Mississippi gubernatorial election, 2015

See also: Mississippi elections, 2015

Mississippi gubernatorial election, 2015

November 3, 2015

Nominee Phil Bryant Robert Gray Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 472,197 227,400 Percentage 66.6% 32.1%

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Governor before election Phil Bryant Republican Elected Governor Phil Bryant Republican

The 2015 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 2015, to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Republican Governor Phil Bryant ran for re-election to a second and final term in office.

Primary elections were held on August 4.

Background

Mississippi is one of nine states and territories that has lifetime limits of two terms for its Governor. In 2011, with incumbent Republican Governor Haley Barbour term-limited, Republican Lieutenant Governor Phil Bryant was elected to succeed him. Bryant won the Republican primary with 59% of the vote and then defeated the Democratic nominee, Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree, with 61% of the vote.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Phil Bryant, incumbent Governor
• Mitch Young

Declined

• Chris McDaniel, State Senator and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014
• Michael Watson, State Senator

Result

Mississippi Republican gubernatorial primary, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Bryant	251,468	91.7%
	Republican	Mitch Young	22,640	8.3%
Total votes			274,108	100%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Robert Gray, truck driver and retired firefighter
• Valerie Short, physician
• Vicki Slater, attorney

Declined

• Travis Childers, former U.S. Representative and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2014
• Jim Hood, Attorney General of Mississippi (running for re-election)
• Bill Luckett, Mayor of Clarksdale and candidate for Governor in 2011
• Dick Molpus, former Secretary of State of Mississippi and nominee for Governor in 1995
• Brandon Presley, Commissioner for the Northern District of the Mississippi Public Service Commission and former Mayor of Nettleton (running for re-election)

Result

Mississippi Democratic gubernatorial primary, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Gray	147,043	50.9%
	Democratic	Vicki Slater	87,405	30.3%
	Democratic	Valerie Short	54,238	18.8%
Total votes			288,686	100%

Reform Party Nomination

Candidate

• Shawn O'Hara, perennial candidate

General election

Polling

Robert Gray (D)	Shawn O'Hara (Ref)	Undecided
Mason-Dixon	October 21–25, 2015	625	± 4%	66%	28%	1%	5%

Result

Mississippi gubernatorial election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Bryant (Incumbent)	472,197	66.6%
	Democratic	Robert Gray	227,400	32.1%
	Reform	Shawn O'Hara	9,835	1.4%
Total votes			709,222	100%

External links

Campaign websites

• Phil Bryant for Governor
• Robert Gray for Governor