1987Final results

1987 Democratic primary runoff for Mississippi House District 87

Name: 1987 Democratic primary runoff for Mississippi House District 87
Start: 1987-08-01
Location: Mississippi

Mississippi House of Representatives · Mississippi

Gus Townsend (D) won with 55.2% of the vote, defeating Joe M. Taylor (D) by 10.4 points.

Gus TownsendDemocrat · winner · incumbent

55.2%3,585

44.8%2,908

6,493 votes

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