Mississippi gubernatorial election, 2015

See also: Mississippi elections, 2015

November 3, 2015



Nominee	Phil Bryant	Robert Gray
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	472,197	227,400
Percentage	66.6%	32.1%

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The 2015 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 2015, to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Republican Governor Phil Bryant ran for re-election to a second and final term in office.

Primary elections were held on August 4.

Background

Mississippi is one of nine states and territories that has lifetime limits of two terms for its Governor. In 2011, with incumbent Republican Governor Haley Barbour term-limited, Republican Lieutenant Governor Phil Bryant was elected to succeed him. Bryant won the Republican primary with 59% of the vote and then defeated the Democratic nominee, Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree, with 61% of the vote.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Phil Bryant, incumbent Governor^[1]
Mitch Young^[2]

Declined

Chris McDaniel, State Senator and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014^[3]^[4]
Michael Watson, State Senator^[5]^[6]

Result

Mississippi Republican gubernatorial primary, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Bryant	251,468	91.7%
	Republican	Mitch Young	22,640	8.3%
Total votes			274,108	100%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Robert Gray, truck driver and retired firefighter^[2]^[7]
Valerie Short, physician^[8]
Vicki Slater, attorney^[9]^[10]

Declined

Travis Childers, former U.S. Representative and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2014^[11]
Jim Hood, Attorney General of Mississippi (running for re-election)^[12]^[13]
Bill Luckett, Mayor of Clarksdale and candidate for Governor in 2011^[9]^[14]
Dick Molpus, former Secretary of State of Mississippi and nominee for Governor in 1995^[9]
Brandon Presley, Commissioner for the Northern District of the Mississippi Public Service Commission and former Mayor of Nettleton (running for re-election)^[15]

Result

Mississippi Democratic gubernatorial primary, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Gray	147,043	50.9%
	Democratic	Vicki Slater	87,405	30.3%
	Democratic	Valerie Short	54,238	18.8%
Total votes			288,686	100%

Reform Party Nomination

Candidate

Shawn O'Hara, perennial candidate^[16]

General election

Polling

Robert Gray (D)	Shawn O'Hara (Ref)	Undecided
Mason-Dixon	October 21–25, 2015	625	± 4%	66%	28%	1%	5%

Hypothetical polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Phil Bryant (R)	Jim Hood (D)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	July 10–13, 2014	691	± 3.7%	44%	33%	—	22%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Phil Bryant (R)	Brandon Presley (D)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	July 10–13, 2014	691	± 3.7%	49%	26%	—	25%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Phil Bryant (R)	Valerie Short (D)	Other	Undecided
Mason-Dixon	April 21–23, 2015	625	± 4%	63%	28%	3%^[17]	6%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Phil Bryant (R)	Vicki Slater (D)	Other	Undecided
Mason-Dixon	April 21–23, 2015	625	± 4%	61%	30%	2%^[17]	7%

Result

Mississippi gubernatorial election, 2015^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Bryant (Incumbent)	472,197	66.6%
	Democratic	Robert Gray	227,400	32.1%
	Reform	Shawn O'Hara	9,835	1.4%
Total votes			709,222	100%

References

↑ Geoff Pender (January 18, 2015). "Power Rankings: Top Session Issues". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
1 2 Wagster Pettus, Emily (February 26, 2015). "Bryant to face primary challenge from Mitch Young". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
↑ Geoff Pender (July 19, 2014). "Pender: Who's running for what in '15". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
↑ Pender, Geoff (February 26, 2015). "McDaniel running for re-election to state Senate". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
↑ Alexander Burns (June 24, 2014). "Mississippi's revolution may be just starting". Politico. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
↑ Pender, Geoff (February 26, 2015). "Watson running for re-election, not higher office". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
↑ Nave, R.L. (August 5, 2015). "Robert Gray in (Truck) Driver's Seat to Challenge Gov. Phil Bryant". Jackson Free Press. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
↑ Wagster Pettus, Emily (February 27, 2015). "All 8 statewide Mississippi officials challenged in election". The Sun Herald. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
1 2 3 Pender, Geoff (February 14, 2015). "Candidates playing chicken with deadline". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
↑ Pender, Geoff (February 19, 2015). "Democratic Party announcing Slater for governor". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
↑ Abby Livingston (September 25, 2013). "Mississippi Republicans Wait for Cochran's Decision". Roll Call. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
↑ Floyd Ingram (July 31, 2013). "Jim Hood to open state office in Houston". Chickasaw Journal. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
↑ "AP analysis: Mississippi party leaders preparing strategy for 2015". Gulf Live. August 25, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
↑ Wright, Jesse (January 13, 2015). "'Draft Bill' movement not gaining traction with Luckett". Clarksdale Press Register. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
↑ Gates, Jimmie E. (December 30, 2014). "Brandon Presley says he isn't running for governor". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
↑ "2015 Candidate Qualifying List" (pdf). Mississippi Secretary of State. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
1 2 Shawn O'Hara (Reform)
↑ "2015 General Election Results". WAPT News. November 3, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.

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