1987Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1987 election for Mississippi Senate District 42
Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi
Vincent Gradie Scoper Jr. (R) won with 51.3% of the vote, defeating F. M. Smith Jr. (D) by 2.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Vincent Gradie Scoper Jr.Republican · winner
51.3%7,826
F. M. Smith Jr.Democrat · incumbent
48.7%7,430
15,256 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