2019 Mississippi State Senate election

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2019 Mississippi State Senate election
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November 5, 2019
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All 52 seats in the Mississippi State Senate
27 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Gray Tollison
(retired)		 Derrick Simmons
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 11, 2019 July 31, 2017
Leader's seat District 9 District 12
Last election 33 19
Seats after 36 16
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 3
Popular vote 480,583 281,733
Percentage 62.54% 36.66%
President Pro Tempore before election

Gray Tollison
Republican

 Elected President Pro Tempore

Dean Kirby
Republican

The 2019 Mississippi State Senate election was held on November 5, 2019, to determine which party would control the Mississippi State Senate for the following four years in the 2020–2024 Mississippi Legislature. All 52 seats in the Mississippi State Senate were up for election and the primary occurred on August 6, 2019. Prior to the election, 33 seats were held by Republicans and 19 seats were held by Democrats. The general election saw Republicans expand their majority in the State Senate by 3 seats.[1][2]

Source Ranking As of
Sabato[3] Safe R October 31, 2019

Retirements

Democrats

  1. District 5: J. P. Wilemon retired.
  2. District 8: Russell Jolly retired.
  3. District 13: Willie Lee Simmons retired to successfully run for Commissioner for the Mississippi Transportation Commission for the Central District.
  4. District 37: Bob Dearing retired.

Republicans

  1. District 3: Nickey Browning retired.
  2. District 9: Gray Tollison retired.
  3. District 22: Eugene Clarke retired.
  4. District 31: Terry C. Burton retired.
  5. District 33: Videt Carmichael retired.
  6. District 45: Billy Hudson retired.
  7. District 50: Tommy Gollott retired.
  8. District 51: Michael Watson retired to successfully run for Secretary of State of Mississippi.

Defeated incumbents

In primary

Democrats

  1. District 48: Deborah Jeanne Dawkins lost renomination to Gary Fredericks.

Republicans

  1. District 1: Chris Massey lost renomination to Michael McLendon.

Closest races

Results

References

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