1979 primaries · May 1, 1979
1979 Mississippi primaries results
Every race on Mississippi's ballot in the 1979 primaries: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races61
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-2 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| SD-3 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| SD-4 · Democratic primary | Theodore Smith (D) | 12.3 | |
| SD-5 · Democratic primary | Bill May (D) | 7.9 | |
| SD-7 · Democratic primary | John E. Johnson (D) | 22.5 | |
| SD-8 · Democratic primary | Carl J. Gordon Jr. (D) | 12.2 | |
| SD-9 · Democratic primary | Edgar H. Overstreet (D) | 8.2 | |
| SD-13 · Democratic primary | Robert L. Crook (D) | 38.6 | |
| SD-15 · Democratic primary | Charles Pittman (D) | 8.6 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-16 · Democratic primary | Billy D. Lancaster (D) | 26.6 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-17 · Democratic primary | Bill Harpole (D) | 31.6 | |
| SD-21 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| SD-23 · Democratic primary | John Kenneth Gresham (D) | 25.7 | |
| SD-31 · Democratic primary | John Edwin Lee (D) | 6.5 | |
| SD-32 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| SD-34 · Democratic primary | Billy Thames (D) | 7.5 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-36 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| SD-38 · Democratic primary | Robert M. Dearing (D) | 35.2 | |
| SD-39 · Democratic primary | John William Powell (D) | 14.2 | |
| SD-40 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| SD-41 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| SD-42 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| SD-44 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| SD-46 · Democratic primary | David Smith (D) | 12.5 | |
| SD-47 · Democratic primary | Martin Smith (D) | 28.4 |
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-3 · Democratic primary | William J. McCoy (D) | 20.1 | |
| HD-4 · Democratic primary | James Nunnally (D) | 22.0 | |
| HD-9 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-11 · Democratic primary | Wes McIngvale (D) | 14.9 | |
| HD-13 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-18 · Democratic primary | Tim Ford (D) | 31.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-19 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-21 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-22 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-23 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-24 · Democratic primary | John Nipper (D) | 34.0 | |
| HD-36 · Democratic primary | Clarence A. Pierce Jr. (D) | 26.6 | |
| HD-37 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-40 · Democratic primary | Tyrone Ellis (D) | 4.5 | |
| HD-44 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-47 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-50 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-60 · Democratic primary | Don Alford (D) | 16.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-63 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-80 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-81 · Democratic primary | Burns McFarland (D) | 5.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-86 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-86 · Republican primary | George M. Green (R) | 6.1 | |
| HD-87 · Democratic primary | Charles Sheppard (D) | 24.9 | |
| HD-89 · Democratic primary | Jerry Hutto (D) | 18.2 | |
| HD-91 · Democratic primary | Joseph L. Warren Jr. (D) | 5.4 | |
| HD-92 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-94 · Democratic primary | Ashley Atkinson (D) | 30.9 | |
| HD-97 · Democratic primary | John F. Hollinger (D) | 5.7 | |
| HD-98 · Democratic primary | David L. Green (D) | 4.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-100 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-106 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-107 · Democratic primary | Wade O. Smith (D) | 29.3 | |
| HD-108 · Democratic primary | William A. Wilkerson (D) | 50.7 |
Mississippi
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner