2019Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
2019 election for Mississippi Senate District 22
Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi
Joseph Thomas (D) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating Hayes Dent (R) by 4.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Joseph ThomasDemocrat · winner
52.4%10,555
Hayes DentRepublican
47.6%9,582
20,137 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2019
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET