Mississippi voters will elect candidates to serve in the Legislature in eight Mississippi Senate special elections and two Mississippi House special elections on Tuesday, Nov. 4.

Voters in Mississippi Senate districts 1, 2, 11, 19, 24, 26, 44 and 45 will vote on Tuesday. Voters in Mississippi House districts 22 and 26 will also cast their ballots on Tuesday.

Mississippi House District 22 and six of the Senate districts are up for special elections because a federal court ordered the State to create more Black-majority legislative districts earlier this year. These elections are partisan, with a Democratic candidate running against a Republican in these districts.

Two other Senate districts are holding nonpartisan special elections. Voters in District 26 are replacing former Sen. John Horhn, D-Jackson, after Jackson voters elected him as their new mayor in June. Voters in Senate District 24 are replacing Sen. David Jordan, D-Greenwood, after his retirement at age 92.

One other House district is holding a nonpartisan special election. Residents of the Mississippi House District 26 will vote to fill a seat vacated by former Democratic House Rep. Orlando Paden after he became the new mayor of Clarksdale. Since it is a regular special election, this election is nonpartisan.

You can use the map below the list to see where each district is, along with information about each district, and the list below to jump to a specific district in the candidate guide.

Mississippi Senate Special Elections Map

Mississippi Senate Candidate Guides

Mississippi House Special Elections Map

Mississippi House Candidate Guides

In several other districts that held special primaries this year, there will be no election on Nov. 4 because only one party ran a candidate in the primaries. Those include House District 16, where Democrat Rickey Thompson is the winner; House District 36, where Democrat Karl Gibbs is the winner; House District 39, where Republican Dana McLean is the winner; and House District 41, where Democrat Kabir Karriem is the winner.

A runoff election is scheduled for Dec. 2 if no candidate earns a majority of the vote in any of the races on the ballot. Only the two candidates with the most votes will move on to the runoff. 

Any eligible registered voter who registered in person or had their voter registration application postmarked at least 30 days before the election can cast a ballot on Nov. 4.

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Contact your local circuit clerk or election commissioners for polling place information. Voters must bring an accepted form of voter ID to the polls. For more information, visit sos.ms.gov/yall-vote.

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State Reporter Heather Harrison has won more than a dozen awards for her multi-media journalism work. At Mississippi State University, she studied public relations and broadcast journalism, earning her Communication degree in 2023. For three years, Heather worked at The Reflector student newspaper: first as a staff reporter, then as the news editor and finally, as the editor-in-chief. This is where her passion for politics and government reporting began.
Heather started working at the Mississippi Free Press three days after graduation in 2023. She also worked part time for Starkville Daily News after college covering the Board of Aldermen meetings.
In her free time, Heather likes to sit on the porch, read books and listen to Taylor Swift. A native of Hazlehurst, she now lives in Brandon with her wife and their Boston Terrier, Finley, and calico cat, Ravioli.