On November 7, Mississippi held an election for state office. Shanda M. Yates was re-elected as an independent candidate. She had been elected to the House from the 64th district in 2019 as a Democrat. In January 2022 she said she was no longer a Democrat but that she was now an independent. She got 62.1% against a single opponent, a Republican. The 64 disrict includes part of Hinds and Madison Counties.

Mississipi voters also elected an independent to the State House in 2019. She was Angela Cockerham in the 96th district.