1979Final results
1979 election for Mississippi House District 53
Mississippi House of Representatives · Mississippi
Perrin H. Grisson (D) won with 33.0% of the vote, defeating Nick Crawford (R) by 0.4 points.
Perrin H. GrissonDemocrat · winner
33.0%1,202
Nick CrawfordRepublican
32.5%1,186
Kathy StarrIndependent
24.6%896
Victor J. CefaluIndependent
9.9%361
3,645 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