1979Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1979 Democratic primary runoff for Mississippi House District 1

Name: 1979 Democratic primary runoff for Mississippi House District 1
Start: 1979-08-28
Location: Mississippi

Mississippi House of Representatives · Mississippi

Mack L. Wadkins (D) won with 54.4% of the vote, defeating Richard O. Clark (D) by 8.9 points.

Mack L. WadkinsDemocrat · winner

54.4%4,525

Richard O. ClarkDemocrat · incumbent

45.6%3,788

8,313 votes

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