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The Mississippi secretary of state is an officer of Mississippi originally established under the Article IV, §14 of Mississippi Constitution of 1817, and was reestablished under Article V, §133 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890. Several African Americans served in the office during the Reconstruction era.
Michael D. Watson Jr. (born December 22, 1977) [1] is an American politician and the incumbent Secretary of State of Mississippi. [2] A Republican, he previously represented the 51st district in the Mississippi State Senate from 2008 to 2020.
Mississippi's Secretary of State Michael Watson shown talking to the press while visiting the Fire Station #4 precinct in Clinton during the primary election on Tuesday, March 12, 2024.
The executive branch of Mississippi state government is composed of the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state auditor, state treasurer, commissioner of agriculture and commerce, commissioner of insurance, the three-person Mississippi Public Service Commission, and the three-person Mississippi Transportation Commission.
The Mississippi Legislature had officially ratified the 13th Amendment in 1995, but the Secretary of State's office had failed to officially notify the National Archives at that time. Doctors Ranjan Batra and Ken Sullivan of the University of Mississippi Medical Center noticed the oversight in 2013 and informed Hosemann, who quickly submitted ...
Pages in category "Secretaries of state of Mississippi" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
He was the Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Mississippi in 2011, [1] [2] the first African-American major party nominee for governor in Mississippi since the Reconstruction era. [3] DuPree won the Democratic nomination for Secretary of State of Mississippi in the August 2019 primary, [4] but lost in the November 2019 general election.
The governor of Mississippi is the head of government of Mississippi [2] and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [2] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, [3] and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Mississippi Legislature, [4] to convene the legislature at any time, [5] and, except in cases of treason or impeachment, to grant pardons and reprieves.