Election Results
Donald Trump carried Mississippi with about 61.6% of the vote in the 2024 presidential election.
Democratic presidential vote share
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Republican presidential vote share
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
- •Mississippi has voted for the Republican presidential nominee in every election since 1980.
Governors
Tate Reeves (R) has been governor since 2020 and won re-election in 2023, with Republican supermajorities in the legislature.
| Governor | Party | In office |
|---|---|---|
| Tate Reeves | Republican | 2020–present |
| Haley Barbour | Republican | 2004–2012 |
| David Ronald “Ronnie” Musgrove | Democratic | 2000–2004 |
| Daniel Kirkwood Fordice | Republican | 1992–2000 |
| Raymond Edwin Mabus | Democratic | 1988–1992 |
| William A. Allain | Democratic | 1984–1988 |
| William Forrest Winter | Democratic | 1980–1984 |
| Charles Clifton Finch | Democratic | 1976–1980 |
| William Lowe Waller | Democratic | 1972–1976 |
| John Bell Williams | Democratic | 1968–1972 |
| Paul B. Johnson Jr. | Democratic | 1964–1968 |
| Ross Robert Barnett | Democratic | 1960–1964 |
| James Plemon Coleman | Democratic | 1956–1960 |
| Fielding Lewis Wright | Democratic | 1946–1952 |
| Thomas Lowry Bailey | Democratic | 1944–1946 |
| Paul Burney Johnson, Sr. | Democratic | 1940–1943 |
| Martin Sennet Conner | Democratic | 1932–1936 |
| Henry Lewis Whitfield | Democratic | 1924–1927 |
| Lee Maurice Russell | Democratic | 1920–1924 |
| Earl Leroy Brewer | Democratic | 1912–1916 |
| Edmond Favor Noel | Democratic | 1908–1912 |
| James Vardaman | Democratic | 1904–1908 |
| Andrew Houston Longino | Democratic | 1900–1904 |
| Anselm McLaurin | Democratic | 1896–1900 |
| Robert Lowry | Democratic | 1882–1890 |
| James Lusk Alcorn | Republican | 1870–1871 |
| Benjamin Grubb Humphreys | Democratic | 1865–1868 |
| William Lewis Sharkey | Professional | 1865–1865 |
| Charles Clark | Democratic | 1863–1865 |
| William McWillie | Democratic | 1857–1859 |
| John Jones McRae | Democratic | 1854–1857 |
| John Jones Pettus | Democratic | 1854–1854 |
| Henry Stuart Foote | Union-Democratic | 1852–1854 |
| James Whitfield | Democratic | 1851–1852 |
| John Isaac Guion | Democratic | 1851–1851 |
| Joseph W. Matthews | Democratic | 1848–1850 |
| Albert Gallatin Brown | Democratic | 1844–1848 |
| Tilghman Mayfield Tucker | Democratic | 1842–1844 |
| Alexander Gallatin Mcnutt | Democratic | 1838–1842 |
| Hiram George Runnels | Democratic | 1833–1835 |
| Abram Marshall Scott | Democratic | 1832–1833 |
| Walter Leake | Democratic | 1822–1825 |
| George Poindexter | Democratic | 1820–1822 |
| David Holmes | Democratic | 1817–1820 |
Source: National Governors Association, current and former governors.
- •Mississippi replaced its Confederate-themed state flag in 2020.
Senators
Mississippi is represented in the U.S. Senate by Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith, both Republicans.
Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse). Regular-term races; special elections only when no regular race was held. Independents (e.g. caucusing with Democrats) are not counted as Democratic; years without a Democratic nominee are omitted.
Republican vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
- •Cindy Hyde-Smith was the first woman elected to represent Mississippi in Congress.
Representatives
Mississippi has 4 seats in the U.S. House, currently split 3 Republican to 1 Democrat.
U.S. House seats apportioned to Mississippi
1910–2020U.S. Census Bureau, decennial apportionment counts.
- •Mississippi's 2nd District, based in the Delta, is the state's only majority-Black congressional district.
Voting Trends
Mississippi has voted reliably Republican in presidential elections since 1980.
Total votes cast for president
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
- •Mississippi has the highest Black voter share of any state, shaping close statewide races despite its Republican lean.
Party Distribution
Republicans hold a legislative supermajority in Mississippi, and the party won about 61.6% of the 2024 presidential vote.
- •Mississippi does not register voters by party, so partisan lean is measured through election results.