Joel Carter
2018 - Present
2028
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Joel Carter (Republican Party) is a member of the Mississippi State Senate, representing District 49. He assumed office in 2018. His current term ends on January 4, 2028.
Carter (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Mississippi State Senate to represent District 49. He won in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Biography
Carter graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi. His professional experience includes working as a real estate broker.[1]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Carter was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Corrections Committee
- Senate Drug Policy Committee
- Senate Energy Committee, Chair
- Finance Committee
- Highways and Transportation Committee
- Senate Investigate State Offices Committee
- Labor Committee
- Ports and Marine Resources Committee
- Senate Tourism Committee
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2020-2021
Carter was assigned to the following committees:
- Highways and Transportation Committee
- Senate Investigate State Offices Committee
- Labor Committee
- Ports and Marine Resources Committee
- Senate Tourism Committee
- Senate Corrections Committee
- Senate Drug Policy Committee
- Senate Energy Committee, Chairman
- Finance Committee
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2019-2020
Carter was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Corrections Committee
- Environmental Protection, Conservation and Water Resources Committee
- Senate Energy Committee
- Finance Committee
- Highways and Transportation Committee
- Judiciary, Division A Committee
- Judiciary, Division B Committee
- Senate Tourism Committee, Vice-Chairman
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Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2023
See also: Mississippi State Senate elections, 2023
General election
General election for Mississippi State Senate District 49
Incumbent Joel Carter defeated Glen Lewis in the general election for Mississippi State Senate District 49 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Joel Carter (R) | 69.9 | 7,926 |
 | Glen Lewis (L)  | 30.1 | 3,411 | |
| Total votes: 11,337 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 49
Incumbent Joel Carter advanced from the Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 49 on August 8, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joel Carter | 100.0 | 6,032 |
| Total votes: 6,032 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Glen Lewis advanced from the Libertarian primary for Mississippi State Senate District 49.
Endorsements
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2019
See also: Mississippi State Senate elections, 2019
General election
General election for Mississippi State Senate District 49
Incumbent Joel Carter won election in the general election for Mississippi State Senate District 49 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joel Carter (R) | 100.0 | 12,810 |
| Total votes: 12,810 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 49
Incumbent Joel Carter advanced from the Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 49 on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joel Carter | 100.0 | 7,943 |
| Total votes: 7,943 | |||
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2017
A special election for the position of Mississippi State Senate District 49 was called for December 19, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was October 30, 2017.[2]
The seat became vacant on October 16, 2017, after Sean Tindell (R) resigned from the state Senate. Gov. Phil Bryant (R) appointed Tindell to the state Court of Appeals.[3]
Dan Carr, Joel Carter, and Ron Meyers ran in the special election. Carter won the special election with 53 percent of the vote. A runoff election was not needed.[4][5] Candidates in Mississippi special elections run without party labels.
| Mississippi State Senate, District 49, Special Election, 2017 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Joel Carter |
52.7% | 1,986 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dan Carr | 26.6% | 1,004 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ron Meyers | 20.6% | 778 | |
| Total Votes | 3,768 | |||
| Source: Mississippi Secretary of State | ||||
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2019
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Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2023
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In 2023, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 3 to April 1.
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2022
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In 2022, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 4 to April 5.
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2021
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In 2021, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 5 to April 1.
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2020
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In 2020, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 7 to October 10. The session was suspended effective July 1, 2020. It had been previously suspended from March 18 to May 7. The session reconvened from August 10 to October 2.
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2019
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In 2019, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 8 through March 29.
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2018
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In 2018, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 2 through March 28.
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Joel Carter Senate District 49, "Get to know Joel," accessed January 4, 2018
- ↑ St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Mississippi Senate special election," October 17, 2017
- ↑ Clarion Ledger, "Bryant appoints state senator to appeals court," September 29, 2017
- ↑ wxxv25.com, "JOEL CARTER WINS DISTRICT 49 SENATE SEAT," December 19, 2017
- ↑ Mississippi Secretary of State, "2017 Candidate Qualifying List," accessed October 31, 2017
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