2015 Mississippi Attorney General election
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The 2015 Mississippi Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2015. Incumbent Democrat Jim Hood, who had been the only statewide elected Democrat in Mississippi since 2008, sought and won reelection to a fourth term. As of 2026, this is the last time Democrats won a statewide election in Mississippi.
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November 3, 2015
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Hood: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Hurst: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Tie: 50% | |||||||||||||||||
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Primaries
Democratic nomination
Candidate
Republican primary
Candidate
- Mike Hurst, Assistant U.S. Attorney[2]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mike Hurst | 217,201 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 217,201 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jim Hood (incumbent) | 400,110 | 55.36% | |
| Republican | Mike Hurst | 322,648 | 44.64% | |
| Total votes | 722,758 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
By county
| County[4] | Jim Hood Democratic |
Mike Hurst Republican |
Margin | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 5,046 | 68.36% | 2,336 | 31.64% | 2,710 | 36.71% | 7,382 |
| Alcorn | 5,273 | 50.66% | 5,136 | 49.34% | 137 | 1.32% | 10,409 |
| Amite | 2,838 | 56.41% | 2,193 | 43.59% | 645 | 12.82% | 5,031 |
| Attala | 3,043 | 60.01% | 2,028 | 39.99% | 1,015 | 20.02% | 5,071 |
| Benton | 1,721 | 62.74% | 1,022 | 37.26% | 699 | 25.48% | 2,743 |
| Bolivar | 7,177 | 77.18% | 2,122 | 22.82% | 5,055 | 54.36% | 9,299 |
| Calhoun | 3,122 | 60.77% | 2,015 | 39.23% | 1,107 | 21.55% | 5,137 |
| Carroll | 2,226 | 54.96% | 1,824 | 45.04% | 402 | 9.93% | 4,050 |
| Chickasaw | 4,530 | 78.77% | 1,221 | 21.23% | 3,309 | 57.54% | 5,751 |
| Choctaw | 1,424 | 51.04% | 1,366 | 48.96% | 58 | 2.08% | 2,790 |
| Claiborne | 3,093 | 88.45% | 404 | 11.55% | 2,689 | 76.89% | 3,497 |
| Clarke | 3,150 | 53.58% | 2,729 | 46.42% | 421 | 7.16% | 5,879 |
| Clay | 5,180 | 71.83% | 2,031 | 28.17% | 3,149 | 43.67% | 7,211 |
| Coahoma | 2,977 | 75.67% | 957 | 24.33% | 2,020 | 51.35% | 3,934 |
| Copiah | 4,960 | 67.53% | 2,385 | 32.47% | 2,575 | 35.06% | 7,345 |
| Covington | 3,527 | 55.61% | 2,815 | 44.39% | 712 | 11.23% | 6,342 |
| DeSoto | 6,656 | 31.70% | 14,344 | 68.30% | -7,688 | -36.61% | 21,000 |
| Forrest | 8,871 | 51.59% | 8,323 | 48.41% | 548 | 3.19% | 17,194 |
| Franklin | 1,846 | 60.45% | 1,208 | 39.55% | 638 | 20.89% | 3,054 |
| George | 2,155 | 35.83% | 3,860 | 64.17% | -1,705 | -28.35% | 6,015 |
| Greene | 1,701 | 44.53% | 2,119 | 55.47% | -418 | -10.94% | 3,820 |
| Grenada | 4,150 | 61.08% | 2,644 | 38.92% | 1,506 | 22.17% | 6,794 |
| Hancock | 3,340 | 39.74% | 5,065 | 60.26% | -1,725 | -20.52% | 8,405 |
| Harrison | 14,802 | 47.69% | 16,235 | 52.31% | -1,433 | -4.62% | 31,037 |
| Hinds | 43,464 | 75.20% | 14,335 | 24.80% | 29,129 | 50.40% | 57,799 |
| Holmes | 4,275 | 85.93% | 700 | 14.07% | 3,575 | 71.86% | 4,975 |
| Humphreys | 2,058 | 78.19% | 574 | 21.81% | 1,484 | 56.38% | 2,632 |
| Issaquena | 404 | 71.00% | 165 | 29.00% | 239 | 42.00% | 569 |
| Itawamba | 3,712 | 53.72% | 3,198 | 46.28% | 514 | 7.44% | 6,910 |
| Jackson | 10,139 | 41.13% | 14,515 | 58.87% | -4,376 | -17.75% | 24,654 |
| Jasper | 4,073 | 64.36% | 2,255 | 35.64% | 1,818 | 28.73% | 6,328 |
| Jefferson | 2,487 | 91.00% | 246 | 9.00% | 2,241 | 82.00% | 2,733 |
| Jefferson Davis | 2,900 | 71.06% | 1,181 | 28.94% | 1,719 | 42.12% | 4,081 |
| Jones | 7,242 | 41.40% | 10,251 | 58.60% | -3,009 | -17.20% | 17,493 |
| Kemper | 2,830 | 74.73% | 957 | 25.27% | 1,873 | 49.46% | 3,787 |
| Lafayette | 5,835 | 53.05% | 5,164 | 46.95% | 671 | 6.10% | 10,999 |
| Lamar | 4,696 | 34.48% | 8,923 | 65.52% | -4,227 | -31.04% | 13,619 |
| Lauderdale | 8,819 | 51.95% | 8,157 | 48.05% | 662 | 3.90% | 16,976 |
| Lawrence | 2,788 | 57.26% | 2,081 | 42.74% | 707 | 14.52% | 4,869 |
| Leake | 3,344 | 55.64% | 2,666 | 44.36% | 678 | 11.28% | 6,010 |
| Lee | 9,626 | 49.68% | 9,749 | 50.32% | -123 | -0.63% | 19,375 |
| Leflore | 5,127 | 73.79% | 1,821 | 26.21% | 3,306 | 47.58% | 6,948 |
| Lincoln | 5,029 | 48.58% | 5,324 | 51.42% | -295 | -2.85% | 10,353 |
| Lowndes | 10,241 | 58.52% | 7,258 | 41.48% | 2,983 | 17.05% | 17,499 |
| Madison | 12,744 | 46.26% | 14,802 | 53.74% | -2,058 | -7.47% | 27,546 |
| Marion | 3,237 | 43.29% | 4,240 | 56.71% | -1,003 | -13.41% | 7,477 |
| Marshall | 4,290 | 66.76% | 2,136 | 33.24% | 2,154 | 33.52% | 6,426 |
| Monroe | 6,328 | 59.38% | 4,329 | 40.62% | 1,999 | 18.76% | 10,657 |
| Montgomery | 2,296 | 59.65% | 1,553 | 40.35% | 743 | 19.30% | 3,849 |
| Neshoba | 3,153 | 43.23% | 4,140 | 56.77% | -987 | -13.53% | 7,293 |
| Newton | 2,486 | 36.32% | 4,359 | 63.68% | -1,873 | -27.36% | 6,845 |
| Noxubee | 2,817 | 80.81% | 669 | 19.19% | 2,148 | 61.62% | 3,486 |
| Oktibbeha | 6,494 | 57.91% | 4,720 | 42.09% | 1,774 | 15.82% | 11,214 |
| Panola | 7,030 | 63.55% | 4,033 | 36.45% | 2,997 | 27.09% | 11,063 |
| Pearl River | 2,798 | 30.76% | 6,299 | 69.24% | -3,501 | -38.49% | 9,097 |
| Perry | 2,086 | 52.20% | 1,910 | 47.80% | 176 | 4.40% | 3,996 |
| Pike | 7,270 | 61.37% | 4,576 | 38.63% | 2,694 | 22.74% | 11,846 |
| Pontotoc | 4,548 | 54.53% | 3,793 | 45.47% | 755 | 9.05% | 8,341 |
| Prentiss | 3,507 | 54.30% | 2,951 | 45.70% | 556 | 8.61% | 6,458 |
| Quitman | 2,069 | 74.96% | 691 | 25.04% | 1,378 | 49.93% | 2,760 |
| Rankin | 12,590 | 37.03% | 21,410 | 62.97% | -8,820 | -25.94% | 34,000 |
| Scott | 4,128 | 58.03% | 2,985 | 41.97% | 1,143 | 16.07% | 7,113 |
| Sharkey | 1,337 | 79.39% | 347 | 20.61% | 990 | 58.79% | 1,684 |
| Simpson | 4,126 | 53.07% | 3,649 | 46.93% | 477 | 6.14% | 7,775 |
| Smith | 2,855 | 49.85% | 2,872 | 50.15% | -17 | -0.30% | 5,727 |
| Stone | 2,358 | 45.22% | 2,857 | 54.78% | -499 | -9.57% | 5,215 |
| Sunflower | 4,406 | 76.96% | 1,319 | 23.04% | 3,087 | 53.92% | 5,725 |
| Tallahatchie | 2,575 | 71.51% | 1,026 | 28.49% | 1,549 | 43.02% | 3,601 |
| Tate | 3,046 | 50.74% | 2,957 | 49.26% | 89 | 1.48% | 6,003 |
| Tippah | 3,225 | 50.23% | 3,196 | 49.77% | 29 | 0.45% | 6,421 |
| Tishomingo | 3,217 | 48.46% | 3,421 | 51.54% | -204 | -3.07% | 6,638 |
| Tunica | 1,709 | 69.70% | 743 | 30.30% | 966 | 39.40% | 2,452 |
| Union | 3,907 | 51.30% | 3,709 | 48.70% | 198 | 2.60% | 7,616 |
| Walthall | 2,813 | 59.31% | 1,930 | 40.69% | 883 | 18.62% | 4,743 |
| Warren | 7,186 | 60.05% | 4,781 | 39.95% | 2,405 | 20.10% | 11,967 |
| Washington | 7,260 | 75.36% | 2,374 | 24.64% | 4,886 | 50.72% | 9,634 |
| Wayne | 3,453 | 54.26% | 2,911 | 45.74% | 542 | 8.52% | 6,364 |
| Webster | 1,773 | 50.89% | 1,711 | 49.11% | 62 | 1.78% | 3,484 |
| Wilkinson | 2,616 | 73.15% | 960 | 26.85% | 1,656 | 46.31% | 3,576 |
| Winston | 3,841 | 60.64% | 2,493 | 39.36% | 1,348 | 21.28% | 6,334 |
| Yalobusha | 2,306 | 60.49% | 1,506 | 39.51% | 800 | 20.99% | 3,812 |
| Yazoo | 4,333 | 64.47% | 2,388 | 35.53% | 1,945 | 28.94% | 6,721 |
| Totals | 400,110 | 55.36% | 322,648 | 44.64% | 77,462 | 10.72% | 722,758 |
By congressional district
Hood won three of four congressional districts, including two that were represented by Republicans.[5]
| District | Hood | Hurst | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 53% | 47% | Trent Kelly |
| 2nd | 72% | 28% | Bennie Thompson |
| 3rd | 51% | 49% | Gregg Harper |
| 4th | 43% | 57% | Steven Palazzo |