2023 Mississippi State Senate election

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All 52 seats in theMississippi State Senate 27 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Dean Kirby Derrick Simmons Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 7, 2020 July 31, 2017 Leader's seat 30th district 12th district Seats before 36 16 Seats won 36 16 Seat change Popular vote 447,708 232,036 Percentage 63.49% 32.91%
Results:      Democratic hold     Democratic gain      Republican hold     Republican gain
President pro tempore before election Dean Kirby Republican Elected President pro tempore Dean Kirby Republican

The2023 Mississippi State Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, to elect all 52 members of theMississippi State Senate to four-year terms. It was held concurrently with elections for allstatewide offices and theMississippi House of Representatives. Primary elections took place on August 8.^[1]

In the 2019Mississippi Legislature elections,Republicans expanded their majorities in both chambers to 75 in the House and 36 in the Senate.^[2][3] Going into the 2023 elections, Republicans held a two-thirds supermajority in the Senate, though not in the House.

The 2023 election was the first election held under new district maps followingredistricting as a result of the2020 census.^[4]

Five incumbents did not seek re-election.^[5]

1. District 11:Robert L. Jackson retired.
2. District 21:Barbara Blackmon retired.

1. District 35:Chris Caughman retired.
2. District 37:Melanie Sojourner retired.
3. District 42:Chris McDaniel retired torun for lieutenant governor.

One incumbent senator, a Republican, was defeated in the August 8 primary election.^[6]

1. District 46:Philip Moran lost renomination toPhilman A. Ladner.

One incumbent senator, an independent, was defeated in the November 7 general election.^[7]

1. District 38:Kelvin Butler^[a] lost re-election toGary Brumfield.

Of the 52 seats up for election, 39 had a single candidate running for office. Of these, 12 only had a Democrat running while the remaining 27 only had a Republican running. The remaining 13 were contested by combinations of Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Green, and Independent candidates.^[8]

Parties		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	Before	After	+/-
	Republican	40	447,708	63.49%	36	36
	Democratic	20	232,036	32.91%	16	16
	Independent	5	15,396	2.18%	0	0
	Libertarian	5	8,945	1.27%	0	0
	Green	1	1,077	0.15%	0	0
Total		72	705,162	100.00%	52	52

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