The 2023 United States lieutenant gubernatorial elections were held on November 7, 2023, in the state of Mississippi and in Louisiana on October 14. The previous lieutenant gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2019.
Partisan composition Going into the election, there were 12 Republican lieutenant governors, 4 Democratic lieutenant governors, and 1 Vermont Progressive lieutenant governor in the United States. This class of lieutenant governors is made up of 2 Republicans. Republicans did not hold any states won by Joe Biden in 2020.
Race summary State Lieutenant governor Party First elected Last race Status Candidates Louisiana 2015 68.1% R Incumbent re-elected. Mississippi 2019 60.0% R Incumbent re-elected.
Louisiana
Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser was re-elected in 2019 with 68.1% of the vote. He successfully ran for re-election winning with 65.5% of the vote avoiding a runoff election.
Mississippi
Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann was elected in 2019 with 60.0% of the vote. He successfully ran for re-election defeating Democrat Ryan Grover with 65.5% of the vote.
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