Jackson Free Press logo

This story originally appeared in the Jackson Free Press. It was added to the Mississippi Free Press website in 2025.
Note that any opinions expressed in legacy Jackson Free Press stories do not reflect a position of the Mississippi Free Press or necessarily of its staff and board members.

Candidates for statewide and local offices are holding election night watch parties this evening as they await the results of the Aug. 6 primary races. Here are the times and locations of confirmed watch parties.

Lynn Fitch (Attorney General)

Embassy Suites Ridgeland (200 Township Place, Ridgeland)


7 p.m.

Contact: 703-625-9597, lynnfitchnews@gmail.com.

Delbert Hosemann (Lt. Gov.)

1755 Lelia Drive, Suite 210

7 p.m.

Contact: 769-232-1481, leah@delberthosemann.com

Jim Hood (Governor)

Duling Hall, (622 Duling Ave.)

7 p.m.

601-551-1808, margaretann@hoodforgovernor.com

Bill Waller Jr. (Governor)

Capital Towers, 125 S. Congress St.

7:30 p.m.

Buck Clarke (Treasurer)

Residence Inn hotel at The District at Eastover (1248 Eastover Drive)

7 p.m.

Contact: 601-421-0276, loden@buckclarke.com

Lee Vance (Hinds County Sheriff)

4436 N. State St.

6 p.m.

Contact: 601-715-3216

Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.