1983Final results
1983 election for Mississippi Senate District 46
Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi
Gene Taylor (D) won with 60.6% of the vote, defeating Jerry L. Ladner (Ind) by 39.8 points.
Gene TaylorDemocrat · winner
60.6%8,449
Jerry L. LadnerIndependent
20.8%2,902
Russell D. ThompsonRepublican
18.5%2,583
13,934 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