1987Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1987 election for Mississippi House District 73
Mississippi House of Representatives · Mississippi
Jim Ellington (R) won with 57.7% of the vote, defeating Richard Martin (D) by 15.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jim EllingtonRepublican · winner
57.7%3,295
Richard MartinDemocrat
42.3%2,418
5,713 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