1979Final results
1979 Democratic primary for Mississippi Senate District 17
Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi
Bill Harpole (D) won with 65.8% of the vote, defeating Bobby D. Thompson (D) by 31.6 points.
Bill HarpoleDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.8%7,464
Bobby D. ThompsonDemocrat
34.2%3,882
11,346 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET