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As with all other U.S. States and the federal government, Mississippi's government is based on the separation of legislative, executive and judicial power. Executive authority in the state rests with the Governor, currently Haley Barbour (Republican). The Lieutenant Governor, currently Phil Bryant (Republican), is elected on a separate ballot. Both the governor and lieutenant governor are elected to four-year terms of office. Unlike the federal government, but like many other U.S. States, most of the heads of major executive departments are elected by the citizens of Mississippi rather than appointed by the governor.

Elected Officials

• Governor: Haley Barbour
• Lieutenant Governor: Phil Bryant
• Secretary of State: Delbert Hosemann
• Attorney General: Jim Hood
• State Auditor: Stacey Pickering
• State Treasurer: Tate Reeves
• Commissioner of Agriculture: Lester Spell, Jr.
• Commissioner of Insurance: Mike Chaney

State Elections

2008 Elections (Secretary of State)

• Information on State Republican Party Candidates
• Information on State Democratic Party Candidates
• Information on Other State Party Candidates

County Elections

• Counties

State Agencies

• Accountancy, MS Board of Public
• Adult Protective Services, MDHS
• Aging and Adult Services, MDHS
• Agricultural Aviation, Mississippi Board of
• Agriculture and Commerce, Department of
• Agriculture, Commissioner of
• Animal Health, Mississippi Board of
• Architecture, Mississippi Board of
• Archives and History, Mississippi Department of
• Arts Commission
• Athletic Commission (Boxing), Mississippi - E-Mail Only
• Attorney General, State of Mississippi
• Auditor, Mississippi Office of the State

• Banking and Consumer Finance, Department of
• Blind, Mississippi Industries for the
• Blind, Mississippi School for the
• Blind/Physically Handicapped Library

• Capitol Building, Mississippi State
• Child Support Enforcement, Human Services
• Chiropractic Examiners, MS Board of Public
• Community & Junior Colleges, Mississippi State Board for
• Community and Junior College Programs
• Community Services, Human Services
• Contractors, Mississippi Board of
• Corrections, Department
• Cosmetology, Mississippi State Board of
• Crime Victim Compensation Program

• Deaf, Mississippi School for the
• Dental Examiners, Mississippi Board of
• Development Authority, MS
• Developmental Disabilities, Mississippi Council on
• District Tax Offices

• East Mississippi State Hospital
• Economic Assistance, Human Services
• Education, Mississippi Department of
• Ellisville State School
• Emergency Management Agency, Mississippi
• Emergency Medical Services for Children
• Emergency Medical Services, Mississippi Department of Health
• Employment Security, Mississippi Department of
• Engineers & Land Surveyors, Mississippi Board of Registration for Professional
• Environmental Quality, Department of
• Ethics Commission, Mississippi
• Extension Service, Mississippi State University

• Family and Children Services-Human Services
• Finance and Administration, Mississippi Department of
• Fire Academy, State
• Fire Marshall, State
• Forest Inventory, MS Institute for
• Foresters, MS Board of Registration for
• Forestry Commission, Mississippi
• Funeral Service, Mississippi State Board of

• Gaming Commission, Mississippi
• Geographic Information Systems, Coordinating Council for Remote Sensing and
• Geologists, Mississippi Board of Registered Professional
• GEAR UP Mississippi
• Governor of Mississippi
• Grand Gulf Military Monument Park

• Health, Department of
• Highway Safety Patrol, Mississippi
• HIPAA in Mississippi
• Home Corporation, Mississippi
• Homeland Security, Mississippi Office of
• Homeowner's Grant Program, Hurricane Katrina
• Hudspeth Regional Center
• Human Services, Department of

• Information Technology Services (ITS)
• Institutions of Higher Learning
• Insurance - Licensing Division, Department of
• Insurance, Commissioner of
• Insurance, Department of

• Job Search, Mississippi
• Joint Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER)
• Judicial Performance, Mississippi Commission on

• Legislative Bill Status System
• Legislative Calendar
• Legislature, Mississippi
• Library Commission, Mississippi
• Lt. Governor, Office of the

• Marine Resources, Department of
• Massage Therapy, Mississippi Board of
• MARIS-MS Automated Resource Info. System
• Medicaid, Mississippi Division of
• Medical Licensure, Mississippi State Board of
• Mental Health, Department of
• Military Communities Council, Mississippi
• Mississippi State Hospital
• MMRS ONLINE
• Motor Vehicle Commission, Mississippi

• Narcotics, Bureau of
• National Guard, Mississippi
• Natural Science, Museum of
• North Mississippi Regional Center
• North Mississippi State Hospital
• Nursing Home Administrators, Mississippi Board of
• Nursing, Mississippi State Board of

• Oil & Gas Board, Mississippi State
• Optometry, Mississippi State Board of

• Pat Harrison Waterway District
• Personnel Board, Mississippi State
• PEER - Joint Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review
• Pharmacy, Mississippi Board of
• Physical Therapy, Mississippi State Board of
• Plant Industry, MS Bureau of
• Port Authority, State
• Project Recovery
• Psychology, Mississippi Board of
• Public Accountancy, Mississippi Board of
• Public Broadcasting (MPB/ETV), Mississippi
• Public Employees Retirement System of Mississippi
• Public Safety, Department of
• Public Service Commission

• Real Estate Appraiser Licensing & Certification Board
• Real Estate Commission, Mississippi
• Redistricting Committee, Joint Legislative Reapportionment
• Rehabilitation Services, Mississippi Department of
• Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems, Coordinating Council for

• Secretary of State
• Social Workers and Marriage & Family Therapists, The Mississippi State Board of Examiners for
• Soil and Water Conservation Commission
• South Mississippi Regional Center
• South Mississippi State Hospital
• Specialized Treatment Facility
• State Aid Road Construction, Office of
• State Hospital, Mississippi
• State Parks, Mississippi
• Statewide Automated Accounting System, SAAS
• Statewide Payroll and Human Resource System (SPAHRS)
• Supreme Court, Mississippi

• Tax Commission, Mississippi State
• Tourism Development, Mississippi
• Transportation Commission
• Transportation, Department of
• Trauma Care System, Mississippi Department of Health
• Treasurer, Mississippi Office of the State

• University of Mississippi Medical Center - Jackson
• University Press of Mississippi

• Veterans Affairs Board, Mississippi State
• Veterans' Home Purchase Board
• Volunteer Service, Mississippi Commission for

• Wildlife Fisheries & Parks. Department of
• Wireless Communication Commission
• Worker's Compensation Commission, Mississippi

• Youth Services, Human Services