1979Final results
1979 election for Mississippi Senate District 6
Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi
Perrin Purvis (D) won with 81.3% of the vote, defeating Ben Elizey (R) by 62.6 points.
Perrin PurvisDemocrat · winner · incumbent
81.3%7,650
Ben ElizeyRepublican
18.7%1,758
9,408 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