View List by Party 2015 Candidate Qualifying List Pursuant to statute, the State Board of Election Commissioners must determine whether each Independent candidate and Political Party Nominee meets the qualifications for office prior to his or her name being placed upon the ballot for the 2015 General Election. Political Party Candidates qualify with the respective Political Party and are listed as submitted to the Secretary of State's Office.

Candidates for the August 2015 Primary Election: First Name Last Name Office District Political Party Robert Gray Governor Democrat Valerie Adrean Smartt Short Governor Democrat Vicki Slater Governor Democrat Phil Bryant Governor Republican Mitch Young Governor Republican Tim Johnson Lieutenant Governor Democrat Jelani Barr Lieutenant Governor Democrat Alisha Nelson McElhenney Lieutenant Governor Republican Tate Reeves Lieutenant Governor Republican Jim Hood Attorney General Democrat Mike Hurst Attorney General Republican Charles E. Graham Secretary of State Democrat Delbert Hosemann Secretary of State Republican Jocelyn Pepper Pritchett State Auditor Democrat Mary Hawkins Butler State Auditor Republican Stacey E. Pickering State Auditor Republican Lynn Fitch State Treasurer Republican David McRae State Treasurer Republican Mike Chaney Commissioner of Insurance Republican John Mosley Commissioner of Insurance Republican Addie Lee Green Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Democrat Cindy Hyde-Smith Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Republican Danny Woods Transportation Commissioner 3 Democrat Chip Johnson Transportation Commissioner 3 Republican Jimmie D. Mills Transportation Commissioner 3 Republican Mike Tagert Transportation Commissioner 3 Republican Geoffrey Yoste Transportation Commissioner 3 Republican Mary Coleman Transportation Commissioner 1 Democrat Natasha Magee-Woods Transportation Commissioner 1 Democrat Robert Amos Transportation Commissioner 1 Democrat Dick Hall Transportation Commissioner 1 Republican Chad Toney Transportation Commissioner 2 Democrat Tom King Transportation Commissioner 2 Republican Brandon Presley Public Service Commissioner 3 Democrat Mike Maynard Public Service Commissioner 3 Republican Cecil Brown Public Service Commissioner 1 Democrat Bruce Wilder Burton Public Service Commissioner 1 Democrat Brent Bailey Public Service Commissioner 1 Republican Tony Greer Public Service Commissioner 1 Republican Mitch Tyner Public Service Commissioner 1 Republican Tom Blanton Public Service Commissioner 2 Democrat Samuel F. "Sam" Britton Public Service Commissioner 2 Republican Mike Collier Public Service Commissioner 2 Republican Tony Smith Public Service Commissioner 2 Republican Arch Bullard District Attorney 1 Democrat Paul Gault District Attorney 1 Democrat Trent Kelly District Attorney 1 Republican John Weddle District Attorney 1 Republican Joel Smith District Attorney 2 Republican Benjamin Creekmore District Attorney 3 Democrat W. Dewayne Richardson District Attorney 4 Democrat Doug Evans District Attorney 5 Democrat Ronnie L. Harper District Attorney 6 Democrat

1 of 8 First Name Last Name Office District Political Party Stanley Alexander District Attorney 7 Democrat Robert Shuler Smith District Attorney 7 Democrat Mark Duncan District Attorney 8 Democrat Tyler McCaughn District Attorney 8 Republican Richard "Ricky" Smith, Jr. District Attorney 9 Democrat Ellis J. "Bilbo" Mitchell District Attorney 10 Democrat Brenda F. Mitchell District Attorney 11 Democrat Darnell Felton District Attorney 11 Democrat Patricia Burchell District Attorney 12 Republican Matt Sullivan District Attorney 13 Democrat Daniel C. Jones District Attorney 13 Republican Dewitt "Dee" T. Bates, Jr. District Attorney 14 Democrat Hal Kittrell District Attorney 15 Republican Scott Colom District Attorney 16 Democrat John William Champion District Attorney 17 Democrat Anthony "Tony" Buckley District Attorney 18 Republican Anthony "Tony" Lawrence, III District Attorney 19 Republican Micheal Guest District Attorney 20 Republican Akillie Malone Oliver District Attorney 21 Democrat Alexander C. Martin District Attorney 22 Democrat James David Eubanks State Senate 1 Republican Chris Massey State Senate 1 Republican David L. Parker State Senate 2 Republican Christopher Stark State Senate 3 Democrat Nickey Browning State Senate 3 Republican Eric Powell State Senate 4 Democrat Rita Parks State Senate 4 Republican J.P. Wilemon, Jr. State Senate 5 Democrat Mike Armour State Senate 6 Republican Nancy Adams Collins State Senate 6 Republican Chad McMahan State Senate 6 Republican Hob Bryan State Senate 7 Democrat Barry Strevel State Senate 7 Republican Russell Jolly State Senate 8 Democrat Cristen Hemmins State Senate 9 Democrat Gray Tollison State Senate 9 Republican Steve Hale State Senate 10 Democrat Bill Stone State Senate 10 Democrat Clara Dawkins-Davis State Senate 11 Democrat James "Jimmy" S. Edwards, Jr. State Senate 11 Democrat Robert L. Jackson State Senate 11 Democrat Derrick T. Simmons State Senate 12 Democrat Willie L. Simmons State Senate 13 Democrat Georgio Proctor State Senate 14 Democrat Lydia Graves Chassaniol State Senate 14 Republican Cecil L. Simmons State Senate 15 Democrat Gary Jackson State Senate 15 Republican Angela Turner State Senate 16 Democrat Robert A. "Bobby" Patrick, Jr. State Senate 17 Republican Charles "Chuck" Younger State Senate 17 Republican Curt Pace State Senate 18 Republican Jenifer B. Branning State Senate 18 Republican Mark J. Forsman State Senate 18 Republican Speedy Calvert State Senate 18 Republican Kevin Blackwell State Senate 19 Republican Josh Harkins State Senate 20 Republican Barbara Blackmon State Senate 21 Democrat Kenneth Wayne Jones State Senate 21 Democrat Joseph C. Thomas, Sr. State Senate 22 Democrat Eugene S. "Buck" Clarke State Senate 22 Republican Briggs Hopson State Senate 23 Republican

2 of 8 First Name Last Name Office District Political Party Bill Marcy State Senate 23 Republican David Jordan State Senate 24 Democrat William M. Billingsley State Senate 25 Republican Will Longwitz State Senate 25 Republican John Horhn State Senate 26 Democrat Stephen Thompson State Senate 26 Democrat Hillman Terome Frazier State Senate 27 Democrat Ponto Ronnie Downing State Senate 27 Republican Gerald L. Kucia State Senate 27 Republican Sollie B. Norwood State Senate 28 Democrat David Blount State Senate 29 Democrat Eclecius L. Franklin, Sr. State Senate 29 Democrat Kathryn Michell Orey Perry State Senate 29 Democrat James Broadwater State Senate 29 Republican Dean Kirby State Senate 30 Republican Terry C. Burton State Senate 31 Republican Keith K. Jackson State Senate 32 Democrat Sampson Jackson, II State Senate 32 Democrat Gilman Dewayne Warren State Senate 32 Republican Don Wiggins State Senate 32 Republican Chase Callahan State Senate 33 Democrat Videt Carmichael State Senate 33 Republican Juan Barnett State Senate 34 Democrat Trey W. Chinn State Senate 34 Democrat Deborah Shelby Woullard State Senate 34 Democrat Lisa Stanley State Senate 35 Republican Chris Caughman State Senate 35 Republican Cliff Brown State Senate 35 Republican Zebulon "Zeb" Scarborough State Senate 35 Republican Albert Butler State Senate 36 Democrat Elvis E. Colenberg, Sr. State Senate 36 Democrat Jeffery Harness State Senate 36 Democrat Bob M. Dearing State Senate 37 Democrat Etta Batteaste-Taplin State Senate 37 Democrat Curtis Moroney State Senate 37 Republican Lane B. Reed State Senate 37 Republican Melanie Sojourner State Senate 37 Republican Angela Baker Brooks State Senate 38 Democrat Albert Eubanks State Senate 38 Democrat Gregory Harris State Senate 38 Democrat Daryl L. Porter, Jr. State Senate 38 Democrat Tammy Felder Witherspoon State Senate 38 Democrat Dennis C. Quinn State Senate 38 Republican Michael Smith State Senate 39 Democrat Mike Campbell State Senate 39 Republican Sally Doty State Senate 39 Republican Angela Burks Hill State Senate 40 Republican Reggie Blackledge State Senate 41 Democrat Joey Fillingane State Senate 41 Republican Johnny Ishmel Henry State Senate 42 Democrat Chris McDaniel State Senate 42 Republican Towana A. Wright State Senate 43 Democrat Dennis DeBar State Senate 43 Republican Phillip Gandy State Senate 43 Republican John A. Polk State Senate 44 Republican Billy Hudson State Senate 45 Republican Philip Moran State Senate 46 Republican Jimmy L. "Bo" Alawine State Senate 47 Democrat Rogena Mitchell State Senate 47 Republican Joseph M. "Mike" Seymour State Senate 47 Republican Anne G. Smith State Senate 47 Republican

3 of 8 First Name Last Name Office District Political Party Mike Tyson State Senate 47 Republican Deborah Dawkins State Senate 48 Democrat Joseph B. Piernas, Sr. State Senate 48 Democrat Walter Crapps State Senate 48 Republican Katherine DeCoito State Senate 49 Republican Sean Tindell State Senate 49 Republican Thomas "Tommy" Gollott State Senate 50 Republican Butch Loper State Senate 51 Republican Michael D. Watson, Jr. State Senate 51 Republican Brice Wiggins State Senate 52 Republican Lisa Benderman Wigginton State Representative 1 Democrat Bubba Carpenter State Representative 1 Republican State Representative 2 Democrat Billy Miller State Representative 2 Republican Lauren Childers State Representative 3 Democrat Jimmy Wayne Russell State Representative 3 Democrat State Representative 3 Republican Joseph F. "Jody" Steverson State Representative 4 Democrat John Faulkner State Representative 5 Democrat Jacqueline Simon State Representative 5 Democrat State Representative 6 Republican Eugene F. Hamilton State Representative 6 Republican Steve Hopkins State Representative 7 Republican Wanda Jennings State Representative 7 Republican John T. "Trey" Lamar, III State Representative 8 Republican State Representative 9 Democrat Marilyn Young State Representative 9 Democrat Christopher Thomas, Sr. State Representative 9 Republican Nolan Mettetal State Representative 10 Republican Michael Cathey State Representative 11 Democrat Lataisha M. Jackson State Representative 11 Democrat J.P. "Jay" Hughes, Jr. State Representative 12 Democrat Brad Mayo State Representative 12 Republican Justin Cluck State Representative 13 Democrat State Representative 13 Republican Margaret Ellis Rogers State Representative 14 Republican E. State Representative 15 Republican Steve Holland State Representative 16 Democrat Jim Newman State Representative 17 Democrat Charles Penson State Representative 17 Democrat State Representative 17 Republican Mark Prince State Representative 17 Republican Jerry R. Turner State Representative 18 Republican Clint Gannon State Representative 19 Democrat Randy P. Boyd State Representative 19 Republican Peggy Schumpert Hussey State Representative 19 Republican William B. "Bo" Miller State Representative 20 Democrat Chris Brown State Representative 20 Republican Aaron L. Loden State Representative 21 Democrat State Representative 21 Republican State Representative 22 Democrat Kenneth Ray Winter State Representative 23 Democrat Charles Jim Beckett State Representative 23 Republican Rick Clifton State Representative 24 Republican Rob Goudy State Representative 24 Republican State Representative 24 Republican Les Hooper State Representative 24 Republican Marion Vinton State Representative 24 Republican Harold D. Harris State Representative 25 Democrat W.E. "Gene" Alday State Representative 25 Republican Julian Chandler Bramlett State Representative 25 Republican

4 of 8 First Name Last Name Office District Political Party Melissa Conn State Representative 25 Republican State Representative 25 Republican State Representative 26 Democrat Sanford Johnson State Representative 26 Democrat Leroy Lacy State Representative 27 Democrat Bulus E. Leflore, Jr. State Representative 27 Democrat Kenneth Walker State Representative 27 Democrat Ricky Dewayne Gill State Representative 27 Republican Robert Foster State Representative 28 Republican Les Green State Representative 28 Republican Linda F. Coleman State Representative 29 Democrat Robert E. Huddleston State Representative 30 Democrat Zack Huffman State Representative 30 Democrat Tracey Rosebud State Representative 30 Democrat Lester Williams State Representative 30 Democrat Charles Modley State Representative 31 Democrat Sara Richardson Thomas State Representative 31 Democrat Willie J. Perkins, Sr. State Representative 32 Democrat Tommy Reynolds State Representative 33 Democrat Jerrerico Chambers State Representative 33 Republican Reta Holden State Representative 34 Democrat Kevin Horan State Representative 34 Democrat Patrick Warner State Representative 35 Democrat State Representative 35 Republican Brian Sims State Representative 35 Republican Jimmy Davidson State Representative 36 Democrat Karl Malinski Gibbs State Representative 36 Democrat Edward N. Houston, Jr. State Representative 36 Democrat Gary A. Chism State Representative 37 Republican Tyrone Ellis State Representative 38 Democrat James E. Samuel, Sr. State Representative 39 Democrat Jeffrey C. Smith State Representative 39 Republican Hester Jackson-McCray State Representative 40 Democrat Michael McField State Representative 40 Democrat Francis J. Miller State Representative 40 Democrat Ashley Henley State Representative 40 Republican Pat Nelson State Representative 40 Republican Esther M. Harrison State Representative 41 Democrat State Representative 41 Democrat Eugene Crosby State Representative 42 Democrat Reecy Lathan Dickson State Representative 42 Democrat Carl L. Mickens State Representative 42 Democrat Paul Millsaps State Representative 43 Democrat Lyod B. "Rob" Roberson State Representative 43 Republican Mac Smith State Representative 43 Republican C. Scott Bounds State Representative 44 Republican Clark Adams State Representative 45 Democrat Michael Ted Evans State Representative 45 Democrat Ken Strachan State Representative 46 Democrat James Matthew Bennett State Representative 46 Republican Shed Hill Hunger, IV State Representative 46 Republican State Representative 46 Republican Bryant W. Clark State Representative 47 Democrat Jill Butler State Representative 48 Democrat State Representative 48 Republican Willie L. Bailey State Representative 49 Democrat John Hines, Sr. State Representative 50 Democrat Rufus E. (Pete) Straughter State Representative 51 Democrat William Kinkade State Representative 52 Republican Bobby Moak State Representative 53 Democrat State Representative 53 Republican

5 of 8 First Name Last Name Office District Political Party State Representative 54 Republican State Representative 55 Democrat Chris Green State Representative 55 Democrat Arrick R. Rice State Representative 55 Democrat State Representative 56 Republican Edward Blackmon, Jr. State Representative 57 Democrat Bruce Bartley State Representative 58 Republican State Representative 58 Republican State Representative 59 Republican John Moore State Representative 60 Republican Paul J. Buisson State Representative 60 Republican Ray Rogers State Representative 61 Republican Randall Stephens State Representative 61 Republican Stephen Wilson State Representative 62 Democrat Tom Weathersby State Representative 62 Republican Wesley Wilson State Representative 62 Republican State Representative 63 Democrat Machelle Shelby Kyles State Representative 63 Democrat Bill Denny State Representative 64 Republican Christopher M. Bell State Representative 65 Democrat Arqullas Coleman State Representative 65 Democrat James Covington State Representative 65 Democrat State Representative 66 Democrat Brad Oberhousen State Representative 66 Democrat Earle S. Banks State Representative 67 Democrat Credell Calhoun State Representative 68 Democrat Kenneth Shearrill State Representative 68 Democrat Alyce Griffin Clarke State Representative 69 Democrat Plavice "Patty" Patterson State Representative 69 Democrat Samuel Lee Begley State Representative 70 Democrat James "Jim" Evans State Representative 70 Democrat Tammy Cotton State Representative 70 Democrat Kathy Sykes State Representative 70 Democrat James Perry State Representative 70 Republican State Representative 71 Democrat Kimberly L. Campbell State Representative 72 Democrat Corinthian Sanders State Representative 72 Democrat John Reeves State Representative 73 Republican Cory Wilson State Representative 73 Republican Mark Baker State Representative 74 Republican State Representative 75 Democrat Vance Cox State Representative 75 Republican Gregory L. Holloway, Sr. State Representative 76 Democrat Andy Gipson State Representative 77 Republican Wallace Pogue State Representative 78 Democrat State Representative 78 Republican Blaine "Bo" Eaton State Representative 79 Democrat Gary Blakeney State Representative 79 Republican Mark K. Tullos State Representative 79 Republican Omeria McDonald Scott State Representative 80 Democrat Stephen "Steve" Horne State Representative 81 Republican Charles Young Young, Jr. State Representative 82 Democrat William Bond Compton, Jr. State Representative 83 Democrat Greg Snowden State Representative 83 Republican Michael Grace State Representative 84 Democrat Eric Robinson State Representative 84 Republican William Shirley State Representative 84 Republican Allen Burks State Representative 85 Democrat Maurice Hudson State Representative 85 Democrat America "Chuck" Middleton State Representative 85 Democrat Sherra Hillman Lane State Representative 86 Democrat

6 of 8 First Name Last Name Office District Political Party State Representative 86 Republican Chris Johnson State Representative 87 Republican Michael "Mike" D. Davis State Representative 87 Republican Andy Mozingo State Representative 87 Republican Gary V. Staples State Representative 88 Republican Christopher S. Hodge State Representative 88 Republican Mitchell Pitts State Representative 88 Republican Bobby Shows State Representative 89 Republican John B. Pope, III State Representative 90 Democrat Noah L. Sanford State Representative 90 Republican Ricky "Rick" Ward State Representative 90 Republican Bob Evans State Representative 91 Democrat Charles E. Bufkin State Representative 91 Republican State Representative 92 Republican Billy Joe Ladner State Representative 93 Democrat Timmy Ladner State Representative 93 Republican Robert L. Johnson State Representative 94 Democrat Patricia H. Willis State Representative 95 Republican Angela Cockerham State Representative 96 Democrat Kitty Sasser State Representative 97 Democrat Sam C. Mims, V State Representative 97 Republican Tasha Dillon State Representative 98 Democrat David W. Myers State Representative 98 Democrat State Representative 99 Republican Harry Griffith State Representative 100 Republican State Representative 100 Republican Brad Touchstone State Representative 101 Republican Taylor Brinkley State Representative 102 Democrat Toby Barker State Representative 102 Republican Ric McCluskey State Representative 102 Republican Percy W. Watson State Representative 103 Democrat State Representative 104 Republican Dennis Cochran State Representative 105 Democrat Roun McNeal State Representative 105 Republican Herb Frierson State Representative 106 Republican Austin Howell State Representative 107 Democrat Doug McLeod State Representative 107 Republican Leavern Guy State Representative 108 Democrat Mark S. Formby State Representative 108 Republican State Representative 109 Republican Jeramey D. Anderson State Representative 110 Democrat Mitch Ellerby State Representative 110 Democrat Kay Sims State Representative 111 Democrat Charles Busby State Representative 111 Republican John O. Read State Representative 112 Republican Amanda Magee State Representative 112 Republican Hank Zuber State Representative 113 Republican Jeffrey S. "Jeff" Guice State Representative 114 Republican Barney W. O'Neal State Representative 114 Republican Randall H. Patterson State Representative 115 Republican Patrick K. Williams State Representative 115 Republican Casey Eure State Representative 116 Republican Scott DeLano State Representative 117 Republican State Representative 118 Republican John McCay, III State Representative 118 Republican Sonya Williams Barnes State Representative 119 Democrat Richard Bennett State Representative 120 Republican Hunter Dawkins State Representative 121 Democrat Brian Pearse State Representative 121 Democrat State Representative 121 Republican Jeff Wallace State Representative 121 Republican

7 of 8 First Name Last Name Office District Political Party David Baria State Representative 122 Democrat Mickey Lagasse State Representative 122 Republican

Candidates for the November 2015 General Election: First Name Last Name Office District Political Party Shawn O'Hara Governor Reform Ron Williams Lieutenant Governor Libertarian Rosa B. Williams Lieutenant Governor Reform Randy Walker Secretary of State Reform Lajena Walley State Auditor Reform Viola V. McFarland State Treasurer Reform Johnny McLeod Commissioner of Insurance Reform Cathy L. Toole Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Reform LaTrice D. Notree Public Service Commissioner 1 Reform Lonny Kenneth Spence Public Service Commissioner 2 Reform Sheranda Atkinson Transportation Commissioner 2 Reform Wilton A. McNair District Attorney 13 Independent Forrest Allgood District Attorney 16 Independent Ken Daugherty State House of Representatives 10 Independent Dorothy Baker Hines State House of Representatives 42 Independent Paul B. Johnson, IV State House of Representatives 87 Independent Joshua Hardy State House of Representatives 109 Libertarian Donny Ryals State Senate 14 Independent Jake Reeves State Senate 17 Libertarian Earl G. Blackmon State Senate 24 Independent Benté Hess Johnson State Senate 38 Independent Eli Jackson State Senate 45 Reform Boyd T. Kendall State Senate 51 Libertarian

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