2015 Mississippi Attorney General election

2015 Mississippi Attorney General election
	November 3, 2015
	Hood: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Hurst: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Attorney General before election; Jim Hood; Democratic	Elected Attorney General ; Jim Hood; Democratic

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

Democratic nomination

Candidate

Jim Hood, incumbent^[1]

Republican primary

Candidate

Mike Hurst, Assistant U.S. Attorney^[2]

Results

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

General election

Results

2015 Mississippi Attorney General election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Hood (incumbent)	395,969	55.29%
	Republican	Mike Hurst	320,192	44.71%
Total votes			716,161	100.00%
	Democratic hold

By county

	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

^[5]

By congressional district

Hood won three of four congressional districts, including two that were represented by Republicans.^[6]

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

^ "AG Hood qualifies for re-election". The Clarion-Ledger. February 20, 2015. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
^ The Associated Press (February 27, 2015). "GOP federal prosecutor to challenge Mississippi AG Jim Hood". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
^ "2015 Republican Primary". Mississippi Secretary of State. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
^ "2015 General Election". Mississippi Secretary of State. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
^ County Level Election Results 2015. Mississippi Secretary of State. Retrieved February 24, 2019
^ https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=799985

[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] "2015 General Election". Mississippi Secretary of State. Retrieved September 2, 2019.

[5] County Level Election Results 2015. Mississippi Secretary of State. Retrieved February 24, 2019

[6] ttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=799985

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