Sen. Juan Barnett, a three-term Democratic legislator from Heidelberg and chairman of the Senate Corrections Committee, resigned from the Legislature on Monday, Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said in a statement.
It’s unclear why Barnett resigned, and he did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but he has dealt with health issues that caused him to miss several weeks of this year’s regular legislative session.
“We thank Senator Barnett for his years of service to the state of Mississippi and wish him a happy and well-deserved retirement,” Hosemann said in a statement.
Barnett took office in 2016 and has served as the chairman of the Senate Corrections Committee since 2020. He has represented portions of Forrest, Jasper and Jones counties in the Senate.
Barnett in the past pushed for earlier release and shortened sentences for many incarcerated in Mississippi prisons, despite his father being shot to death in the early 1990s while Barnett was in the Army deployed to Iraq, and the shooter receiving a relatively short sentence. Barnett said he believes in forgiveness and giving people second chances.
Barnett missed several weeks of the 2026 legislative session because of an extended illness. Gov. Tate Reeves will now have 30 days to set the date for a special election.
While he was absent from the Capitol, legislation that attempted to improve medical care in Mississippi prisons died on key deadlines. The vice chairman of the committee at the time said she let the legislation die at Barnett’s direction.
Before serving in the Legislature, Barnett was the mayor of his hometown of Heidelberg.
Mississippi Today reporter Michael Goldberg contributed to this report.
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