On Friday, Gov. Tate Reeves announced dates for seven special elections to take place for open positions in the legislature and across the state’s judicial system along with one open district attorney position.
The two special elections for District 23 (Calhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc, and Webster counties) and for District 82 (Lauderdale County) inside the Mississippi House of Representatives will be held on March 25. The qualifying deadline for both is Feb. 3.
Seats in the House were left open after the passing of Republican Rep. Andy Stepp on Dec. 4 and Democratic Rep. Charles Young, Jr. on Dec. 19. Per state law, Reeves was given 30 days in the aftermath of each lawmaker’s death to announce a special election date.
Reeves announced that Nov. 4 would be Election Day for trial court positions: Sixth Chancery District, Place 1 (Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Kemper, Neshoba, and Winston counties), Twelfth Circuit District, Place 1 (Clarke and Lauderdale counties), and Twelfth Circuit District, Place 2 (Forrest and Perry counties). On the same day, a special election will take place for County Court Judge in Pearl River County. The qualifying deadline for all four is Feb. 3.
A special election for district attorney in the First Circuit Court District (Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, and Tishomingo counties) will also be held on Nov. 4. The qualifying deadline for this election is Sept. 5.
More information on each special election can be found here.
