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Don Hartness defeated incumbent Robin Robinson in the Mississippi Senate District 42 special election Republican primary.

Hartness secured over 70% of the vote in the three-person race.

Chris Johnson won the Republican primary in Senate District 44 and will face Democrat Shakita Taylor in November.

The special election was necessitated by a federal court ruling that the 2021 redistricting plan was flawed.

Several other Senate races will also be on the November ballot.

In a surprising upset in the Tuesday, Aug. 5, Republican primary for the Senate District 42 special election, Don Hartness unseated incumbent Sen. Robin Robinson.

In 2023, Robinson defeated Hartness in the Mississippi Senate District 42 race, winning with nearly 56% of the vote to Hartness' 44%.

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