2015 Mississippi Attorney General election

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2015 Mississippi Attorney General election
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Nominee Jim Hood Mike Hurst
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 400,110 322,648
Percentage 55.4% 44.6%
Hood:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Hurst:      50–60%      60–70%
Attorney General before election

Jim Hood
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Jim Hood
Democratic

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The 2015 Mississippi Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2015. Incumbent Democrat Jim Hood, who had been the only statewide elected Democrat in Mississippi since 2008, sought and won reelection to a fourth term. As of 2025, this is the last time Democrats won a statewide election in Mississippi.

Primaries

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Democratic nomination

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Candidate

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Republican primary

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Candidate

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Results

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Republican primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Hurst 217,201 100.00%
Total votes 217,201 100.00%

General election

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Results

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State house district results
2015 Mississippi Attorney General election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Hood (incumbent) 400,110 55.36%
Republican Mike Hurst 322,648 44.64%
Total votes 722,758 100.00%
Democratic hold

By county

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County[4] Jim Hood
Democratic 		Mike Hurst
Republican 		Margin Total
# % # % # %
Adams 5,046 68.36% 2,336 31.64% 2,710 36.71% 7,382
Alcorn 5,273 50.66% 5,136 49.34% 137 1.32% 10,409
Amite 2,838 56.41% 2,193 43.59% 645 12.82% 5,031
Attala 3,043 60.01% 2,028 39.99% 1,015 20.02% 5,071
Benton 1,721 62.74% 1,022 37.26% 699 25.48% 2,743
Bolivar 7,177 77.18% 2,122 22.82% 5,055 54.36% 9,299
Calhoun 3,122 60.77% 2,015 39.23% 1,107 21.55% 5,137
Carroll 2,226 54.96% 1,824 45.04% 402 9.93% 4,050
Chickasaw 4,530 78.77% 1,221 21.23% 3,309 57.54% 5,751
Choctaw 1,424 51.04% 1,366 48.96% 58 2.08% 2,790
Claiborne 3,093 88.45% 404 11.55% 2,689 76.89% 3,497
Clarke 3,150 53.58% 2,729 46.42% 421 7.16% 5,879
Clay 5,180 71.83% 2,031 28.17% 3,149 43.67% 7,211
Coahoma 2,977 75.67% 957 24.33% 2,020 51.35% 3,934
Copiah 4,960 67.53% 2,385 32.47% 2,575 35.06% 7,345
Covington 3,527 55.61% 2,815 44.39% 712 11.23% 6,342
DeSoto 6,656 31.70% 14,344 68.30% -7,688 -36.61% 21,000
Forrest 8,871 51.59% 8,323 48.41% 548 3.19% 17,194
Franklin 1,846 60.45% 1,208 39.55% 638 20.89% 3,054
George 2,155 35.83% 3,860 64.17% -1,705 -28.35% 6,015
Greene 1,701 44.53% 2,119 55.47% -418 -10.94% 3,820
Grenada 4,150 61.08% 2,644 38.92% 1,506 22.17% 6,794
Hancock 3,340 39.74% 5,065 60.26% -1,725 -20.52% 8,405
Harrison 14,802 47.69% 16,235 52.31% -1,433 -4.62% 31,037
Hinds 43,464 75.20% 14,335 24.80% 29,129 50.40% 57,799
Holmes 4,275 85.93% 700 14.07% 3,575 71.86% 4,975
Humphreys 2,058 78.19% 574 21.81% 1,484 56.38% 2,632
Issaquena 404 71.00% 165 29.00% 239 42.00% 569
Itawamba 3,712 53.72% 3,198 46.28% 514 7.44% 6,910
Jackson 10,139 41.13% 14,515 58.87% -4,376 -17.75% 24,654
Jasper 4,073 64.36% 2,255 35.64% 1,818 28.73% 6,328
Jefferson 2,487 91.00% 246 9.00% 2,241 82.00% 2,733
Jefferson Davis 2,900 71.06% 1,181 28.94% 1,719 42.12% 4,081
Jones 7,242 41.40% 10,251 58.60% -3,009 -17.20% 17,493
Kemper 2,830 74.73% 957 25.27% 1,873 49.46% 3,787
Lafayette 5,835 53.05% 5,164 46.95% 671 6.10% 10,999
Lamar 4,696 34.48% 8,923 65.52% -4,227 -31.04% 13,619
Lauderdale 8,819 51.95% 8,157 48.05% 662 3.90% 16,976
Lawrence 2,788 57.26% 2,081 42.74% 707 14.52% 4,869
Leake 3,344 55.64% 2,666 44.36% 678 11.28% 6,010
Lee 9,626 49.68% 9,749 50.32% -123 -0.63% 19,375
Leflore 5,127 73.79% 1,821 26.21% 3,306 47.58% 6,948
Lincoln 5,029 48.58% 5,324 51.42% -295 -2.85% 10,353
Lowndes 10,241 58.52% 7,258 41.48% 2,983 17.05% 17,499
Madison 12,744 46.26% 14,802 53.74% -2,058 -7.47% 27,546
Marion 3,237 43.29% 4,240 56.71% -1,003 -13.41% 7,477
Marshall 4,290 66.76% 2,136 33.24% 2,154 33.52% 6,426
Monroe 6,328 59.38% 4,329 40.62% 1,999 18.76% 10,657
Montgomery 2,296 59.65% 1,553 40.35% 743 19.30% 3,849
Neshoba 3,153 43.23% 4,140 56.77% -987 -13.53% 7,293
Newton 2,486 36.32% 4,359 63.68% -1,873 -27.36% 6,845
Noxubee 2,817 80.81% 669 19.19% 2,148 61.62% 3,486
Oktibbeha 6,494 57.91% 4,720 42.09% 1,774 15.82% 11,214
Panola 7,030 63.55% 4,033 36.45% 2,997 27.09% 11,063
Pearl River 2,798 30.76% 6,299 69.24% -3,501 -38.49% 9,097
Perry 2,086 52.20% 1,910 47.80% 176 4.40% 3,996
Pike 7,270 61.37% 4,576 38.63% 2,694 22.74% 11,846
Pontotoc 4,548 54.53% 3,793 45.47% 755 9.05% 8,341
Prentiss 3,507 54.30% 2,951 45.70% 556 8.61% 6,458
Quitman 2,069 74.96% 691 25.04% 1,378 49.93% 2,760
Rankin 12,590 37.03% 21,410 62.97% -8,820 -25.94% 34,000
Scott 4,128 58.03% 2,985 41.97% 1,143 16.07% 7,113
Sharkey 1,337 79.39% 347 20.61% 990 58.79% 1,684
Simpson 4,126 53.07% 3,649 46.93% 477 6.14% 7,775
Smith 2,855 49.85% 2,872 50.15% -17 -0.30% 5,727
Stone 2,358 45.22% 2,857 54.78% -499 -9.57% 5,215
Sunflower 4,406 76.96% 1,319 23.04% 3,087 53.92% 5,725
Tallahatchie 2,575 71.51% 1,026 28.49% 1,549 43.02% 3,601
Tate 3,046 50.74% 2,957 49.26% 89 1.48% 6,003
Tippah 3,225 50.23% 3,196 49.77% 29 0.45% 6,421
Tishomingo 3,217 48.46% 3,421 51.54% -204 -3.07% 6,638
Tunica 1,709 69.70% 743 30.30% 966 39.40% 2,452
Union 3,907 51.30% 3,709 48.70% 198 2.60% 7,616
Walthall 2,813 59.31% 1,930 40.69% 883 18.62% 4,743
Warren 7,186 60.05% 4,781 39.95% 2,405 20.10% 11,967
Washington 7,260 75.36% 2,374 24.64% 4,886 50.72% 9,634
Wayne 3,453 54.26% 2,911 45.74% 542 8.52% 6,364
Webster 1,773 50.89% 1,711 49.11% 62 1.78% 3,484
Wilkinson 2,616 73.15% 960 26.85% 1,656 46.31% 3,576
Winston 3,841 60.64% 2,493 39.36% 1,348 21.28% 6,334
Yalobusha 2,306 60.49% 1,506 39.51% 800 20.99% 3,812
Yazoo 4,333 64.47% 2,388 35.53% 1,945 28.94% 6,721
Totals 400,110 55.36% 322,648 44.64% 77,462 10.72% 722,758

By congressional district

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Hood won three of four congressional districts, including two that were represented by Republicans.[5]

District Hood Hurst Representative
1st 53% 47% Trent Kelly
2nd 72% 28% Bennie Thompson
3rd 51% 49% Gregg Harper
4th 43% 57% Steven Palazzo

Notes

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  1. ^ "AG Hood qualifies for re-election". The Clarion-Ledger. February 20, 2015. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  2. ^ The Associated Press (February 27, 2015). "GOP federal prosecutor to challenge Mississippi AG Jim Hood". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  3. ^ "2015 Republican Primary". Mississippi Secretary of State. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Hosemann, Delbert (February 14, 2016). "Amended Statewide Certification" (PDF). Secretary of State of Mississippi. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 17, 2025. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  5. ^ https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=799985