2019 Mississippi lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 2019 Mississippi lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 2019, to elect the lieutenant governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves was term-limited and ran for governor.https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/03/lt-gov-tate-reeves-expected-announce-bid-governor/2471914002/ Republican Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann won the election, defeating Democratic state Representative Jay Hughes in a landslide and significantly outperforming Reeves in the concurrent gubernatorial election.https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2019/11/05/mississippi-election-delbert-hosemann-wins-race-lt-governor/2496097001/

Republican primary

Candidates Nominee Delbert Hosemann, secretary of state of Mississippi (2008–2020)https://www.wlbt.com/2019/01/09/delbert-hosemann-announces-bid-lieutenant-governor/

Eliminated in primary Shane Quick, music promoterhttps://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/hosemann-faces-quick-in-gop-lieutenant-governor-primary/522-4294b60c-70c7-49b4-80d9-0cf603ed657a

Results

Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Jay Hughes, state representative (2016–2020)https://mississippitoday.org/2018/05/03/rep-jay-hughes-running-for-lieutenant-governor-in-2019/

Results

General election Endorsements

Results

By county CountyDelbert HosemannRepublicanJay HughesDemocraticMarginTotal#%#%#%Adams4,67044.80%5,75555.20%-1,085-10.41%10,425Alcorn8,98279.83%2,26920.17%6,71359.67%11,251Amite3,11460.55%2,02939.45%1,08521.10%5,143Attala3,64062.63%2,17237.37%1,46825.26%5,812Benton1,63765.22%87334.78%76430.44%2,510Bolivar3,74238.58%5,95761.42%-2,215-22.84%9,699Calhoun3,43068.22%1,59831.78%1,83236.44%5,028Carroll2,87570.47%1,20529.53%1,67040.93%4,080Chickasaw3,29952.28%3,01147.72%2884.56%6,310Choctaw2,16071.71%85228.29%1,30843.43%3,012Claiborne85223.73%2,73876.27%-1,886-52.53%3,590Clarke4,19766.74%2,09233.26%2,10533.47%6,289Clay3,24645.35%3,91254.65%-666-9.30%7,158Coahoma1,63735.05%3,03464.95%-1,397-29.91%4,671Copiah4,85751.00%4,66649.00%1912.01%9,523Covington4,56764.31%2,53435.69%2,03328.63%7,101DeSoto24,72167.07%12,13932.93%12,58234.13%36,860Forrest12,61960.99%8,07039.01%4,54921.99%20,689Franklin2,29663.99%1,29236.01%1,00427.98%3,588George4,61185.56%77814.44%3,83371.13%5,389Greene3,01075.02%1,00224.98%2,00850.05%4,012Grenada3,97555.15%3,23244.85%74310.31%7,207Hancock8,85876.00%2,79724.00%6,06152.00%11,655Harrison28,52664.32%15,82635.68%12,70028.63%44,352Hinds24,30833.73%47,75066.27%-23,442-32.53%72,058Holmes1,65126.72%4,52873.28%-2,877-46.56%6,179Humphreys97134.47%1,84665.53%-875-31.06%2,817Issaquena25754.91%21145.09%469.83%468Itawamba6,47787.08%96112.92%5,51674.16%7,438Jackson22,46469.25%9,97530.75%12,48938.50%32,439Jasper2,89649.20%2,99050.80%-94-1.60%5,886Jefferson71222.06%2,51677.94%-1,804-55.89%3,228Jefferson Davis2,03044.70%2,51155.30%-481-10.59%4,541Jones15,22572.36%5,81727.64%9,40844.71%21,042Kemper1,61640.49%2,37559.51%-759-19.02%3,991Lafayette7,31847.40%8,12252.60%-804-5.21%15,440Lamar13,15275.66%4,23224.34%8,92051.31%17,384Lauderdale13,17762.51%7,90437.49%5,27325.01%21,081Lawrence3,37466.57%1,69433.43%1,68033.15%5,068Leake4,11360.29%2,70939.71%1,40420.58%6,822Lee16,95967.63%8,11732.37%8,84235.26%25,076Leflore2,65335.50%4,82064.50%-2,167-29.00%7,473Lincoln7,99470.67%3,31729.33%4,67741.35%11,311Lowndes9,78055.64%7,79644.36%1,98411.29%17,576Madison24,07361.64%14,98338.36%9,09023.27%39,056Marion5,94167.52%2,85832.48%3,08335.04%8,799Marshall4,45350.76%4,32049.24%1331.52%8,773Monroe7,97265.78%4,14834.22%3,82431.55%12,120Montgomery2,18557.85%1,59242.15%59315.70%3,777Neshoba5,51567.99%2,59632.01%2,91935.99%8,111Newton5,08368.98%2,28631.02%2,79737.96%7,369Noxubee99728.90%2,45371.10%-1,456-42.20%3,450Oktibbeha6,39950.97%6,15549.03%2441.94%12,554Panola6,05351.32%5,74148.68%3122.65%11,794Pearl River10,51680.24%2,58919.76%7,92760.49%13,105Perry3,27076.22%1,02023.78%2,25052.45%4,290Pike6,70553.12%5,91746.88%7886.24%12,622Pontotoc7,30676.53%2,24023.47%5,06653.07%9,546Prentiss5,85776.49%1,80023.51%4,05752.98%7,657Quitman94636.47%1,64863.53%-702-27.06%2,594Rankin35,13874.99%11,71825.01%23,42049.98%46,856Scott4,61959.40%3,15740.60%1,46218.80%7,776Sharkey65041.48%91758.52%-267-17.04%1,567Simpson6,21867.11%3,04732.89%3,17134.23%9,265Smith4,85675.31%1,59224.69%3,26450.62%6,448Stone3,87074.70%1,31125.30%2,55949.39%5,181Sunflower2,12234.03%4,11365.97%-1,991-31.93%6,235Tallahatchie2,01343.66%2,59856.34%-585-12.69%4,611Tate5,41166.79%2,69033.21%2,72133.59%8,101Tippah5,64579.52%1,45420.48%4,19159.04%7,099Tishomingo5,59682.45%1,19117.55%4,40564.90%6,787Tunica71632.69%1,47467.31%-758-34.61%2,190Union7,18179.52%1,85020.48%5,33159.03%9,031Walthall2,92861.99%1,79538.01%1,13323.99%4,723Warren8,44159.51%5,74240.49%2,69919.03%14,183Washington4,04734.43%7,70865.57%-3,661-31.14%11,755Wayne4,46561.61%2,78238.39%1,68323.22%7,247Webster3,22379.35%83920.65%2,38458.69%4,062Wilkinson1,16934.49%2,22065.51%-1,051-31.01%3,389Winston3,66456.06%2,87243.94%79212.12%6,536Yalobusha2,75353.65%2,37846.35%3757.31%5,131Yazoo4,11351.92%3,80948.08%3043.84%7,922Totals524,75760.01%349,62739.99%175,13020.03%874,384 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Attala (largest city: Kosciusko) Marshall (largest city: Holly Springs)

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Jasper (largest city: Bay Springs) Lafayette (largest city: Oxford) Tallahatchie (largest city: Charleston)

By congressional district Hosemann won three of four congressional districts.https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::a1d6a28b-18ed-4481-8ae0-c3deaf673308

District Hosemann Hughes Representative 66% 34%Trent Kelly 41% 59%Bennie Thompson 63% 37%Michael Guest 70% 30%Steven Palazzo

References

External links Official campaign websites Delbert Hosemann (R) for Lieutenant Governor