Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-297 (2026)
Fee required to be paid upon entering race for party nomination; determination of entry fee; publication of entry fee
✓ current as of July 2026
- (1) All candidates, upon entering the race for party nominations for office, shall first pay to the proper officer as provided for in Section 23-15-299 for each primary election the following amounts:
- (a) Candidates for Governor, the amount determined by the state executive committee of the party pursuant to subsection (2) of this section but no less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and no more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).
- (b) Candidates for Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, State Highway Commissioner and State Public Service Commissioner, the amount determined by the state executive committee of the party pursuant to subsection (2) of this section but no less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and no more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00).
- (c) Candidates for State Senator and State Representative, Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00).
- (d) Candidates for district attorney, Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00).
- (e) Candidates for sheriff, chancery clerk, circuit clerk, tax assessor, tax collector, county attorney, county superintendent of education and board of supervisors, One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
- (f) Candidates for county surveyor, county coroner and constable, One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
- (g) Candidates for United States Senator, the amount determined by the state executive committee of the party pursuant to subsection (2) of this section but no less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and no more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).
- (h) Candidates for United States Representative, the amount determined by the state executive committee of the party pursuant to subsection (2) of this section but no less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and no more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00).
- (2)
- (a) The state executive committee of a political party shall set the entry fee that a candidate is to pay upon entering the race for party nominations for the offices listed in paragraphs (a), (b), (g) and (h) of subsection (1) of this section and Section 23-15-1093(2)(a). The authority granted under this subsection shall not be exercised by any state executive committee of a political party for any individual office more than once every two (2) years, beginning July 1, 2022.
- (b) Each state executive committee of a political party shall report the entry fee determined for each office to the Secretary of State by October 1 of the year before the election is held for that office. If a state executive committee does not meet the deadline in this paragraph for any office, the minimum entry fee shall be assessed for the office in that party's primary election during that election cycle.
- (3) All independent candidates and special election candidates entering the race for office shall pay to the proper officer as provided for in Section 23-15-299 the following amounts:
- (a) Candidates for Governor, One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
- (b) Candidates for Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, State Highway Commissioner and State Public Service Commissioner, Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
- (c) Candidates for district attorney, State Senator and State Representative, Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00).
- (d) Candidates for sheriff, chancery clerk, circuit clerk, tax assessor, tax collector, county attorney, county superintendent of education and board of supervisors, One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
- (e) Candidates for county surveyor, county coroner and constable, One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
- (f) Candidates for United States Senator, One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
- (g) Candidates for United States Representative, Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
- (4) The Secretary of State shall publish the fees listed in this section and Section 23-15-1093 no later than forty-five (45) days before the qualifying period begins for each office.
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-1-33 [Codes, 1906, § 3718; Hemingway's 1917, § 6410; 1930, § 5878; 1942, § 3120; Laws, 1936, ch. 326; Laws, 1962, ch. 566, § 1; Laws, 1970, ch. 508, § 1; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 331]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 90; Laws, 1987, ch. 499, § 2; Laws, 1994, ch 564, § 89; Laws, 1996, ch. 301, § 2, eff. 1/25/1996 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection).
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 451, HB 1035,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 429, SB 2358,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 380, SB 2167, 1, eff. 7/1/2016.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2007–2020 · leading case: Monique Brooks Montgomery v. Democratic Exec. Comm., 969 So. 2d 1 (Miss. 2007).
Monique Brooks Montgomery v. Democratic Exec. Comm., 969 So. 2d 1 (Miss. 2007). “See Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-297 (e) (Rev. 2001).”
Hinds Cnty. Repub. Party v. Hinds Cnty., Mississippi (S.D. Miss. 2020). “See Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-297 (e); see also State of Mississippi Judiciary, Admin.”
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