1979Final results
1979 election for Mississippi Senate District 28
Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi
Henry Kirksey (D) won with 57.3% of the vote, defeating Joe R. Dunbar (Ind) by 28.1 points.
Henry KirkseyDemocrat · winner
57.3%4,449
Joe R. DunbarIndependent
29.2%2,268
R. L. HumphreyIndependent
13.5%1,047
7,764 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