1987 general · October 24, 1987
1987 Mississippi election results
Every race on Mississippi's ballot in the 1987 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races175
Changed party21
Unopposed71%125 races
Incumbents defeated6
Governors
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | Ray Mabus (D) | 6.9 |
Mississippi State Senate
D 45 · R 7 · 8 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | George Guerieri (D) | 37.7 | |
| SD-2 | Bill Renick (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 | Walter A. Graham (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-4 | Irb Benjamin (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 | John White (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 | Roger F. Wicker (R) | 7.6 | Flipped |
| SD-7 | Hob Bryan (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-8 | Carl J. Gordon Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 | Johnny Morgan (D) | 17.1 | |
| SD-10 | Ronnie Musgrove (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-11 | Kenneth Williams (D) | 18.0 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SD-12 | Nevin Sledge (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 | Robert L. Crook (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 | Robert G. Huggins (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-15 | John T. Keeton Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-16 | Bill Harpole (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-17 | William Canon (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-18 | Terry L. Jordan (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-19 | M. G. Bond (R) | 24.7 | Flipped |
| SD-20 | Bob Montgomery (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-21 | Ollie Mohamed (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-22 | Hainon Miller (D) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| SD-23 | Robert Monty (D) | 2.9 | |
| SD-24 | Ken Harper (D) | 17.9 | |
| SD-25 | Dick Hall (R) | 20.3 | Flipped |
| SD-26 | Cy Rosenblatt (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-27 | Doug Anderson (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-28 | Alice Harden (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-29 | Wayne Burkes (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-30 | Barbara Blanton (R) | 3.6 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SD-31 | Alan Heflin (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-32 | Eddie Briggs (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-33 | Glen Deweese (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-34 | Billy Thames (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-35 | Robert H. Smith (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-36 | Lynn Posey (D) | 57.3 | |
| SD-37 | Robert M. Dearing (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-38 | Pat Welch (D) | 7.0 | |
| SD-39 | W. L. Rayborn (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-40 | Joseph T. Stogner (D) | 80.3 | |
| SD-41 | Ronald C. Shows (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-42 | Vincent Gradie Scoper Jr. (R) | 2.6 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SD-43 | Cecil Mills (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-44 | James L. Bean Jr. (R) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| SD-45 | Paul R. Lambert (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-46 | Gene Taylor (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-47 | Margaret Tate (D) | 0.3 | |
| SD-48 | Clyde Woodfield (D) | 44.2 | |
| SD-49 | Bob Usey (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-50 | Thomas A. Gollott (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-51 | Stephen Hale (D) | 30.1 | |
| SD-52 | Claude V. Bilbo Jr. (D) | Unopposed |
Mississippi House of Representatives
D 113 · R 9 · 13 changed party
Mississippi
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner