Mississippi's 2014 elections U.S. Senate • U.S. House • State ballot measures • School boards • Judicial • Candidate ballot access

The state of Mississippi held elections in 2014. Below are the dates of note:

2014 elections and events in Mississippi
Signature filing deadline for primary election candidates	March 1, 2014
Filing deadline for general election candidates	May 9, 2014
Voter registration deadline for primary election	May 25, 2014
Primary election date	June 3, 2014
Primary runoff election	June 24, 2014
Voter registration deadline for general election	October 4, 2014
General election date	November 4, 2014
Statewide ballot measures	November 4, 2014
General runoff election	November 25, 2014

Below are the types of elections that were scheduled in Mississippi in 2014:

On the 2014 ballot
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U.S. Senate	a
U.S. House	a
State Executives	d
State Senate	d
State House	d
Statewide ballot measures (1 measure)	a
Local ballot measures	d
School boards	a
State courts	a

2014 elections

Elections by type

U.S. Senate

U.S. Senate elections in Mississippi

See also: United States Senate elections in Mississippi, 2014 and United States Senate elections, 2014

Voters in Mississippi elected one member to the U.S. Senate in the election on November 4, 2014.

Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Mississippi state law stipulates that an individual can only participate in a party's primary if he or she "intends to support the nominations made in the primary" in which he or she participates. However, this is generally considered an unenforceable requirement. Consequently, Mississippi's primary is effectively open.^[1][2][3][4]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by May 25, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 5, 2014.^[5]

See also: Mississippi elections, 2014

Incumbent: Incumbent Thad Cochran (R) was first elected in 1978.

Race background

The primary battle between state Senator Chris McDaniel and incumbent Thad Cochran was highlighted as one of the top five primaries to watch in 2014. Shortly after McDaniel announced his candidacy, The Club for Growth, SCF, FreedomWorks, the Tea Party Express and the Madison Project all announced support.^[6]

Primary vulnerability

Cochran was named by National Journal as one of the top five incumbent senators at risk of losing his or her primary election in 2014. Four of the five most vulnerable senators were Republican.^[7]

Candidates

Note: The filing deadline for candidates was March 1, 2014.

General election candidates

• Thad Cochrana
• Travis Childers
• Shawn O'Hara (Reform Party)

June 24 Republican runoff primary

Note: No candidate secured more than 50 percent of the vote in the June 3, 2014, primary election. A runoff primary election was held between the top two candidates.^[8][9]

• Chris McDaniel
• Thad Cochrana

June 3, 2014, primary results

U.S. House

U.S. House of Representatives elections in Mississippi

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, 2014 and United States House of Representatives elections, 2014

The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Mississippi took place on November 4, 2014. Voters elected four candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's four congressional districts.

Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Mississippi state law stipulates that an individual can only participate in a party's primary if he or she "intends to support the nominations made in the primary" in which he or she participates. However, this is generally considered an unenforceable requirement. Consequently, Mississippi's primary is effectively open.^{[13][14][15][16]}

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by May 25, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 5, 2014.^[5]

See also: Mississippi elections, 2014

Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held three of the four congressional seats from Mississippi.

Incumbents

Heading into the 2014 election, the incumbents for the four congressional districts were:

Name	Party	District
Alan Nunnelee	Republican	1
Bennie Thompson	Democratic	2
Gregg Harper	Republican	3
Steven Palazzo	Republican	4

List of candidates by district

Note: The filing deadline for candidates was March 1, 2014.

1st Congressional District

General election candidates

• Alan Nunnelee - Incumbent a
• Ron Dickey
• Danny Bedwell
• Lajena Walley

June 3, 2014, primary results

2nd Congressional District

General election candidates

• Bennie Thompson - Incumbent a
• Shelley Shoemake
• Troy Ray

June 3, 2014, primary results

Democratic Primary

• Bennie Thompson - Incumbenta
• Damien Fairconetue

3rd Congressional District

General election candidates

• Gregg Harper - Incumbent a
• Doug Magee
• Barbara Dale Washer
• Roger Gerrard

June 24 Democratic runoff primary

Note: No candidate secured more than 50 percent of the vote in the June 3, 2014, primary election. A runoff primary election was held between the top two candidates.^[17][18]

• Doug Mageea
• Dennis Quinn

June 3, 2014, primary results

4th Congressional District

General election candidates

• Steven Palazzo - Incumbent a
• Matt Moore
• Joey Robinson
• Sarge Jackson
• Cindy Burleson
• Ed Reich

June 3, 2014, primary results

Statewide ballot measures

Statewide ballot measure elections in Mississippi

See also: Mississippi 2014 ballot measures and 2014 ballot measures

One ballot measure was certified for the 2014 ballot in the state of Mississippi.

On the ballot

November 4:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	HCR 30	Hunting & Fishing	Establishes the right to hunt, fish and harvest game animals	a

School boards

School board elections in Mississippi

See also: List of school board elections in 2014 and Mississippi school board elections, 2014

In 2014, 670 of America's largest school districts held elections for 2,188 seats. These elections took place in 37 states.

State elections

A total of five Mississippi school districts among America's largest school districts by enrollment held elections in 2014 for five seats. Each district held elections on November 4, 2014.

Here are several quick facts about Mississippi's school board elections in 2014:

• An average of 1.80 candidates ran for each board seat up for election in 2014 in Mississippi’s largest school districts by enrollment, which was lower than the national average of 1.89 candidates per seat.
• 20 percent of the school board seats on the ballot in 2014 were unopposed. This was a lower percentage than the 32.57 percent of school board seats that were unopposed nationally.

• 80 percent of the incumbents whose seats were on the ballot ran for re-election in 2014, and they retained 60 percent of the total seats up for election.
• Two newcomers were elected to school boards in Mississippi. They took 40 percent of the total seats in 2014, which was higher than the 38.19 percent of school board seats that went to newcomers nationally.
• The largest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was DeSoto County School District with 31,916 K-12 students.
• The smallest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was Lamar County School District with 9,251 K-12 students.

The districts listed below served 85,743 K-12 students during the 2010-2011 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.^[19] Click on the district names for more information on the district and its school board elections.

Voting in Mississippi

See also: Voting in Mississippi

Important voting information

• A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Mississippi state law stipulates that an individual can only participate in a party's primary if he or she "intends to support the nominations made in the primary" in which he or she participates. However, this is generally considered an unenforceable requirement. Consequently, Mississippi's primary is effectively open.^{[20][21][22][23]}

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

• Mississippi does not permit online voter registration.

Voting absentee

See also: Absentee voting by state

For information about eligibility, deadlines, military and overseas voting and updates to the voting laws in Mississippi, please visit our absentee voting by state page.

Voting early

See also: Early voting

Mississippi is one of 14 states that do not allow early voting.^[24]

Elections Performance Index

See also: Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index

Mississippi ranked 51st out of the 50 states and District of Columbia in the Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index (EPI), based on the 2012 elections. The EPI examined election administration performance and assigned an average percentage score based on 17 indicators of election performance. These indicators were chosen in order to determine both the convenience and integrity of these three phases of an election: registration, voting and counting. Mississippi received an overall score of 37 percent.^[25]

See also

Footnotes

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