1991Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1991 election for Mississippi House District 83
Mississippi House of Representatives · Mississippi
Jim Hobgood (R) won with 52.1% of the vote, defeating Cheryl G. Rainey (D) by 4.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jim HobgoodRepublican · winner
52.1%2,498
Cheryl G. RaineyDemocrat
47.9%2,295
4,793 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 1991
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET