Voters in several areas of the state will participate in special general elections Tuesday to decide who will represent them in the state Legislature.  

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Anyone in line to vote by 7 p.m. will be allowed to cast a ballot beyond the 7 p.m. closure.

There will be 10 special legislative elections across the state Tuesday, seven general elections due to a court redistricting order, and three special nonpartisan elections to fill legislative vacancies from members who left before their terms were up.

Voters in Hinds County also will elect a coroner, choosing from a crowded field of six candidates.

​​A federal three-judge panel ordered Mississippi to conduct special elections for 14 legislative seats this year because the court determined the Legislature diluted Black voting strength when it redrew legislative districts.

The federal panel specifically ordered the state to have special elections for House districts in the Chickasaw County area, Senate districts in the Hattiesburg area and Senate districts in the DeSoto County area.

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Four seats are not contested, which means only one candidate filed paperwork to run in the race. Candidates in three of the elections faced contested primary elections, but not a contested general election. But seven races related to redistricting are contested in the general election: six in the Senate and one in the House.

No matter the outcome of Tuesday’s races, Republicans will still retain control of both chambers of the Legislature when lawmakers convene in January for their 2026 session. However, national Democratic organizations are hoping to end the GOP’s two-thirds supermajority control of the state Senate. 

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Unrelated to the redistricting lawsuit, voters in parts of the Delta and the Jackson metro area can participate in special elections Tuesday because of incumbents vacating their seats. 

Sen. David Jordan, a Democrat from Greenwood whose district includes portions of Leflore, Panola and Tallahatchie counties, retired over the summer, and six candidates are vying to replace him. 

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Seven candidates are looking to fill Jackson Mayor John Horhn’s old Senate seat, and voters in Bolivar, Coahoma and Sunflower counties can choose a new representative for House District 26 after Orlando Paden won the election to become the new mayor of Clarksdale.  

If voters have any questions about voting on Election Day, they can contact their local circuit clerk or the secretary of state’s elections hotline at 1-800-829-6786. For more voter information, visit the secretary of state’s Elections and Voting portal.