1971Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1971 election for Mississippi Senate District 27A
Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi
Charles Willis Pickering (R) won with 66.6% of the vote, defeating E. K. Collins (D) by 33.1 points.
Charles Willis PickeringRepublican · winner
66.6%15,079
E. K. CollinsDemocrat · incumbent
33.4%7,578
22,657 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET