1987Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1987 Democratic primary for Mississippi Senate District 40
Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi
EMERSON STRINGER led; no source recorded a winner.
Quin Emerson Stringer Jr.Democrat · leading · incumbent
41.6%9,213
Joseph T. StognerDemocrat
41.1%9,110
Dwight L. Wesley Jr.Democrat
17.3%3,836
22,159 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET