2006 Mississippi Congressional Candidates

Wednesday, March 1, is the deadline for Mississippi candidates to qualify to run for U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives in 2006.

The Democratic Party will conduct a primary election on June 6 to select nominees for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. A run-off election will be held, if necessary, on June 27. There will not be a Republican Party primary election since no more than one candidate qualified for each office. The general election will be held on November 7.

Mississippians will also elect some Court of Appeals Judges this year, as well as all Chancery and Circuit Court Judges. Judicial candidates do not run in party primaries. The qualifying deadline for judicial candidates is May 5, and all candidates will qualify with the Secretary of State’s Office.

Party candidates submit qualifying papers to their respective parties; Independent candidates submit qualifying papers to the Secretary of State’s Office. The following list of candidates is based on information provided by the parties at the close of business Wednesday, March 1.

U.S. Senate
Bill Bowlin of Hickory Flat (Democrat)
Erik Fleming of Clinton (Democrat)
Trent Lott of Pascagoula (Republican)
James O’Keefe of Long Beach (Democrat)
Catherine M. Starr of Hattiesburg (Democrat)
Harold M. Taylor of Nesbit (Libertarian)

U.S. House - First Congressional District
William Bambach of Columbus (Democrat)
Joe Forsythe, Jr., of Horn Lake (Democrat)
James K. "Ken" Hurt of Verona (Democrat)
Ron Shapiro of Oxford (Democrat)
Roger F. Wicker of Tupelo (Republican)

U.S. House - Second Congressional District
Dorothy "Dot" Benford of Jackson (Democrat)
Yvonne R. Brown of Tchula (Republican)
Chuck Espy of Clarksdale (Democrat)
Bennie G. Thompson of Bolton (Democrat)

U.S. House - Third Congressional District
Jim Giles of Pearl (Independent)
Chip Pickering of Flora (Republican)

U.S. House - Fourth Congressional District
Randy McDonnell of Biloxi (Republican)
Gene Taylor of Bay St. Louis (Democrat)