1979Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1979 election for Mississippi Senate District 11
Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi
Malcolm Mabryboone Jr. (R) won with 63.7% of the vote, defeating James E. Molpus (D) by 27.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Malcolm Mabryboone Jr.Republican · winner
63.7%4,792
James E. MolpusDemocrat · incumbent
36.3%2,730
7,522 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