1982 United States Senate election in Mississippi

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1982 United States Senate election in Mississippi
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Nominee John C. Stennis Haley Barbour
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 414,099 230,927
Percentage 64.2% 35.8%

1982 United States Senate election in Mississippi results map by county.svg
County results
Stennis:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Barbour:      50-60%

U.S. senator before election

John C. Stennis
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

John C. Stennis
Democratic

The 1982 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 5, 1982. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John C. Stennis won re-election to his seventh term. As of 2022, this is the last time the Democrats won a U.S. Senate election in Mississippi.

Major candidates[]

Democratic[]

  • John C. Stennis, U.S. Senator since 1947
  • Charles Pittman, Mississippi State Senator since 1980

Republican[]

  • Haley Barbour, political operative who campaigned for U.S. Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford

Results[]

General election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Stennis (Incumbent) 414,099 64.2
Republican Haley Barbour 230,927 35.8
Democratic hold

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - MS US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1982".
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