Lawrence Blackmon will run in Home District 57 in opposition to his dad Ed and Bradford Blackmon will run in Senate District 21 in opposition to his mother Barbara.

On November seventh, Mississippians will head to the polls to forged their ballots for the 2023 normal election. This yr, all 122 seats within the State Home and all 52 seats within the State Senate might be on the poll.

The qualifying deadline was 5 p.m. on February 1st.

Among the many candidates working for re-election are incumbents Senator Barbara Blackmon (D) and Consultant Edward Blackmon (D). Each certified to run on January third, with qualifying paperwork time stamped earlier than midday that day.

On February 1st, Sen. Blackmon’s son Bradford certified to run in opposition to his mother. That very same day, the Blackmons’ different son, Lawrence, certified to run in opposition to his dad.

In each of the youthful Blackmons’ circumstances, the spot for the time stamp that might usually present when qualifying paperwork was submitted was left clean.

Sitting legislators have a tendency to hold the ability of incumbency. The problem in beating them usually discourages others from qualifying. So the circumstances by which an incumbent qualifies early within the qualification interval solely to have their baby qualify for a similar seat on deadline day raises questions on intent.

“One can solely surmise that the dad and mom will withdraw from these races having handed off their seats to their youngsters,” Brett Kittredge beforehand wrote for the Magnolia Tribune. “It’s the form of factor that might usually draw some consideration.”

Request for remark went unanswered save a “no remark” from Sen. Blackmon.

Beneath are redacted qualifying paperwork for the the Blackmons.

The overall election will happen on November seventh and polls might be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. A main is scheduled for August eighth, and a main runoff is August twenty ninth.

You possibly can view an up to date copy of the 2023 Candidate Qualifying Record beneath.