1979Final results
1979 election for Mississippi House District 121
Mississippi House of Representatives · Mississippi
Joe Rouse (D) won with 75.4% of the vote, defeating Karl E. Kern Jr. (Ind) by 50.8 points.
Joe RouseDemocrat · winner
75.4%4,864
Karl E. Kern Jr.Independent
24.6%1,588
6,452 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET