Government of Mississippi

Government of Mississippi
Great Seal of the State of Mississippi
Part of	United States of America
Constitution	Constitution of Mississippi
Legislative branch
Name	Legislature
Type	Bicameral
Meeting place	Mississippi State Capitol
Upper house
Name	Senate
Presiding officer	Delbert Hosemann, President
Lower house
Name	House of Representatives
Presiding officer	Jason White, Speaker
Executive branch
Head of State and Government
Title	Governor
Currently	Tate Reeves
Appointer	Election
Cabinet
Leader	Governor
Deputy leader	Lieutenant Governor
Headquarters	Mississippi State Capitol
Judicial branch
Courts	Courts of Mississippi
Supreme Court of Mississippi
Chief judge	Michael K. Randolph
Seat	Jackson

The Government of Mississippi is the government of the U.S. state of Mississippi. Power in Mississippi's government is distributed by the state's Constitution between the executive and legislative branches. The state's current governor is Tate Reeves. The Mississippi Legislature consists of the House of Representatives and Senate. Mississippi is one of only five states that elects its state officials in odd numbered years (others being Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, and Virginia). Mississippi holds elections for these offices every four years in the years preceding Presidential election years.