2023 Mississippi State Senate election

The 2023 Mississippi State Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, to elect all 52 members of the Mississippi State Senate to four-year terms. It was held concurrently with elections for all statewide offices and the Mississippi House of Representatives. Primary elections took place on August 8.

Background
In the 2019 Mississippi Legislature elections, Republicans expanded their majorities in both chambers to 75 in the House and 36 in the Senate. Going into the 2023 elections, Republicans held a two-thirds supermajority in the Senate, though not in the House.

The 2023 election was the first election held under new district maps following redistricting as a result of the 2020 census.

Retirements
Five incumbents did not seek re-election.

Democrats

 * 1) District 11: Robert L. Jackson retired.
 * 2) District 21: Barbara Blackmon retired.

Republicans

 * 1) District 35: Chris Caughman retired.
 * 2) District 37: Melanie Sojourner retired.
 * 3) District 42: Chris McDaniel retired to run for lieutenant governor.

In primary election
One incumbent senator, a Republican, was defeated in the August 8 primary election.

Republicans

 * 1) District 46: Philip Moran lost renomination to Philman A. Ladner.

In general election
One incumbent senator, an independent, was defeated in the November 7 general election.

Independents

 * 1) District 38: Kelvin Butler lost re-election to Gary Brumfield.

Overview
Of the 52 seats up for election, 39 had a single candidate running for office. Of these, 12 only had a Democrat running while the remaining 27 only had a Republican running. The remaining 13 were contested by combinations of Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Green, and Independent candidates.