1987Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1987 election for Mississippi House District 65
Mississippi House of Representatives · Mississippi
Ken Stribling (R) won with 51.1% of the vote, defeating George S. Luter (D) by 2.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ken StriblingRepublican · winner
51.1%3,191
George S. LuterDemocrat
48.9%3,054
6,245 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