Governor Sets Special Election Date to Fill Two Vacant House Seats

Governor Reeves announces two special elections for Mississippi House of Representatives

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Two special elections will be held to fill the seats of two members of the Mississippi House of Representatives that recently passed away. The first election will be held for House District 77. The seat was previously held by the late representative Price Wallace. The second is for District 70 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of representative William “Bo” Brown. Both elections will be held on November 3rd, 2026. T…

Gov. Reeves sets special elections after deaths of two House members

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. Gov. Tate Reeves has set special elections for Nov. 3 to fill two vacancies in the Mississippi House after the recent deaths of Reps. William “Bo” Brown and Price Wallace. Brown, a Democrat from Jackson, died at 81 on June 8 after a lengthy illness. He had served House District 70 in Hinds County since 2020 and had a long career in public service including working…

Governor sets Special Election date to fill two vacant House seats

Gov. Tate Reeves set the date for two special elections. Both are races for seats in the Mississippi House of Representatives.

Reeves calls special elections for two Mississippi House seats

Gov. Tate Reeves said in a Facebook post that he has signed writs calling two special elections for Nov. 3 to fill vacancies in the Mississippi House of Representatives created by the deaths of Rep. Price Wallace and Rep. William "Bo" Brown. The elections will fill House District 77, which…

Reeves sets special elections for 2 vacant Mississippi House seats

Gov. Tate Reeves has set special elections following the deaths of two state lawmakers. Reeves is asking voters in both House District 70 (part of Hinds County) and House District 77 (parts of Rankin and Simpson counties) to go to the ballot box on Nov. 3. They will be voting to fill vacancies created by the deaths of Reps. Bo Brown and Price Wallace. Brown, a Democrat who represented House District 70 since 2020, passed away on June 8 at the ag…

Gov. Tate Reeves sets two special elections for Mississippi House seats

Gov. Tate Reeves announced special elections for House Districts 77 and 70 will be held Nov. 3, 2026, to fill vacancies left by the deaths of Reps. Price Wallace and William “Bo” Brown, the governor’s office said.