1979 primaries · May 1, 1979
1979 Mississippi House of Representatives primaries results, district by district
Every Mississippi House of Representatives district in the 1979 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Races35
Every district
| 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 House of Representatives
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