Joseph Thomas (Mississippi)
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2020 - Present
2028
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Joseph Thomas (Democratic Party) is a member of the Mississippi State Senate, representing District 22. He assumed office on January 7, 2020. His current term ends on January 4, 2028.
Thomas (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Mississippi State Senate to represent District 22. He won in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Thomas was assigned to the following committees:
- Business and Financial Institutions Committee
- Compilation, Revision and Publication
- Senate County Affairs Committee
- Senate Drug Policy Committee
- Senate Enrolled Bills Committee, Chair
- Senate Ethics Committee
- Finance Committee
- Senate Forestry Committee
- Senate Insurance Committee
- Interstate and Federal Cooperation Committee
- Judiciary, Division B Committee
- Senate State Library Committee
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2020-2021
Thomas was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Insurance Committee
- Interstate and Federal Cooperation Committee, Vice-Chairman
- Judiciary, Division B Committee
- Senate State Library Committee
- Business and Financial Institutions Committee
- Senate Drug Policy Committee
- Senate Ethics Committee
- Finance Committee
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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 22
Incumbent Joseph Thomas defeated Chastity Magyar in the general election for Mississippi State Senate District 22 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joseph Thomas (D) | 57.6 | 9,534 |
| Chastity Magyar (R) | 42.4 | 7,024 | |
| Total votes: 16,558 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mississippi State Senate District 22
Incumbent Joseph Thomas advanced from the Democratic primary for Mississippi State Senate District 22 on August 8, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joseph Thomas | 100.0 | 6,165 |
| Total votes: 6,165 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 22
Chastity Magyar advanced from the Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 22 on August 8, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chastity Magyar | 100.0 | 4,106 |
| Total votes: 4,106 | |||
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2019
See also: Mississippi State Senate elections, 2019
General election
General election for Mississippi State Senate District 22
Joseph Thomas defeated Hayes Dent in the general election for Mississippi State Senate District 22 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joseph Thomas (D) | 52.4 | 10,555 |
| Hayes Dent (R) | 47.6 | 9,582 | |
| Total votes: 20,137 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Terrence Edison Jr. (Independent)
- Calvin Stewart (Independent)
Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Mississippi State Senate District 22
Joseph Thomas defeated Ruffin Smith in the Democratic primary runoff for Mississippi State Senate District 22 on August 27, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joseph Thomas | 60.7 | 3,272 |
| Ruffin Smith | 39.3 | 2,122 | |
| Total votes: 5,394 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mississippi State Senate District 22
Joseph Thomas and Ruffin Smith advanced to a runoff. They defeated Ermea Russell, Mark Buckner Sr., and Colton Thornton in the Democratic primary for Mississippi State Senate District 22 on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joseph Thomas | 32.6 | 2,867 |
| ✔ | | Ruffin Smith | 21.1 | 1,856 |
 | Ermea Russell | 20.0 | 1,761 | |
| Mark Buckner Sr. | 19.9 | 1,751 | |
 | Colton Thornton | 6.4 | 563 | |
| Total votes: 8,798 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Vince Roberts (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 22
Hayes Dent defeated Dwayne Self in the Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 22 on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Hayes Dent | 69.3 | 4,274 |
| Dwayne Self | 30.7 | 1,891 | |
| Total votes: 6,165 | |||
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Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2019
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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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See also
2023 Elections
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Candidate Mississippi State Senate District 22 |
Officeholder Mississippi State Senate District 22 |
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Footnotes
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| Preceded by Eugene Clarke (R) |
Mississippi State Senate District 22 2020-Present |
Succeeded by - |
