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1995Final results

1995 election for Mississippi Governor

Governor · Mississippi

Kirk Fordice (R) won with 55.6% of the vote, defeating Dick Molpus (D) by 11.1 points.

Kirk FordiceRepublican · winner
55.6%455,261
Dick MolpusDemocrat
44.4%364,210
819,471 votes

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1995

Races before and after

EvenD+6.91987R+3.31991R+11.11995D+1.11999R+6.92003R+15.82007

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET