United States congressional primaries; move to take place in March.
Mississippi's SB 2656 would move the state's first U.S. congressional primary election to March of each election year. This change directly affects candidates and voters in Mississippi congressional races by shifting the primary date earlier and repealing a prior law that required coordination with presidential primaries when both occurred in the same year. The bill amends key election codes to set the congressional primary date as the first Tuesday in March, with a second primary potentially held four weeks later. It also updates filing deadlines for candidates to align with the new March primary timing.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 12, 2025
Last action Mar 4, 2025
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Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2025
How they voted
51–0
Passed
Total votes 51
Feb 11, 2025
D
Democratic16
100% Yea
R
Republican35
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
Referred To Apportionment and Elections
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced
Transmitted To House
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
upper
Jan 20, 2025
Committee
Referred To Elections
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jeremy England
RRepublican
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