1975Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1975 Democratic primary for Mississippi Senate District 7
Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi
W L WILSON led; no source recorded a winner.
W. L. WilsonDemocrat · leading
29.7%6,586
Jack E. GaryDemocrat
27.4%6,074
Billy Joe BowenDemocrat
22.0%4,890
W. ButlerDemocrat · incumbent
20.9%4,646
22,196 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET