Rod Hickman

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Rod Hickman
Member of the Mississippi State Senate
from the 32nd district
Assumed office
December 8, 2021

Rodgrick Glenard Hickman is an American politician who is currently a member of the Mississippi State Senate from Mississippi's 32nd Senate district. A Democrat, he won a special election in 2021 to replace Sampson Jackson, who retired on June 30, 2021. [1] He lives in Macon, Mississippi. [2] Before being elected, he was a law professor at Tougaloo College and the Mississippi University for Women and a prosecutor for Noxubee County, Mississippi. [2]

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Hickman was reelected in 2023 without opposition in either the primary or general election. [3] [4]

In 2024, Hickman was selected for the Future Caucus Innovation Fellowship as part of the Criminal Justice Reform cohort, a bipartisan coalition of Gen Z and millennial lawmakers interested in creating policies to improve the criminal justice system. [5] [6] He also serves as Co-Chair of the Mississippi chapter of Future Caucus, alongside Jansen Owen. [7]

Electoral history

2021 Mississippi Senate 32nd district special election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Rod Hickman 1,843 25.78%
Nonpartisan Minh Duong 1,611 22.53%
Nonpartisan Keith Jackson93613.09%
Nonpartisan Kim Houston91312.77%
Nonpartisan Stan Copeland77110.78%
Nonpartisan James Creer5487.66%
Nonpartisan Justin Creer3004.20%
Nonpartisan W.J. Coleman1381.93%
Nonpartisan Bradley Sudduth901.26%
Total votes7,150 100%
2021 Mississippi Senate 32nd district special runoff election [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Rod Hickman 4,302 59.75%
Nonpartisan Minh Duong2,89840.25%
Total votes7,200 100%
2023 Mississippi Senate 32nd district Democratic primary election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Rod Hickman (incumbent) 7,917 100.0%
Total votes7,917 100.0%
2023 Mississippi Senate 32nd district election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Rod Hickman (incumbent) 12,200 100.0%
Total votes12,200 100.0%
Democratic hold

References

  1. "Hickman wins Senate District 32 race". WTOK-TV . November 23, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Jackson, Tynisha (September 29, 2021). "Rod Hickman runs for state Senate seat". WTOK-TV . Archived from the original on September 30, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "2023 Democratic Primary Official Results" (PDF). Mississippi Secretary of State. August 18, 2023. p. 41. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 4, 2025. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Official Tabulation of November 7, 2023, General Election" (PDF). Mississippi Secretary of State. December 5, 2023. p. 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 4, 2025. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  5. Wyatt, Garrett (December 10, 2024). "64 Gen Z and Millennial Lawmakers Chosen for Bipartisan Future Caucus Fellowship". Future Caucus. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
  6. "Criminal Justice Reform". Future Caucus. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
  7. "Mississippi". Future Caucus. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
  8. Ford, Craig (November 3, 2021). "Results from Tuesday's election". WTVA . Archived from the original on November 5, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  9. "Live Results: Mississippi State Senate Special Election Runoff". 270toWin . November 23, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2021.