2015 Mississippi's 1st congressional district special election

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Mississippi's 1st congressional district


Nominee	Trent Kelly	Walter Zinn
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	69,516	29,831
Percentage	70.0%	30.0%

Runoff results by county
Kelly: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Zinn: 50–60%

U.S. Representative before election

Alan Nunnelee
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Trent Kelly
Republican

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A special election for Mississippi's 1st congressional district was held on May 12, 2015, to fill the term left by the vacancy created by the death of Alan Nunnelee.^[1] Nunnelee, a member of the Republican Party, died on February 6, 2015.^[2]

According to Mississippi state law, Governor Phil Bryant had to call the special election within 60 days of Nunnelee's death, and had to be held at least 60 days after the call. Prospective candidates had to submit a petition for ballot access consisting of at least 1,000 signatures of qualified Mississippi voters with the office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi at least 45 days before the election.^[3]

The election was won by Republican Trent Kelly.

^ Wagster Pettus, Emily (February 24, 2015). "May 12 election set to fill north Mississippi US House seat". WMC-TV. Associated Press. Archived from the original on February 24, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
^ "Alan Nunnelee, Mississippi congressman, dies at 56". The Clarion-Ledger. February 6, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
^ Pender, Geoff (February 6, 2015). "Governor will set election after Nunnelee's death". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved May 13, 2015.