1979Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1979 election for Mississippi Senate District 27
Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi
Doug Anderson (D) won with 86.6% of the vote, defeating Patricia King (Ind) by 73.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Doug AndersonDemocrat · winner
86.6%5,905
Patricia KingIndependent
13.4%910
6,815 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