1987Final results
1987 Democratic primary for Mississippi Senate District 48
Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi
Clyde Woodfield (D) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating W. D. Simmons (D) by 25.3 points.
Clyde WoodfieldDemocrat · winner
53.7%4,948
W. D. SimmonsDemocrat
28.4%2,615
Jesse M. ShifaloDemocrat
18.0%1,659
9,222 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET