1987Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1987 election for Mississippi House District 101

Mississippi House of Representatives · Mississippi

Carl Parker (R) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Henry Wayne Cain (D) by 8.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Carl ParkerRepublican · winner
54.0%4,005
Henry Wayne CainDemocrat · incumbent
46.0%3,408
7,413 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 1987

Races before and after

EvenD+17.51983R+8.11987R+45.81991R+20.51992

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