Does Mississippi governor have a running mate?
Short answer: no, not as a single ticket. Mississippi elects the governor and lieutenant governor as separate statewide offices, even though the constitution puts them on the same timing and term structure.
Governor and lieutenant governor are not a running-mate ticket
No. Mississippi does not elect the governor and lieutenant governor as a single running-mate ticket. The offices are elected separately as statewide offices. Article 5, Section 128 says the Lieutenant Governor is elected at the same time, in the same manner, and for the same term as the Governor, while Article 5, Section 140 says the Governor and all statewide elected officials are elected by the people in the general election.
The practical difference is simple: do not describe a Mississippi governor candidate as choosing a lieutenant-governor running mate. The lieutenant-governor race is its own statewide election.
Official text
There shall be a Lieutenant Governor who shall be elected at the same time, in the same manner, and for the same term, and who shall possess the same qualifications as required of the Governor.
Quoted from Article 5, Section 128 of the Mississippi Constitution as published by the Mississippi Secretary of State.
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Does Mississippi governor have a running mate?
No. Mississippi does not elect the governor and lieutenant governor as a single running-mate ticket. The offices are elected separately as statewide offices. Article 5, Section 128 says the Lieutenant Governor is elected at the same time, in the same manner, and for the same term as the Governor, while Article 5, Section 140 says the Governor and all statewide elected officials are elected by the people in the general election.
Are Mississippi governor and lieutenant governor elected together?
They are elected in the same statewide election cycle and under the same statewide-election rule, but not as one paired ticket. Voters elect the governor and lieutenant governor as separate offices.
What does Article 5, Section 128 mean by same time and same manner?
For this answer, the careful reading is that the Lieutenant Governor is elected on the same schedule, by the same statewide election method, and for the same term length as the Governor. It does not make the offices a single governor-lieutenant-governor ticket.
Sources
- Mississippi Constitution, Article 5, Section 128 - Official Mississippi Secretary of State constitution PDF: the Lieutenant Governor is elected at the same time, in the same manner, and for the same term as the Governor, with the same qualifications.
- Mississippi Constitution, Article 5, Section 140 - Official Mississippi Secretary of State constitution PDF: the Governor and all statewide elected officials are elected by the people in the general election, with a majority-vote and runoff rule.