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To: Apportionment and
Elections
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2026
By: Representatives Clark, Hines
HOUSE BILL NO. 1524
AN ACT TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 23-15-1037, MISSISSIPPI CODE 1
OF 1972, WHICH APPORTIONS THE STATE INTO FOUR CONGRESSIONAL 2
DISTRICTS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: 4
SECTION 1. Section 23-15-1037, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 5
brought forward as follows: 6
23-15-1037. (1) The State of Mississippi is hereby divided 7
into four (4) congressional districts below: 8
FIRST DISTRICT. — The First Congressional District shall be 9
composed of the following counties and portions of counties: 10
Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, DeSoto, 11
Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Lowndes, Marshall, Monroe, Pontotoc, 12
Prentiss, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Webster; in Oktibbeha 13
County, the precincts of Self Creek/Double Springs, Maben and 14
*Sturgis/North Bradley. 15
SECOND DISTRICT. — The Second Congressional District shall 16
be composed of the following counties and portions of counties: 17
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Adams, Amite, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Claiborne, Coahoma, 18
Copiah, Franklin, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, 19
Jefferson, Leake, Leflore, Montgomery, Panola, Quitman, Sharkey, 20
Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tunica, Warren, Washington, Wilkinson, 21
Yalobusha, Yazoo; in Hinds County Precincts 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 11, 22
12, 13, *16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 23
31, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, *46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 24
55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 25
73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 26
90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, and the precincts of Bolton, 27
Brownsville, Byram 1, Byram 2, Byram 3, Cayuga, Chapel Hill, 28
Clinton 1, Clinton 2, Clinton 3, Clinton 4, Clinton 5, Clinton 6, 29
Clinton 7, Cynthia, Dry Grove, Edwards, Learned, Old Byram, Pine 30
Haven, Pocahontas, Raymond 1, Raymond 2, Spring Ridge, St. Thomas, 31
Terry 1, Terry 2, Tinnin, Utica 1 and Utica 2; in Madison County 32
the precincts of Anderson Lodge, Camden, Cameron, Canton Bible 33
Church, Canton Catholic Parish Center, Canton Community Center, 34
Canton Fire Station #4, *Canton National Guard Armory, Canton 35
South Liberty, Canton St. Paul Methodist, Cedar Grove, *Colonial 36
Heights, Couparle, Farmhaven Fire Station, Greater Mt. Levi 37
Church, Madison County Baptist Family Life Center, Magnolia 38
Heights, Mount Hope, Pleasant Gift Church, Pleasant Green, 39
Tougaloo. 40
THIRD DISTRICT. — The Third Congressional District shall be 41
composed of the following counties and portions of counties: 42
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Clarke, Covington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Kemper, 43
Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, 44
Pike, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith, Walthall, Winston; in Hinds 45
County the precincts of 8, 9, 14, *16, 17, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 44, 46
*46 and 78; in Jones County the precincts of Matthews, Shady 47
Grove, Sharon, and Sandersville Civic Center; in Madison County 48
the precincts of First Presbyterian, *Canton National Guard 49
Armory, China Grove, *Colonial Heights, Fellowship Baptist Church, 50
Ferns Chapel Freewill, First Baptist, Franklin Bible Church, 51
Gluckstadt, Grace Crossing, Highland Colony Baptist Church, Lake 52
Caroline Clubhouse, Mark Apartments, New Life, NorthBay, Parkway 53
Church, Ridgeland First Methodist Church, Ridgeland Recreational 54
Center, SunnyBrook, Trace Ridge, Twin Lakes Baptist, Vertical 55
Church, Victory Baptist Church and Victory Christian; in Oktibbeha 56
County the precincts of Bell Schoolhouse, Center Grove/North 57
Adaton, Central Starkville, Craig Springs/South Bradley, East 58
Starkville, Hickory Grove/Southeast Oktibbeha, Needmore Voting 59
District, North Longview, North Starkville 2, North Starkville 3, 60
Oktoc, Osborn, Sessums, South Adaton, South Longview, South 61
Starkville, *Sturgis/North Bradley and West Starkville. 62
FOURTH DISTRICT. — The Fourth Congressional District shall 63
be composed of the following counties and portions of counties: 64
Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Lamar, 65
Pearl River, Perry, Stone, Wayne; in Jones County the precincts of 66
Antioch, Blackwell, Bruce, Calhoun, Centerville, County Barn, 67
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ST: Mississippi Congressional Districts;
reapportion.
Currie, Erata, G.V. Harrison Multipurpose Building, Gitano, Glade 68
School, Hebron, Johnson, Landrum Community Center, Lt. Ellis 69
Center, Magnolia Center, Mauldin Community Center, Moselle, 70
Myrick, North Laurel, Oak Park School, Ovett, Parkview Baptist 71
Church, Pinegrove, Pleasant Ridge, Powers Community Center, 72
Rainey, Rustin, Sandhill, Shelton, Soso, Tuckers, Union and West 73
Ellisville. 74
(2) The boundaries of the congressional districts described 75
in subsection (1) of this section shall be the boundaries of the 76
counties along such congressional district boundaries as the 77
boundaries of such counties existed on January 1, 2022, and the 78
precinct boundaries along such congressional district boundaries 79
as such precinct boundaries are contained in Census Bureau's P.L. 80
94-171 geographic support products provided for use with the 81
September 16th data deliveries officially called the "2020 Census 82
State Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary Files." 83
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from 84
and after its passage. 85