1979Still countingCertified resultsIncumbent defeated
1979 primary for Mississippi House District 50
Mississippi House of Representatives · Mississippi
ABRAHAM GATES led; no source recorded a winner.
Abraham GatesDemocrat · leading
39.3%2,149
David HalbrookDemocrat · incumbent
33.4%1,824
T. Richard BerryhillDemocrat
27.3%1,495
5,468 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET