2163:. At a time when the state was predominately rural, counties were divided into "beats," with each supervisor responsible for road and bridge maintenance in his beat. This arrangement was useful when areas were lightly settled and communication was difficult, but it persisted in most of the state until 1988. The counties serve both legislative and executive functions; the decentralization into beats with few controls on individual supervisors led to problems with wasteful purchasing, inefficient government and, in some cases, corruption. Unitary and centralized county government is considered more efficient for conducting county business.
494:, as well as Circuit Courts, Chancery Courts and Justice Courts, which have more limited geographical jurisdiction. The nine judges of the Supreme Court are elected from three districts (three judges per district) by the state's citizens in non-partisan elections to eight-year staggered terms. The ten judges of the Court of Appeals are elected from five districts (two judges per district) for eight-year staggered terms. Judges for the smaller courts are elected to four-year terms by the state's citizens who live within that court's jurisdiction.
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2005:, would most African-American men and women have the chance to register and vote again in Mississippi and other Southern states. In 1967 the first twelve black men ran for office for the first time since Reconstruction in Holmes County; two gained local office and one, teacher Robert G. Clark, was elected to the state house. He continued to be re-elected from Holmes County and in the late 20th century, was elected three times as speaker of the House.
468:. The lieutenant governor presides over the Senate, while the House of Representatives selects their own Speaker. The state constitution permits the legislature to establish by law the number of senators and representatives, up to a maximum of 52 senators and 122 representatives. Current state law sets the number of senators at 52 and representatives at 122. The term of office for senators and representatives is four years, with no term limits.
1935:, federal troops enforcing the provisions of Reconstruction were pulled out of the South. The Democratic Party regained political control of the state in the 1870s, partly by using violence and fraud to suppress black voter turnout and turn elections in their favor. Blacks had favored Republican candidates and the party of Lincoln.
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Democrats began increasingly to support labor unions and civil rights for blacks. Many conservative white Democrats began to get restless. The first sign of this discontent was in the 1948
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decision happened almost immediately and without major incident, with county clerks in several counties beginning to offer same-sex marriage licenses the same day the decision was handed down. Same-sex couples were not allowed to jointly adopt children until March 2016, but
Mississippi has always
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Populist-Republican coalition gained power in the late 1880s, the Democrats returned in force to the state government. To prevent such a coalition and to reduce the violence around elections, they decided to expel African Americans from state politics. In 1890 Mississippi passed a
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in 2003. Same-sex marriage had been banned in
Mississippi by executive order in 1996, and state statute since 1997. In 2004, Mississippi voters approved an amendment to the state constitution defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman with 86% of the vote. Mississippi's ban on
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Republicans for the state's federal positions, even though Democrats nominally continued to have a majority of registered voters. Since 1964, Mississippi has supported a Democrat for president only once, in
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went on to defeat DuPree in the general election with 61% of the vote. In doing so, Bryant became the first
Republican to succeed an outgoing Republican governor. Bryant was reelected with 67% of the vote in 2015, the highest percentage ever received by a Republican candidate for governor in
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Mississippi are particularly strict, with some variation among jurisdictions. Statewide prohibition of alcohol did not end until 1966, making Mississippi the last state with such a ban in force. Liquor stores may only be opened from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and are
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became the first
Republican lieutenant governor when he was elected alongside Kirk Fordice in 1991. This led to the awkward arrangement where Briggs was able to appoint Republican chairmen to committees in the State Senate despite Democrats holding the majority. He lost reelection in 1995.
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for voter registration, with the latter administered by white registrars. The number of black voters fell drastically, as they were prevented from registering. This was the reason the Democratic Party dominated state and federal elections in Mississippi into the 1960s.
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Democratic electors won a plurality of the state's vote. It was the first time the official Democratic candidate had not carried the state since the Reconstruction era. These eight electors cast their electoral votes for conservative Democratic Senator
555:(1915), Mississippi and other states which had used it quickly passed other statutes to find other ways to restrict black registration and voting. Disfranchisement of blacks and poor whites continued for more than six decades.
545:(1898), other Southern states quickly included such provisions in their own new constitutions, drafting new works through 1908. By 1900, these measures effectively disfranchised nearly all black voters in Mississippi. When the
507:, paramilitary groups representing conservative white Democrats, tried to suppress the black vote. Despite efforts to keep black citizens from participating in legislative roles and elections, the first black U.S. congressman,
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that federal enforcement led to African Americans' being able to register and vote in numbers related to their population in the state. In the first half of the 20th century, many left the oppressive conditions here in the
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became the first Republican to win the governorship since the end of Reconstruction. In 1995, Fordice became the first governor to be reelected to a second term since the adoption of the 1890 constitution. Democrat
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405:. The leaders of these offices are popularly elected to four-year terms. All can be re-elected continuously with the exception of the governor and lieutenant governor, who can only serve two terms consecutively.
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and presents the closest face of government to citizens. Members of the county Boards of Supervisors are elected from single-member districts, and several other county officials, such as sheriff, are elected
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in 2014, but enforcement of his decision was stayed pending appeal by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. In June 2015, Mississippi's same-sex marriage ban was struck down by the
511:, was elected to the Republican Party and represented Mississippi in the Senate from 1870 to 1871. Revels also served as Secretary of State of Mississippi from 1872 to 1873.
1971:'s 44-state national landslide. Goldwater carried several counties with well over 90 percent of the vote, and his five best counties in the nation were all in Mississippi.
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2190:Good Friday
2156:82 counties
2132:State House
2103:Phil Bryant
2072:Mike Parker
2014:John McCain
438:Mike Chaney
434:Andy Gipson
430:David McRae
410:Tate Reeves
309:Tate Reeves
297:Mississippi
266:Chief judge
189:Tate Reeves
150:Jason White
130:Lower house
124:, President
102:Upper house
75:Legislature
3125:Categories
3043:Washington
2963:New Mexico
2958:New Jersey
2833:California
2537:2007-12-01
2488:2009-06-23
2462:January 2,
2440:2021-11-18
2415:2021-11-11
2365:References
2332:Mike Ezell
2243:Obergefell
2211:Starkville
2038:See also:
1929:Republican
605:No.
599:No.
593:No.
582:Democratic
573:Republican
505:Red Shirts
426:Shad White
422:Lynn Fitch
351:See also:
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293:U.S. state
169:government
3053:Wisconsin
3018:Tennessee
2923:Minnesota
2898:Louisiana
2390:March 17,
2279:marijuana
2198:Christmas
2196:Day, and
2061:In 1991,
1953:unpledged
1943:slate of
1941:Dixiecrat
537:governors
458:bicameral
329:Louisiana
195:Appointer
185:Currently
152:, Speaker
85:Bicameral
3038:Virginia
2988:Oklahoma
2968:New York
2943:Nebraska
2933:Missouri
2918:Michigan
2908:Maryland
2893:Kentucky
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2759:Archived
2747:Archived
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2116:Jim Hood
1670:112,173
1322:100,474
1293:124,539
1264:140,168
1235:157,333
1206:168,267
1177:168,479
1154:167,763
1119:172,566
1113:112,966
1090:144,498
1067:116,248
1061:108,362
1026:356,528
1009:415,349
1003:150,644
976:126,782
968:505,125
945:381,309
939:366,846
918:429,281
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889:352,192
881:581,477
860:363,921
852:557,890
831:400,258
823:487,793
802:394,022
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773:404,964
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744:458,094
736:684,981
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686:562,949
678:710,746
657:485,131
649:700,714
628:539,398
620:756,764
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325:Kentucky
305:governor
216:Governor
199:Election
179:Governor
3058:Wyoming
3033:Vermont
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2878:Indiana
2858:Georgia
2853:Florida
2823:Arizona
2813:Alabama
2171:called
2120:Houston
1902:10,297
1899:48.72%
1878:46.57%
1875:17,010
1867:19,515
1844:25,846
1841:42.57%
1838:19,158
1815:26,545
1812:49.40%
1809:25,911
1786:26,896
1783:39.50%
1780:17,558
1768:40.56%
1765:24,191
1757:35,456
1734:65,813
1704:36.52%
1701:47,282
1693:82,175
1667:31.92%
1664:52,603
1641:75,750
1638:29.76%
1635:34,844
1612:77,653
1609:35.66%
1606:43,035
1583:85,451
1580:25.99%
1577:30,095
1565:21.12%
1562:11,091
1554:40,030
1525:63,355
1496:51,706
1467:53,480
1438:60,287
1409:57,324
1380:80,422
1351:69,277
1348:14.03%
1345:11,576
1290:17.90%
1287:27,153
1171:11,601
1151:10.09%
1148:19,384
1116:39.56%
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1087:24.46%
1084:60,685
1064:36.34%
1058:24.67%
1055:73,561
1037:12.86%
1034:52,618
1006:23.02%
1000:13.52%
997:88,516
982:14,056
979:19.63%
953:21,205
942:47.68%
924:22,250
921:48.09%
892:37.46%
863:39.07%
837:93,742
834:40.77%
808:59,997
805:44.08%
779:16,732
776:40.70%
747:39.75%
721:10,680
718:43.00%
692:11,889
689:43.79%
663:25,243
660:40.06%
634:18,313
631:41.04%
343:years.
280:Jackson
206:Cabinet
44:Part of
2993:Oregon
2948:Nevada
2888:Kansas
2863:Hawaii
2818:Alaska
2806:States
2617:
2207:Oxford
2179:Issues
1913:0.00%
1906:51.28%
1896:9,782
1884:0.00%
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1855:0.00%
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1826:0.00%
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1728:3,282
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1649:6,474
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1536:2.04%
1533:1,417
1529:91.04%
1522:6.92%
1519:4,819
1507:2.78%
1504:1,642
1500:87.56%
1493:9.66%
1490:5,707
1478:3.34%
1475:1,961
1471:91.07%
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1442:90.11%
1435:6.52%
1432:4,363
1420:8.68%
1417:5,599
1413:88.90%
1406:2.42%
1403:1,560
1391:2.31%
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1384:92.78%
1377:4.91%
1374:4,253
1362:1.99%
1359:1,639
1355:83.98%
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1297:82.10%
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1232:2.75%
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1217:0.11%
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972:78.20%
956:2.76%
949:49.56%
927:2.49%
914:49.42%
898:0.69%
895:6,523
885:61.85%
869:1.04%
866:9,716
856:59.89%
840:9.55%
827:49.68%
811:6.71%
798:49.21%
782:1.68%
769:57.62%
753:0.81%
750:9,290
740:59.44%
724:0.83%
711:56.17%
695:0.92%
682:55.29%
666:2.08%
653:57.86%
637:1.39%
624:57.57%
462:Senate
367:, and
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212:Leader
112:Senate
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