1979Final results

1979 election for Mississippi House District 117

Mississippi House of Representatives · Mississippi

Glenn Endris (D) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating Wayne Hengen (R) by 4.1 points.

Glenn EndrisDemocrat · winner · incumbent
52.0%1,718
Wayne HengenRepublican
48.0%1,583
3,301 votes

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

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1979

Races before and after

EvenD+4.11979D+34.21983D+5.91992R+18.61995R+27.52019

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