2015 Mississippi Attorney General election
The 2015 Mississippi Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2015, to elect the Attorney General of Mississippi. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood, who had been the only statewide elected Democrat in Mississippi since 2008, sought and won reelection to a fourth term. As of 2020, this is the last statewide election in Mississippi that was won by a Democratic candidate.
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Primaries
Candidate
- Mike Hurst, Assistant U.S. Attorney[2]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mike Hurst | 217,201 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 217,201 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jim Hood (incumbent) | 395,969 | 55.29% | |
| Republican | Mike Hurst | 320,192 | 44.71% | |
| Total votes | 716,161 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
County results
| Jim Hood (D) |
Mike Hurst (R) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | # | % | # | % |
| Adams | 5,046 | 2,336 | ||
| Alcorn | 5,273 | 5,136 | ||
| Amite | 2,838 | 2,193 | ||
| Attala | 3,043 | 2,028 | ||
| Benton | 1,721 | 1,022 | ||
| Bolivar | 7,177 | 2,122 | ||
| Calhoun | 3,122 | 2,015 | ||
| Carroll | 2,226 | 1,824 | ||
| Chickasaw | 4,530 | 1,221 | ||
| Choctaw | 1,424 | 1,366 | ||
| Claiborne | 3,093 | 404 | ||
| Clarke | 3,150 | 2,729 | ||
| Clay | 5,180 | 2,031 | ||
| Coahoma | 2,977 | 957 | ||
| Copiah | 4,960 | 2,385 | ||
| Covington | 3,527 | 2,815 | ||
| DeSoto | 6,656 | 14,344 | ||
| Forrest | 8,871 | 8,323 | ||
| Franklin | 1,846 | 1,208 | ||
| George | 2,155 | 3,860 | ||
| Greene | 1,701 | 2,119 | ||
| Grenada | 4,150 | 2,644 | ||
| Hancock | 3,340 | 5,065 | ||
| Harrison | 14,802 | 16,235 | ||
| Hinds | 43,464 | 14,335 | ||
| Holmes | 4,275 | 700 | ||
| Humphreys | 2,058 | 574 | ||
| Issaquena | 404 | 165 | ||
| Itawamba | 3,712 | 3,198 | ||
| Jackson | 10,139 | 14,515 | ||
| Jasper | 4,073 | 2,255 | ||
| Jefferson | 2,487 | 246 | ||
| Jefferson Davis | 2,900 | 1,181 | ||
| Jones | 7,242 | 10,251 | ||
| Kemper | 2,830 | 957 | ||
| Lafayette | 5,835 | 5,164 | ||
| Lamar | 4,696 | 8,923 | ||
| Lauderdale | 8,819 | 8,157 | ||
| Lawrence | 2,788 | 2,081 | ||
| Leake | 3,344 | 2,666 | ||
| Lee | 9,626 | 9,749 | ||
| Leflore | 5,127 | 1,821 | ||
| Lincoln | 5,029 | 5,324 | ||
| Lowndes | 10,241 | 7,258 | ||
| Madison | 12,744 | 14,802 | ||
| Marion | 3,237 | 4,240 | ||
| Marshall | 4,290 | 2,136 | ||
| Monroe | 6,328 | 4,329 | ||
| Montgomery | 2,296 | 1,553 | ||
| Neshoba | 3,153 | 4,140 | ||
| Newton | 2,486 | 4,359 | ||
| Noxubee | 2,817 | 669 | ||
| Oktibbeha | 6,494 | 4,720 | ||
| Panola | 7,030 | 4,033 | ||
| Pearl River | 2,798 | 6,299 | ||
| Perry | 2,086 | 1,910 | ||
| Pike | 7,270 | 4,576 | ||
| Pontotoc | 4,548 | 3,793 | ||
| Prentiss | 3,507 | 2,951 | ||
| Quitman | 2,069 | 691 | ||
| Rankin | 12,590 | 21,410 | ||
| Scott | 4,128 | 2,985 | ||
| Sharkey | 1,337 | 347 | ||
| Simpson | 4,126 | 3,649 | ||
| Smith | 2,855 | 2,872 | ||
| Stone | 2,358 | 2,857 | ||
| Sunflower | 4,406 | 1,319 | ||
| Tallahatchie | 2,575 | 1,026 | ||
| Tate | 3,046 | 2,957 | ||
| Tippah | 3,225 | 3,196 | ||
| Tishomingo | 3,217 | 3,421 | ||
| Tunica | 1,709 | 743 | ||
| Union | 3,907 | 3,709 | ||
| Walthall | 2,813 | 1,930 | ||
| Warren | 7,186 | 4,781 | ||
| Washington | 7,260 | 2,374 | ||
| Wayne | 3,453 | 2,911 | ||
| Webster | 1,773 | 1,711 | ||
| Wilkinson | 2,616 | 960 | ||
| Winston | 3,841 | 2,493 | ||
| Yalobusha | 2,306 | 1,506 | ||
| Yazoo | 4,333 | 2,388 | ||
Notes
- "AG Hood qualifies for re-election". The Clarion-Ledger. February 20, 2015. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
- The Associated Press (February 27, 2015). "GOP federal prosecutor to challenge Mississippi AG Jim Hood". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
- "2015 Republican Primary". Mississippi Secretary of State. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
- "2015 General Election". Mississippi Secretary of State. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
- County Level Election Results 2015. Mississippi Secretary of State. Retrieved February 24, 2019
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