The 2015 Mississippi Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2015. Incumbent Democrat Jim Hood, who had been the only statewide elected Democrat in Mississippi since 2008, sought and won reelection to a fourth term. As of , this is the last time Democrats won a statewide election in Mississippi.

Primaries Democratic nomination Candidate Jim Hood, incumbent

Republican primary Candidate Mike Hurst, Assistant U.S. Attorney

Results

General election Predictions Source Ranking Governing

Results

By county CountyJim HoodDemocraticMike HurstRepublicanMarginTotal#%#%#%Adams5,04668.36%2,33631.64%2,71036.71%7,382Alcorn5,27350.66%5,13649.34%1371.32%10,409Amite2,83856.41%2,19343.59%64512.82%5,031Attala3,04360.01%2,02839.99%1,01520.02%5,071Benton1,72162.74%1,02237.26%69925.48%2,743Bolivar7,17777.18%2,12222.82%5,05554.36%9,299Calhoun3,12260.77%2,01539.23%1,10721.55%5,137Carroll2,22654.96%1,82445.04%4029.93%4,050Chickasaw4,53078.77%1,22121.23%3,30957.54%5,751Choctaw1,42451.04%1,36648.96%582.08%2,790Claiborne3,09388.45%40411.55%2,68976.89%3,497Clarke3,15053.58%2,72946.42%4217.16%5,879Clay5,18071.83%2,03128.17%3,14943.67%7,211Coahoma2,97775.67%95724.33%2,02051.35%3,934Copiah4,96067.53%2,38532.47%2,57535.06%7,345Covington3,52755.61%2,81544.39%71211.23%6,342DeSoto6,65631.70%14,34468.30%-7,688-36.61%21,000Forrest8,87151.59%8,32348.41%5483.19%17,194Franklin1,84660.45%1,20839.55%63820.89%3,054George2,15535.83%3,86064.17%-1,705-28.35%6,015Greene1,70144.53%2,11955.47%-418-10.94%3,820Grenada4,15061.08%2,64438.92%1,50622.17%6,794Hancock3,34039.74%5,06560.26%-1,725-20.52%8,405Harrison14,80247.69%16,23552.31%-1,433-4.62%31,037Hinds43,46475.20%14,33524.80%29,12950.40%57,799Holmes4,27585.93%70014.07%3,57571.86%4,975Humphreys2,05878.19%57421.81%1,48456.38%2,632Issaquena40471.00%16529.00%23942.00%569Itawamba3,71253.72%3,19846.28%5147.44%6,910Jackson10,13941.13%14,51558.87%-4,376-17.75%24,654Jasper4,07364.36%2,25535.64%1,81828.73%6,328Jefferson2,48791.00%2469.00%2,24182.00%2,733Jefferson Davis2,90071.06%1,18128.94%1,71942.12%4,081Jones7,24241.40%10,25158.60%-3,009-17.20%17,493Kemper2,83074.73%95725.27%1,87349.46%3,787Lafayette5,83553.05%5,16446.95%6716.10%10,999Lamar4,69634.48%8,92365.52%-4,227-31.04%13,619Lauderdale8,81951.95%8,15748.05%6623.90%16,976Lawrence2,78857.26%2,08142.74%70714.52%4,869Leake3,34455.64%2,66644.36%67811.28%6,010Lee9,62649.68%9,74950.32%-123-0.63%19,375Leflore5,12773.79%1,82126.21%3,30647.58%6,948Lincoln5,02948.58%5,32451.42%-295-2.85%10,353Lowndes10,24158.52%7,25841.48%2,98317.05%17,499Madison12,74446.26%14,80253.74%-2,058-7.47%27,546Marion3,23743.29%4,24056.71%-1,003-13.41%7,477Marshall4,29066.76%2,13633.24%2,15433.52%6,426Monroe6,32859.38%4,32940.62%1,99918.76%10,657Montgomery2,29659.65%1,55340.35%74319.30%3,849Neshoba3,15343.23%4,14056.77%-987-13.53%7,293Newton2,48636.32%4,35963.68%-1,873-27.36%6,845Noxubee2,81780.81%66919.19%2,14861.62%3,486Oktibbeha6,49457.91%4,72042.09%1,77415.82%11,214Panola7,03063.55%4,03336.45%2,99727.09%11,063Pearl River2,79830.76%6,29969.24%-3,501-38.49%9,097Perry2,08652.20%1,91047.80%1764.40%3,996Pike7,27061.37%4,57638.63%2,69422.74%11,846Pontotoc4,54854.53%3,79345.47%7559.05%8,341Prentiss3,50754.30%2,95145.70%5568.61%6,458Quitman2,06974.96%69125.04%1,37849.93%2,760Rankin12,59037.03%21,41062.97%-8,820-25.94%34,000Scott4,12858.03%2,98541.97%1,14316.07%7,113Sharkey1,33779.39%34720.61%99058.79%1,684Simpson4,12653.07%3,64946.93%4776.14%7,775Smith2,85549.85%2,87250.15%-17-0.30%5,727Stone2,35845.22%2,85754.78%-499-9.57%5,215Sunflower4,40676.96%1,31923.04%3,08753.92%5,725Tallahatchie2,57571.51%1,02628.49%1,54943.02%3,601Tate3,04650.74%2,95749.26%891.48%6,003Tippah3,22550.23%3,19649.77%290.45%6,421Tishomingo3,21748.46%3,42151.54%-204-3.07%6,638Tunica1,70969.70%74330.30%96639.40%2,452Union3,90751.30%3,70948.70%1982.60%7,616Walthall2,81359.31%1,93040.69%88318.62%4,743Warren7,18660.05%4,78139.95%2,40520.10%11,967Washington7,26075.36%2,37424.64%4,88650.72%9,634Wayne3,45354.26%2,91145.74%5428.52%6,364Webster1,77350.89%1,71149.11%621.78%3,484Wilkinson2,61673.15%96026.85%1,65646.31%3,576Winston3,84160.64%2,49339.36%1,34821.28%6,334Yalobusha2,30660.49%1,50639.51%80020.99%3,812Yazoo4,33364.47%2,38835.53%1,94528.94%6,721Totals400,11055.36%322,64844.64%77,46210.72%722,758

By congressional district Hood won three of four congressional districts, including two that were represented by Republicans. District Hood Hurst Representative 53% 47%Trent Kelly 72% 28%Bennie Thompson 51% 49%Gregg Harper 43% 57%Steven Palazzo

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