Joseph Thomas

Democratic Party

Mississippi State Senate District 22

Tenure

2020 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

6

Predecessor:Eugene Clarke (R)

Compensation

Base salary

$23,500/year

Per diem

Senate per diem information was unavailable.

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 7, 2023

Contact

Official website

Campaign website

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Joseph Thomas (Democratic Party) is a member of theMississippi State Senate, representingDistrict 22. He assumed office on January 7, 2020. His current term ends on January 4, 2028.

Thomas (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to theMississippi State Senate to representDistrict 22. He won in the general election onNovember 7, 2023.

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Thomas was assigned to the following committees:

• Business and Financial Institutions Committee
• Senate Constitution Committee
• Finance Committee
• Senate Forestry Committee
• Senate Insurance Committee
• Senate Investigate State Offices Committee
• Judiciary, Division B Committee
• Labor Committee,Vice-Chairman
• Senate Corrections Committee

2023-2024

Thomas was assigned to the following committees:

• Business and Financial Institutions Committee
• Compilation, Revision and Publication (decommissioned)
• Senate County Affairs Committee
• Senate Drug Policy Committee
• Senate Enrolled Bills Committee,Chair
• Senate Ethics Committee
• Finance Committee
• Senate Forestry Committee
• Senate Insurance Committee
• Interstate and Federal Cooperation Committee
• Judiciary, Division B Committee
• Senate State Library Committee

2020-2021

Thomas was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Insurance Committee
• Interstate and Federal Cooperation Committee,Vice-Chairman
• Judiciary, Division B Committee
• Senate State Library Committee
• Business and Financial Institutions Committee
• Senate Drug Policy Committee
• Senate Ethics Committee
• Finance Committee

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2023

See also: Mississippi State Senate elections, 2023

General election

General election for Mississippi State Senate District 22

IncumbentJoseph Thomas defeatedChastity Magyar in the general election for Mississippi State Senate District 22 on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Joseph Thomas (D)	57.6	9,534
	Submit photo	Chastity Magyar (R)	42.4	7,024

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,558
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mississippi State Senate District 22

IncumbentJoseph Thomas advanced from the Democratic primary for Mississippi State Senate District 22 on August 8, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Joseph Thomas	100.0	6,165

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,165
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 22

Chastity Magyar advanced from the Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 22 on August 8, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Chastity Magyar	100.0	4,106

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,106
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Endorsements

2019

See also: Mississippi State Senate elections, 2019

General election

General election for Mississippi State Senate District 22

Joseph Thomas defeatedHayes Dent in the general election for Mississippi State Senate District 22 on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Joseph Thomas (D)	52.4	10,555
	Submit photo	Hayes Dent (R)	47.6	9,582

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,137
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Terrence Edison Jr. (Independent)
• Calvin Stewart (Independent)

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Mississippi State Senate District 22

Joseph Thomas defeatedRuffin Smith in the Democratic primary runoff for Mississippi State Senate District 22 on August 27, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Joseph Thomas	60.7	3,272
	Submit photo	Ruffin Smith	39.3	2,122

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,394
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mississippi State Senate District 22

Joseph Thomas andRuffin Smith advanced to a runoff. They defeatedErmea Russell,Mark Buckner Sr., andColton Thornton in the Democratic primary for Mississippi State Senate District 22 on August 6, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Joseph Thomas	32.6	2,867
✔	Submit photo	Ruffin Smith	21.1	1,856
		Ermea Russell	20.0	1,761
	Submit photo	Mark Buckner Sr.	19.9	1,751
		Colton Thornton	6.4	563

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3	Total votes: 8,798
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Vince Roberts (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 22

Hayes Dent defeatedDwayne Self in the Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 22 on August 6, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Hayes Dent	69.3	4,274
	Submit photo	Dwayne Self	30.7	1,891

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3	Total votes: 6,165
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Campaign themes

2023

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2019

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Campaign finance summary

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