The term of office of judges of the Supreme Court shall be eight (8) years. Concurrently with the regular election for representatives in Congress, held next preceding the expiration of the term of an incumbent, and likewise each eighth year thereafter, an election shall be held in the Supreme Court district from which such incumbent was elected at which there shall be elected a successor to the incumbent, whose term of office shall thereafter begin on the first Monday of January of the year in which the term of the incumbent he succeeds expires.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code
§ 23-15-991. Term of office; elections
§ 23-15-993. Each of judgeships deemed separate office; designation of positions for offices
§ 23-15-994. Elections for judge of Court of Appeals to be as prescribed in Section 9-4-1 et seq
§ 23-15-995. Applicability to election of general laws for election of state officers