeded by
Preceded by Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
2019, 2023
Most recent
Political offices
Preceded by Secretary of State of Mississippi
2008–2020
Succeeded by
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
2020–present
Incumbent