1987Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1987 election for Mississippi Senate District 30
Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi
Barbara Blanton (R) won with 51.8% of the vote, defeating Aubrey Mitch Childre (D) by 3.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Barbara BlantonRepublican · winner
51.8%8,270
Aubrey Mitch ChildreDemocrat · incumbent
48.2%7,697
15,967 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