1971Final results

1971 election for Mississippi Senate District 13

Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi

Corbet Lee Patridge (D) won with 82.4% of the vote, defeating Barry Potwin (Ind) by 64.7 points.

Corbet Lee PatridgeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
82.4%7,786
Barry PotwinIndependent
17.6%1,667
9,453 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1971

Races before and after

EvenD+39.31979D+38.52003D+57.72011D+30.22019

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET