1975Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1975 Democratic primary for Mississippi Senate District 18
Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi
Bill Harpole (D) won with 54.2% of the vote, defeating John Paul Moore (D) by 16.4 points.
Bill HarpoleDemocrat · winner
54.2%6,889
John Paul MooreDemocrat · incumbent
37.8%4,805
B. F. GarrardDemocrat
7.9%1,009
12,703 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET