BIPEC - Business & Industry Political Education Committee

Statewide Elections

• Office and Name: Up for re-election
  • Governor Haley Barbour (R): 2011 (term limited)
  • Lt. Governor Phil Bryant (R): 2011
  • Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann (R): 2011
  • Attorney General Jim Hood (D): 2011
  • State Auditor Stacey Pickering (R): 2011
  • State Treasurer Tate Reeves (R): 2011
  • Comm. of Agriculture and Commerce Lester Spell (R): 2011
  • Comm. of Insurance Mike Chaney (R): 2011
• Public Service Commissioners: District: Up for re-election
  • Lynn Posey (D): Central: 2011
  • Leonard Bentz (R): Southern: 2011
  • Brandon Presley (D): Northern: 2011
• Transportation Commissioners: District: Up for re-election
  • Dick Hall (R): Central: 2011
  • Wayne Brown (D): Southern: 2011
  • Bill Minor (D): Northern: 2011

Selection of Statewide Offices

• Number of offices
  • Statewide offices: 8
• Geographic Basis for Selection
  • Statewide offices: state
• Method of Selection (full term)
  • Statewide offices:partisan election
• Length of Term
  • Statewide offices: 4 yrs
• Method of Retention
  • Statewide offices: reelection
• Method of filling Interim Vacancies
  • Gov. and Lt. Gov.: *
  • Other offices: Gubernatorial appointment
• Qualifications
  • Governor: minimum age of 30; U.S. citizen 20 yrs; resident of the state for 5 years preceding the day of election.
  • Lt. Governor: minimum age of 30; U.S. citizen 20 yrs; resident of the state for 5 years preceding the day of election.
  • Secretary of State: minimum age of 25; resident of the state for 5 years preceding the day of election.
  • Attorney General: minimum age of 26; a practicing attorney for 5 years; resident of the state for 5 years preceding the day of election.
  • State Auditor: minimum age of 25; resident of the state for 5 years preceding the day of election.
  • State Treasurer: minimum age of 25; resident fo the state for 5 years preceding the day of election.
  • Comm. of Agriculture and Commerce: A qualified elector with a general knowledge of agriculture, mining, manufacturing, statistics, and general industries, an experienced and practical agriculturalist, and the resident of the state for 5 years preceding the day of election.
  • Comm. of Insurance: minimum age of 25; resident of the state for 5 years preceding the day of election.

* If there is a vacancy in the office of Governor, the Lt. Governor will fill the office of Governor.  In turn the office of the Lt. Governor will be filled by the President Pro Tempe of the Senate.

Selection of public service and transportation commissioner

• Number of offices
  • PSC: 3
  • MDOT: 3
• Number of Districts
  • PSC: 3
  • MDOT: 3
• Geographic Basis for Selection
  • PSC: district
  • MDOT: district
• Method of Selection (full term)
  • PSC: partisan election
  • MDOT: partisan election
• Length of Term
  • PSC: 4 yrs
  • MDOT: 4 yrs
• Method of Retention
  • PSC: reelection
  • MDOT: reelection
• Method of Filling Interim Vacancies
  • PSC: gubernatorial appointment
  • MDOT: gubernatorial appointment
• Qualifications
  • PSC: minimum age of 25; resident of the state for 5 years preceding the day of election; resident of the Supreme Court District in which election is sought.
  • MDOT: Qualified elector; resident of the Supreme Court District in which election is sought.