1979Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1979 Democratic primary runoff for Mississippi House District 47

Name: 1979 Democratic primary runoff for Mississippi House District 47
Start: 1979-08-28
Location: Mississippi

Mississippi House of Representatives · Mississippi

Bennett Malone (D) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating James H. Turner (D) by 4.8 points.

Bennett MaloneDemocrat · winner

52.4%4,569

James H. TurnerDemocrat · incumbent

47.6%4,148

8,717 votes

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