1979Final results

1979 election for Mississippi House District 32

Mississippi House of Representatives · Mississippi

Will G. Poindexter (D) won with 58.7% of the vote, defeating Pete Wood (Ind) by 28.0 points.

Will G. PoindexterDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.7%2,212
Pete WoodIndependent
30.7%1,158
Edward DoddIndependent
10.6%399
3,769 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+57.71991D+30.82007

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