Mississippi Republican Party

Mississippi Republican Party
ChairpersonFrank Bordeaux[1]
House leaderJason White (politician)
Senate leaderDelbert Hosemann
Founded1956
HeadquartersP.O. Box 60,
Jackson, Mississippi 39205
IdeologyConservatism
National affiliationRepublican Party
Colors  Red
Seats in the U.S. Senate
2 / 2
Seats in the U.S. House of Representatives
3 / 4
Seats in the Mississippi Senate
36 / 52
Seats in the Mississippi House of Representatives
76 / 122
Election symbol
Website
msgop.org
Haley Barbour, former Governor of Mississippi.

The Mississippi Republican Party is the Mississippi state affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party chairman is Frank Bordeaux, and the party is based in Jackson, Mississippi. The original Republican Party of Mississippi was founded following the American Civil War, and the current incarnation of the Mississippi Republican Party was founded in 1956. The party would grow in popularity after the 1964 Civil Rights Act and is currently the dominant party in the state.

  1. ^ "Deltabusinessjournal". Archived from the original on 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2012-10-02.