1983Final results
1983 Democratic primary for Mississippi Senate District 42
Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi
F M SMITH JR led; no source recorded a winner.
F. M. Smith Jr.Democrat · leading
27.6%4,448
Charles G. BlackwellDemocrat
27.4%4,407
Jack N. StaplesDemocrat
20.7%3,330
James D. McCrawDemocrat
12.4%1,990
Don PhillipsDemocrat
12.0%1,933
16,108 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET