Mississippi's fiftieth state senate district is vacant. It was last represented by Republican Senator Tommy Gollott.

Mississippi state senators represent an average of 57,063 residents. After the 2000 Census, each member represented 54,705 residents.

About the office

Members of the Mississippi State Senate serve four-year terms and are not subject to term limits. Mississippi legislators assume office the first day of the regular session of the year following election. The Constitution requires the Legislature to convene yearly on the Tuesday after the first Monday in January.

Qualifications

In order to run for the Mississippi State Senate, a candidate must:

• Be 25 years of age or older.
• Be a qualified elector and resident of the State of Mississippi for four years.
• Be a resident of the county or district a candidate plans to represent for two years.
• If running as a Republican or Democrat, pay a $15 filing fee to the State Executive Committee of the party with which the candidate is affiliated.
• If running as an independent, submit 50 signatures to the Circuit Clerk or the Secretary of State.

Salaries

Vacancies

If there is a vacancy in the senate, a special election is required to fill the vacant seat. The Governor must call for an election no later than 30 days after the vacancy happened. After the governor sets the election date, the counties conducting the election must be given at least 40 days notice before the election. All qualifying deadlines are 30 days before the election.

No special election is held if the vacancy happens after June 1st in an election year.

Elections

2019

Elections for the Mississippi State Senate took place in 2019. The primary was on August 6, 2019, the primary runoff was on August 27, and the general election was on November 5. The filing deadline for candidates was March 1, 2019.

On August 26, 2019, Scott DeLano filed a petition with the Republican County Executive Committee of Harrison County, Mississippi, contesting the certified primary results following his loss by a one-vote margin in the Republican primary for state Senate District 50 on August 6, 2019. He cited his concern that not all votes cast in the district were counted and stated his intention to take his case to the circuit court if the committee did not rule on the matter.

On September 3, 2019, WLOX reported that the Republican Executive Committee ruled that a revote should be held in five of the 16 precincts in District 50 and that the committee requested that a judge order a new election. On September 17, 2019, a special judge of the Harrison County Circuit Court vacated the election's certified results and ordered a revote in five of the district's 16 precincts on November 5, 2019.

Voters in the remaining 11 precincts did not revote. Those precincts' August 6 votes were combined with the vote totals from the special election on November 5, 2019, to decide a winner.

Combined results

Scott DeLano (R) defeated Dixie Newman (R) after the partial revote for Mississippi State Senate District 50 on November 5, 2019, having received the most votes with the combined totals.

The results below are the combined results from the primary race on August 6, 2019, and the partial revote on November 5, 2019.