The Mississippi State Legislature and the governor decide the boundaries of the district maps. The members of a 20-member standing committee called the Mississippi Joint Legislative Redistricting Committee (MJLRC) conduct the bulk of the work that create proposed boundaries. Then, members of the State House and State Senate vote on those proposed boundaries. After the majority of the State House and Senate vote to approve them, the bill is sent to the governor who can reject the boundaries or sign them into law.
Membership of the Joint Committee includes the chairs and co-chairs of the House and Senate election committees as well as two members from each congressional district as appointed by the Speaker and Lieutenant Governor. Note that Lieutenant Governor named Senator Dean Kirby Co-chair of the Joint Committee even though Senator Jeff Tate is the Chair of Senate Elections.
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Name |
District |
|
Phone |
County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rep. Jim Beckett - Co-chair (R) | 23 | jbeckett@house.ms.gov | (662) 983-7358 | Calhoun, Grenada, Lafayette, Webster |
|
Sen. Dean Kirby - Co-chair (R) |
30 | dkirby@senate.ms.gov | (601) 359-4089 | Rankin |
|
Rep. Dan Eubanks (R) |
25 | deubanks@house.ms.gov | (662) 374-0035 | DeSoto |
|
Rep. Edward Blackmon, Jr. (D) |
57 | eblackmon@house.ms.gov | (601) 859-1567 | Madison |
|
Rep. Bo Brown (D) |
70 | bbrown@house.ms.gov | (601) 366-4774 | Hinds |
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Rep. Kevin Ford (R) |
54 | kford@house.ms.gov | (601) 218-8185 | Issaquena, Warren, Yazoo |
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Rep. Vince Mangold (R) |
53 | vmangold@house.ms.gov | (601) 833-9155 | Franklin, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Pike |
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Rep. John Read (R) |
112 | jread@house.ms.gov | (228) 497-3845 | Jackson |
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Rep. Fred Shanks (R) |
60 | fshanks@house.ms.gov | (601) 540-0041 | Rankin |
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Rep. Cheikh Taylor (D) |
38 | ctaylor@house.ms.gov | (662) 617-8125 | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha |
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Rep. Jason White (R) |
48 | jwhite@house.ms.gov | (662) 289-8888 | Attala, Carroll, Holmes, Leake |
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Sen. David Parker |
2 | dparker@senate.ms.gov | (601) 359-4088 | DeSoto |
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Sen. Angela Turner-Ford |
16 | aford@senate.ms.gov | (601) 359-3237 | Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha |
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Sen. Briggs Hopson |
23 | bhopson@senate.ms.gov | (601) 359-3250 | Issaquena, Warren, Yazoo |
|
Sen. Derrick Simmons |
12 | dsimmons@senate.ms.gov | (601) 359-2224 | Bolivar, Coahoma, Washington |
|
Sen. Josh Harkins |
20 | jharkins@senate.ms.gov | (601) 359-2395 | Rankin |
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Sen. Dennis DeBar |
43 | ddebar@senate.ms.gov | (601) 359-3221 | George, Greene, Wayne |
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Sen. Brice Wiggins |
52 | bwiggins@senate.ms.gov | (601) 359-3237 | Harrison, Jackson |
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Sen. Jeff Tate |
33 | jtate@senate.ms.gov | (601) 359-2395 | Clarke, Lauderdale |
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Sen. Hobb Bryan |
7 | hbryan@senate.ms.gov | (601)359-2220 | Itawamba, Lee, Monroe |
