1987Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1987 election for Mississippi House District 116
Mississippi House of Representatives · Mississippi
Olivar Diaz (R) won with 56.6% of the vote, defeating Alan Santacruz (D) by 13.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Olivar DiazRepublican · winner
56.6%2,191
Alan SantacruzDemocrat · incumbent
43.4%1,679
3,870 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET