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The2023 Mississippi lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2023, to elect thelieutenant governor of Mississippi. IncumbentRepublican Lieutenant GovernorDelbert Hosemann won re-election to a second term in office, significantly outperforming Republican Governor Tate Reeves in theconcurrent governor election.
Hosemann drew a primary challenge from state senatorChris McDaniel, who is best known for nearly unseating U.S. SenatorThad Cochran in his2014 primary.[1] McDaniel accused Hosemann of being a "liberal" and criticized him for allowing Democrats to chair committees in the state senate, labeling him "Delbert 'the Democrat' Hosemann."[2] In response, Hosemann defended his conservative credentials and called McDaniel "the least effective politician in the state with the largest ego."[1] Marketing executive Ryan Grover was the only Democrat who filed to run.[3]
GovernorTate Reeves declined to endorse in the Republican primary forLieutenant Governor, however, he did not keep his frustrations with incumbent Lieutenant Governor Hosemann a secret, implying to reporters that there is only one "conservative candidate running" for the position.[4] This led toMississippi Republican Party chairman Frank Bordeaux having to get involved behind the scenes to quell tensions between Hosemann and McDaniel.[4]
In campaign ads, speeches, interviews, and social media posts, McDaniel tied Hosemann to the South Jackson Women's Clinic, in attempts to attack Hosemann's record on the issue of abortion. According toThe Associated Press, the physician who runs the clinic, however, didn't start performing abortions until after Hosemann provided legal services to the clinic. In response, Hosemann called McDaniel a "pathological liar" and accused him of defamation.[5]
On August 2, Hosemann accused McDaniel of not living in the district where he votes, saying that "it appears doubtful that he lived in his district, which means he voted illegally." McDaniel claimed that the allegations are "just [Hosemann] being desperate."[6]
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| Primary campaign finance activity as of June 9, 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
| Delbert Hosemann[15] | $2,500,307 | $1,363,092 | $3,704,915 |
| Chris McDaniel[16] | $785,135 | $646,604 | $386,490 |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Delbert Hosemann | Tiffany Longino | Chris McDaniel | Shane Quick | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Today/Siena College[17] | June 4–7, 2023 | 646 (LV) | ± 4.8% | 47% | - | 32% | - | 21% |
| American Strategies[18][A] | May 22–24, 2023 | 646 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 40% | 1% | 45% | 1% | 13% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Delbert Hosemann (incumbent) | 198,979 | 52.11% | |
| Republican | Chris McDaniel | 162,708 | 42.61% | |
| Republican | Tiffany Longino | 20,143 | 5.28% | |
| Total votes | 381,830 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | D. Ryan Grover | 151,793 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 151,793 | 100.00% | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Delbert Hosemann (incumbent) | 490,956 | 60.74% | +0.73% | |
| Democratic | Ryan Grover | 317,347 | 39.26% | –0.73% | |
| Total votes | 808,303 | 100.00% | |||
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| County[22] | Delbert Hosemann Republican | Ryan Grover Democratic | Margin | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 4,101 | 44.52% | 5,111 | 55.48% | -1,010 | -10.96% | 9,212 |
| Alcorn | 6,822 | 82.30% | 1,467 | 17.70% | 5,355 | 64.60% | 8,289 |
| Amite | 3,102 | 62.21% | 1,884 | 37.79% | 1,218 | 24.43% | 4,986 |
| Attala | 3,599 | 61.54% | 2,249 | 38.46% | 1,350 | 23.08% | 5,848 |
| Benton | 1,742 | 62.82% | 1,031 | 37.18% | 711 | 25.64% | 2,773 |
| Bolivar | 2,929 | 36.46% | 5,104 | 63.54% | -2,175 | -27.08% | 8,033 |
| Calhoun | 3,291 | 73.69% | 1,175 | 26.31% | 2,116 | 47.38% | 4,466 |
| Carroll | 2,541 | 67.98% | 1,197 | 32.02% | 1,344 | 35.96% | 3,738 |
| Chickasaw | 3,053 | 54.93% | 2,505 | 45.07% | 548 | 9.86% | 5,558 |
| Choctaw | 1,998 | 72.37% | 763 | 27.63% | 1,235 | 44.73% | 2,761 |
| Claiborne | 794 | 26.15% | 2,242 | 73.85% | -1,448 | -47.69% | 3,036 |
| Clarke | 3,872 | 66.00% | 1,995 | 34.00% | 1,877 | 31.99% | 5,867 |
| Clay | 3,173 | 45.16% | 3,853 | 54.84% | -680 | -9.68% | 7,026 |
| Coahoma | 1,570 | 30.96% | 3,501 | 69.04% | -1,931 | -38.08% | 5,071 |
| Copiah | 4,887 | 52.87% | 4,357 | 47.13% | 530 | 5.73% | 9,244 |
| Covington | 3,936 | 63.41% | 2,271 | 36.59% | 1,665 | 26.82% | 6,207 |
| DeSoto | 22,852 | 62.49% | 13,719 | 37.51% | 9,133 | 24.97% | 36,571 |
| Forrest | 11,023 | 60.46% | 7,208 | 39.54% | 3,815 | 20.93% | 18,231 |
| Franklin | 2,011 | 64.50% | 1,107 | 35.50% | 904 | 28.99% | 3,118 |
| George | 4,095 | 87.46% | 587 | 12.54% | 3,508 | 74.93% | 4,682 |
| Greene | 2,713 | 79.00% | 721 | 21.00% | 1,992 | 58.01% | 3,434 |
| Grenada | 4,345 | 54.99% | 3,557 | 45.01% | 788 | 9.97% | 7,902 |
| Hancock | 8,173 | 78.30% | 2,265 | 21.70% | 5,908 | 56.60% | 10,438 |
| Harrison | 28,069 | 65.95% | 14,495 | 34.05% | 13,574 | 31.89% | 42,564 |
| Hinds | 24,928 | 36.95% | 42,542 | 63.05% | -17,614 | -26.11% | 67,470 |
| Holmes | 1,519 | 26.57% | 4,199 | 73.43% | -2,680 | -46.87% | 5,718 |
| Humphreys | 999 | 33.44% | 1,988 | 66.56% | -989 | -33.11% | 2,987 |
| Issaquena | 228 | 53.77% | 196 | 46.23% | 32 | 7.55% | 424 |
| Itawamba | 6,067 | 88.63% | 778 | 11.37% | 5,289 | 77.27% | 6,845 |
| Jackson | 19,970 | 70.74% | 8,259 | 29.26% | 11,711 | 41.49% | 28,229 |
| Jasper | 2,866 | 48.94% | 2,990 | 51.06% | -124 | -2.12% | 5,856 |
| Jefferson | 614 | 23.02% | 2,053 | 76.98% | -1,439 | -53.96% | 2,667 |
| Jefferson Davis | 1,799 | 42.69% | 2,415 | 57.31% | -616 | -14.62% | 4,214 |
| Jones | 13,985 | 70.82% | 5,761 | 29.18% | 8,224 | 41.65% | 19,746 |
| Kemper | 1,574 | 43.15% | 2,074 | 56.85% | -500 | -13.71% | 3,648 |
| Lafayette | 9,395 | 63.74% | 5,344 | 36.26% | 4,051 | 27.48% | 14,739 |
| Lamar | 12,668 | 76.49% | 3,894 | 23.51% | 8,774 | 52.98% | 16,562 |
| Lauderdale | 11,321 | 63.16% | 6,602 | 36.84% | 4,719 | 26.33% | 17,923 |
| Lawrence | 2,900 | 65.58% | 1,522 | 34.42% | 1,378 | 31.16% | 4,422 |
| Leake | 4,077 | 62.79% | 2,416 | 37.21% | 1,661 | 25.58% | 6,493 |
| Lee | 15,984 | 69.59% | 6,984 | 30.41% | 9,000 | 39.18% | 22,968 |
| Leflore | 2,308 | 32.68% | 4,755 | 67.32% | -2,447 | -34.65% | 7,063 |
| Lincoln | 7,923 | 70.72% | 3,281 | 29.28% | 4,642 | 41.43% | 11,204 |
| Lowndes | 9,675 | 55.20% | 7,853 | 44.80% | 1,822 | 10.39% | 17,528 |
| Madison | 24,493 | 63.65% | 13,990 | 36.35% | 10,503 | 27.29% | 38,483 |
| Marion | 4,901 | 66.94% | 2,421 | 33.06% | 2,480 | 33.87% | 7,322 |
| Marshall | 4,568 | 51.60% | 4,285 | 48.40% | 283 | 3.20% | 8,853 |
| Monroe | 7,266 | 64.83% | 3,941 | 35.17% | 3,325 | 29.67% | 11,207 |
| Montgomery | 1,845 | 57.64% | 1,356 | 42.36% | 489 | 15.28% | 3,201 |
| Neshoba | 5,027 | 73.73% | 1,791 | 26.27% | 3,236 | 47.46% | 6,818 |
| Newton | 4,353 | 69.67% | 1,895 | 30.33% | 2,458 | 39.34% | 6,248 |
| Noxubee | 931 | 26.66% | 2,561 | 73.34% | -1,630 | -46.68% | 3,492 |
| Oktibbeha | 6,846 | 54.45% | 5,727 | 45.55% | 1,119 | 8.90% | 12,573 |
| Panola | 6,007 | 53.04% | 5,318 | 46.96% | 689 | 6.08% | 11,325 |
| Pearl River | 8,856 | 80.95% | 2,084 | 19.05% | 6,772 | 61.90% | 10,940 |
| Perry | 2,914 | 77.38% | 852 | 22.62% | 2,062 | 54.75% | 3,766 |
| Pike | 5,905 | 50.30% | 5,835 | 49.70% | 70 | 0.60% | 11,740 |
| Pontotoc | 7,393 | 83.03% | 1,511 | 16.97% | 5,882 | 66.06% | 8,904 |
| Prentiss | 4,924 | 80.37% | 1,203 | 19.63% | 3,721 | 60.73% | 6,127 |
| Quitman | 797 | 36.31% | 1,398 | 63.69% | -601 | -27.38% | 2,195 |
| Rankin | 32,770 | 75.14% | 10,843 | 24.86% | 21,927 | 50.28% | 43,613 |
| Scott | 4,694 | 59.80% | 3,156 | 40.20% | 1,538 | 19.59% | 7,850 |
| Sharkey | 547 | 36.59% | 948 | 63.41% | -401 | -26.82% | 1,495 |
| Simpson | 4,983 | 66.36% | 2,526 | 33.64% | 2,457 | 32.72% | 7,509 |
| Smith | 3,760 | 77.13% | 1,115 | 22.87% | 2,645 | 54.26% | 4,875 |
| Stone | 3,922 | 77.34% | 1,149 | 22.66% | 2,773 | 54.68% | 5,071 |
| Sunflower | 1,868 | 31.52% | 4,058 | 68.48% | -2,190 | -36.96% | 5,926 |
| Tallahatchie | 1,713 | 44.93% | 2,100 | 55.07% | -387 | -10.15% | 3,813 |
| Tate | 5,658 | 66.46% | 2,856 | 33.54% | 2,802 | 32.91% | 8,514 |
| Tippah | 4,522 | 80.88% | 1,069 | 19.12% | 3,453 | 61.76% | 5,591 |
| Tishomingo | 4,849 | 86.05% | 786 | 13.95% | 4,063 | 72.10% | 5,635 |
| Tunica | 627 | 31.30% | 1,376 | 68.70% | -749 | -37.39% | 2,003 |
| Union | 6,256 | 84.23% | 1,171 | 15.77% | 5,085 | 68.47% | 7,427 |
| Walthall | 3,010 | 59.78% | 2,025 | 40.22% | 985 | 19.56% | 5,035 |
| Warren | 7,828 | 58.63% | 5,523 | 41.37% | 2,305 | 17.26% | 13,351 |
| Washington | 3,205 | 31.53% | 6,959 | 68.47% | -3,754 | -36.93% | 10,164 |
| Wayne | 4,666 | 62.60% | 2,788 | 37.40% | 1,878 | 25.19% | 7,454 |
| Webster | 2,721 | 79.75% | 691 | 20.25% | 2,030 | 59.50% | 3,412 |
| Wilkinson | 1,039 | 35.21% | 1,912 | 64.79% | -873 | -29.58% | 2,951 |
| Winston | 3,627 | 56.97% | 2,740 | 43.03% | 887 | 13.93% | 6,367 |
| Yalobusha | 2,544 | 58.89% | 1,776 | 41.11% | 768 | 17.78% | 4,320 |
| Yazoo | 3,630 | 52.07% | 3,342 | 47.93% | 288 | 4.13% | 6,972 |
| Totals | 490,956 | 60.74% | 317,347 | 39.26% | 173,609 | 21.48% | 808,303 |
Hosemann won three of four congressional districts.[23]
| District | Hosemann | Grover | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 68% | 32% | Trent Kelly |
| 2nd | 42% | 58% | Bennie Thompson |
| 3rd | 65% | 35% | Michael Guest |
| 4th | 71% | 29% | Mike Ezell |
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