2015 Mississippi Attorney General election
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 2024, this is the last time Democrats won a statewide election in Mississippi.
Primaries
Democratic nomination
Candidate
Republican primary
Candidate
Results
General election
Results
County results
Jim Hood (D)
Mike Hurst (R)
County
#
%
#
%
Adams
5,046
2,336
Alcorn
5,273
5,136
Amite
2,838
2,193
Attala
3,043
2,028
Benton
1,721
1,022
Bolivar
7,177
2,122
Calhoun
3,122
2,015
Carroll
2,226
1,824
Chickasaw
4,530
1,221
Choctaw
1,424
1,366
Claiborne
3,093
404
Clarke
3,150
2,729
Clay
5,180
2,031
Coahoma
2,977
957
Copiah
4,960
2,385
Covington
3,527
2,815
DeSoto
6,656
14,344
Forrest
8,871
8,323
Franklin
1,846
1,208
George
2,155
3,860
Greene
1,701
2,119
Grenada
4,150
2,644
Hancock
3,340
5,065
Harrison
14,802
16,235
Hinds
43,464
14,335
Holmes
4,275
700
Humphreys
2,058
574
Issaquena
404
165
Itawamba
3,712
3,198
Jackson
10,139
14,515
Jasper
4,073
2,255
Jefferson
2,487
246
Jefferson Davis
2,900
1,181
Jones
7,242
10,251
Kemper
2,830
957
Lafayette
5,835
5,164
Lamar
4,696
8,923
Lauderdale
8,819
8,157
Lawrence
2,788
2,081
Leake
3,344
2,666
Lee
9,626
9,749
Leflore
5,127
1,821
Lincoln
5,029
5,324
Lowndes
10,241
7,258
Madison
12,744
14,802
Marion
3,237
4,240
Marshall
4,290
2,136
Monroe
6,328
4,329
Montgomery
2,296
1,553
Neshoba
3,153
4,140
Newton
2,486
4,359
Noxubee
2,817
669
Oktibbeha
6,494
4,720
Panola
7,030
4,033
Pearl River
2,798
6,299
Perry
2,086
1,910
Pike
7,270
4,576
Pontotoc
4,548
3,793
Prentiss
3,507
2,951
Quitman
2,069
691
Rankin
12,590
21,410
Scott
4,128
2,985
Sharkey
1,337
347
Simpson
4,126
3,649
Smith
2,855
2,872
Stone
2,358
2,857
Sunflower
4,406
1,319
Tallahatchie
2,575
1,026
Tate
3,046
2,957
Tippah
3,225
3,196
Tishomingo
3,217
3,421
Tunica
1,709
743
Union
3,907
3,709
Walthall
2,813
1,930
Warren
7,186
4,781
Washington
7,260
2,374
Wayne
3,453
2,911
Webster
1,773
1,711
Wilkinson
2,616
960
Winston
3,841
2,493
Yalobusha
2,306
1,506
Yazoo
4,333
2,388
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