1971Final results
1971 election for Mississippi Senate District 21
Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi
Daniel Rouse Boyce (D) won with 88.0% of the vote, defeating Richard E. Schuster (R) by 76.0 points.
Daniel Rouse BoyceDemocrat · winner
88.0%12,512
Richard E. SchusterRepublican
12.0%1,709
14,221 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET