Chester Trent Lott Sr. is an American lawyer,author,and politician. A former United States Senator from Mississippi,Lott served in numerous leadership positions in both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate. He entered Congress as one of the first of a wave of Republicans winning seats in Southern states that had been solidly Democratic. Later in his career,he served twice as Senate Majority Leader,and also,alternately,Senate Minority Leader. In 2003,he stepped down from the position after controversy due to his praising of senator Strom Thurmond's 1948 segregationist Dixiecrat presidential bid.
William Thad Cochran was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator for Mississippi from 1978 until his resignation due to health issues in 2018. A Republican,he previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1973 to 1978.
The 1978 United States Senate elections in the middle of Democratic President Jimmy Carter's term. Thirteen seats changed hands between parties,resulting in a net gain of three seats for the Republicans. Democrats nevertheless retained a 58–41 majority.
The 2008 United States Senate elections were held on November 4,2008,with 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested. Thirty-three seats were up for regular elections;the winners were eligible to serve six-year terms from January 3,2009 to January 3,2015,as members of Class 2. There were also two special elections,the winners of those seats would finish the terms that ended January 3,2013. The presidential election,which was won by Democrat Barack Obama,elections for all House of Representatives seats;elections for several gubernatorial elections;and many state and local elections occurred on the same date.
The Mississippi Republican Party is the Mississippi state affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party chairman is Frank Bordeaux,and the party is based in Jackson,Mississippi. The original Republican Party of Mississippi was founded following the American Civil War,and the current incarnation of the Mississippi Republican Party was founded in 1956. The party would grow in popularity after the 1964 Civil Rights Act and is currently the dominant party in the state.
The 2006 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held November 7,2006. Incumbent Republican Trent Lott won re-election to a fourth term.
The 2008 United States elections were held on November 4. Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Illinois won the presidential election,by defeating his challenger,Senator John McCain and the Democrats bolstered their majority in both Houses of Congress.
The 2008 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 4,2008. The seat was regularly scheduled for election,unlike the special election taking place on the same day. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Thad Cochran won re-election to a sixth term.
The 2008 United States Senate special election in Mississippi was held on November 4,2008. This election was held on the same day of Thad Cochran's re-election bid in the regularly scheduled Class II election. The winner of this special election served the rest of the Senate term,which ended in January 2013. Unlike most Senate elections,this was a non-partisan election in which the candidate who got a majority of the vote won,and if the first-place candidate did not get 50%,a runoff election with the top two candidates would have been held. In the election,no run-off was necessary as Republican nominee and incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Roger Wicker won election to finish the term.
Christopher Brian McDaniel is an American attorney,talk radio host,and far-right politician who has served in the Mississippi State Senate since 2008.
Travis Wayne Childers is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Mississippi's 1st congressional district from 2008 to 2011. The district included much of the northern portion of the state including New Albany,Columbus,Oxford,Southaven,and Tupelo. A member of the Democratic Party,Childers previously served as Chancery Clerk of Prentiss County from 1992 until his election to Congress. On March 1,2014,Childers announced that he was running for the United States Senate. He won his party's nomination for the Senate seat in the Democratic primary on June 3. He lost the general election to Republican incumbent Thad Cochran.
The 2008 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 4,2008,and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 6 representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
The 2014 United States Senate elections were held on November 4,2014. A total of 36 seats in the 100-member U.S. Senate were contested. Thirty-three Class 2 seats were contested for regular six-year terms to be served from January 3,2015 to January 3,2021,and three Class 3 seats were contested in special elections due to Senate vacancies. The elections marked 100 years of direct elections of U.S. Senators. Going into the elections,21 of the contested seats were held by the Democratic Party,while 15 were held by the Republican Party.
Elections were held on November 2,2010,to determine Mississippi's four members of the United States House of Representatives. Representatives were elected for two-year terms to serve in the 112th United States Congress from January 3,2011,until January 3,2013. Primary elections were held on June 1,2010,and primary runoff elections on June 22.
The 1978 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 5,1978. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator James Eastland decided to retire. Republican Thad Cochran won the open seat,becoming the first Republican to win a U.S. Senate election in Mississippi since Reconstruction.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate. Incumbent Republican Senator Thad Cochran,first elected in 1978,ran for reelection to a seventh term. Primary elections were held on June 3,2014.
The 2018 United States Senate elections were held on November 6,2018. 33 of the 100 seats were contested in regular elections while two others were contested in special elections due to Senate vacancies in Minnesota and Mississippi. The winners were elected to six-year terms running from January 3,2019,to January 3,2025. Senate Democrats had 26 seats up for election,while Senate Republicans had nine seats up for election.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Mississippi on November 3,2015. All of Mississippi's executive officers were up for election. Primary elections were held on August 4,2015,with primary runoffs to be held on August 25,2015 if no candidate received a majority in the primary. The filing deadline for primary ballot access was February 27.
The 2018 United States Senate special election in Mississippi took place on November 6,2018,to elect a United States senator from Mississippi. The election was held to fill the seat vacated by Senator Thad Cochran when he resigned from the Senate,effective April 1,2018,due to health concerns. Republican governor Phil Bryant appointed Cindy Hyde-Smith to fill the vacancy created by Cochran's resignation. Hyde-Smith sought election to serve the balance of Cochran's term,which expired in January 2021.
A special election to determine the member of the United States House of Representatives for Mississippi's 4th congressional district was held on June 23,1981,with a runoff held two weeks later on July 6. Democrat Wayne Dowdy defeated Republican Liles Williams in the runoff by 912 votes. Dowdy replaced Republican U.S. Representative Jon Hinson,who resigned from Congress following his arrest for engaging in sodomy.
