Neil Whaley
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2017 - Present
2028
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Neil Whaley (Republican Party) is a member of the Mississippi State Senate, representing District 10. He assumed office on December 11, 2017. His current term ends on January 4, 2028.
Whaley (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Mississippi State Senate to represent District 10. He won in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Whaley was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Agriculture Committee
- Senate County Affairs Committee, Vice CHair
- Senate Energy Committee
- Senate Executive Contingent Fund Committee
- Finance Committee
- Highways and Transportation Committee
- Local and Private Committee
- Senate Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Committee, Chair
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2020-2021
Whaley was assigned to the following committees:
- Highways and Transportation Committee
- Local and Private Committee
- Senate Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Committee, Chairman
- Senate Agriculture Committee
- Senate County Affairs Committee, Vice-Chairman
- Senate Energy Committee
- Senate Executive Contingent Fund Committee
- Finance Committee
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2019-2020
Whaley was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate County Affairs Committee
- Senate Constitution Committee
- Senate Municipalities Committee
- Finance Committee
- Senate Forestry Committee
- Judiciary, Division B Committee
- Senate Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Committee
- Senate Universities and Colleges Committee
- Executive Contingent Fund 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 10
Incumbent Neil Whaley defeated Andre R. DeBerry in the general election for Mississippi State Senate District 10 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Neil Whaley (R) | 60.8 | 10,525 |
 | Andre R. DeBerry (D) | 39.2 | 6,786 | |
| Total votes: 17,311 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mississippi State Senate District 10
Andre R. DeBerry advanced from the Democratic primary for Mississippi State Senate District 10 on August 8, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andre R. DeBerry | 100.0 | 5,076 |
| Total votes: 5,076 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 10
Incumbent Neil Whaley advanced from the Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 10 on August 8, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Neil Whaley | 100.0 | 6,322 |
| Total votes: 6,322 | |||
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Endorsements
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2019
See also: Mississippi State Senate elections, 2019
General election
General election for Mississippi State Senate District 10
Incumbent Neil Whaley defeated Andre R. DeBerry in the general election for Mississippi State Senate District 10 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Neil Whaley (R) | 57.9 | 8,738 |
| Andre R. DeBerry (D) | 42.1 | 6,360 | |
| Total votes: 15,098 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Mississippi State Senate District 10
Andre R. DeBerry defeated Michael Cathey in the Democratic primary runoff for Mississippi State Senate District 10 on August 27, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andre R. DeBerry | 57.9 | 4,001 |
| Michael Cathey | 42.1 | 2,912 | |
| Total votes: 6,913 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mississippi State Senate District 10
Andre R. DeBerry and Michael Cathey advanced to a runoff. They defeated Carlton Smith and Alicia Blanks in the Democratic primary for Mississippi State Senate District 10 on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andre R. DeBerry | 35.9 | 2,958 |
| ✔ | | Michael Cathey | 30.2 | 2,486 |
 | Carlton Smith | 22.5 | 1,857 | |
| Alicia Blanks | 11.4 | 939 | |
| Total votes: 8,240 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 10
Incumbent Neil Whaley advanced from the Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 10 on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Neil Whaley | 100.0 | 3,647 |
| Total votes: 3,647 | |||
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2017
A special election for the position of Mississippi State Senate District 10 was called for November 7, 2017. A runoff election was held on November 28, 2017.
The seat became vacant in July 2017 after Bill Stone (D) resigned to become manager of the Holly Springs Utility Department.[1]
Michael Cathey, Sharon Gipson, Lennell Lucas, Ray Minor, and Neil Whaley ran in the special election.[2] Since none of the candidates received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters in the special election, Gipson and Whaley, faced off in the runoff election. Whaley defeated Gipson in the runoff election. Candidates in Mississippi special elections run without party labels.
| Mississippi State Senate, District 10, Runoff Election, 2017 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Neil Whaley |
54.8% | 3,591 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sharon Gipson | 45.2% | 2,964 | |
| Total Votes | 6,555 | |||
| Source: Mississippi Secretary of State | ||||
| Mississippi State Senate, District 10, Special Election, 2017 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Neil Whaley (advanced to runoff) |
35.8% | 2,244 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sharon Gipson (advanced to runoff) |
30.4% | 1,905 | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Cathey | 16.7% | 1,050 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ray Minor | 10% | 624 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lennell Lucas | 7.1% | 448 | |
| Total Votes | 6,271 | |||
| Source: Mississippi Secretary of State | ||||
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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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Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Neil Whaley did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Neil Whaley did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2023 Elections
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Footnotes
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Mississippi State Senate District 10 2017-Present |
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