1987Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1987 election for Mississippi House District 54
Mississippi House of Representatives · Mississippi
Ed Buelow Jr. (R) won with 65.3% of the vote, defeating Del Halterman (D) by 30.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ed Buelow Jr.Republican · winner · incumbent
65.3%4,001
Del HaltermanDemocrat
34.7%2,130
6,131 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