1983 primaries · May 1, 1983
1983 Mississippi State Senate primaries results, district by district
Every Mississippi State Senate district in the 1983 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-2 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| SD-3 · Democratic primary | Walter A. Graham (D) | 39.0 | |
| SD-4 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-5 · Democratic primary | John White (D) | 23.6 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-6 · Democratic primary | Perrin Purvis (D) | 7.2 | |
| SD-7 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-8 · Democratic primary | Carl J. Gordon Jr. (D) | 6.6 | |
| SD-9 · Democratic primary | Johnny Morgan (D) | 35.8 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-10 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| SD-12 · Democratic primary | Nevin Sledge (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| SD-14 · Democratic primary | Robert G. Huggins (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-15 · Democratic primary | John T. Keeton Jr. (D) | 11.8 | |
| SD-17 · Democratic primary | William Canon (D) | 34.7 | |
| SD-18 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-19 · Democratic primary | Tommy Brooks (D) | 22.9 | |
| SD-24 · Democratic primary | Ken Harper (D) | 7.2 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-26 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-27 · Democratic primary | Doug Anderson (D) | 57.6 | |
| SD-28 · Democratic primary | Henry Kirksey (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-29 · Democratic primary | Wayne Burkes (D) | 48.2 | |
| SD-30 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| SD-31 · Democratic primary | Alan Heflin (D) | 4.4 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-32 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| SD-33 · Democratic primary | Glen Deweese (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-35 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-36 · Democratic primary | James D. Disharoon (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-39 · Democratic primary | W. L. Rayborn (D) | 3.5 | |
| SD-40 · Democratic primary | Quin Emerson Stringer Jr. (D) | 11.0 | |
| SD-41 · Democratic primary | Ronald C. Shows (D) | 33.2 | |
| SD-42 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-44 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| SD-45 · Democratic primary | Paul R. Lambert (D) | 52.6 | |
| SD-46 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-47 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| SD-51 · Democratic primary | Stephen Hale (D) | 5.2 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-52 · Democratic primary | Louis Fortenberry (D) | 34.8 |
Mississippi State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner