1983Final results
1983 election for Mississippi Senate District 24
Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi
Ken Harper (D) won with 65.2% of the vote, defeating Jessie Palmer (Ind) by 41.2 points.
Ken HarperDemocrat · winner
65.2%7,007
Jessie PalmerIndependent
24.0%2,581
Albert GulletIndependent
10.7%1,151
10,739 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET