Hoseman announces Senate reapportionment

Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann named 10 members of the Mississippi Senate to the Standing Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment and Standing Joint Congressional Redistricting Committee today.  Members include:

• Senator David Parker, 1^st Congressional District
• Senator Angela Turner-Ford, 1^st Congressional District
• Senator Briggs Hopson, 2^nd Congressional District
• Senator Derrick Simmons, 2^nd Congressional District
• Senator Josh Harkins, 3^rd Congressional District
• Senator Dean Kirby, 3^rd Congressional District (Chairman)
• Senator Dennis DeBar, Jr., 4^th Congressional District
• Senator Brice Wiggins, 4^th Congressional District
• Senator Jeff Tate, Chairman of the Elections Committee
• Senator Hob Bryan, Vice Chairman of the Elections Committee

Committees must include the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Elections committee and two members from each congressional district, according to the state statute.

Reapportioning the Legislature and redistricting the state’s four congressional districts after receiving data from the 2020 Decennial Census will be the responsibility of all members..

1The U.S. Census Bureau recently announced it would deliver redistricting data to all states by September 30, 2021.  The Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House will call an organizational meeting of the Joint Committees to begin work on redrawing the maps in the near future.