1983Final results

1983 election for Mississippi House District 79

Mississippi House of Representatives · Mississippi

Eric Clark (D) won with 83.0% of the vote, defeating Stan Wallace (R) by 65.9 points.

Eric ClarkDemocrat · winner · incumbent
83.0%6,087
Stan WallaceRepublican
17.0%1,251
7,338 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 1983

Races before and after

EvenD+65.91983D+55.41995D+12.12003D+26.32007D+24.02011Even2015

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET