1979Final results
1979 election for Mississippi House District 66
Mississippi House of Representatives · Mississippi
John Hampton Stennis (D) won with 41.4% of the vote, defeating Lamar Kemp (R) by 12.2 points.
John Hampton StennisDemocrat · winner · incumbent
41.4%2,590
Lamar KempRepublican
29.2%1,829
Ron AldridgeIndependent
24.2%1,514
Pat AndersonIndependent
5.2%325
6,258 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