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1999Final results

1999 election for Mississippi House District 44

Mississippi House of Representatives · Mississippi

Grady Mike Eakes (D) won with 57.7% of the vote, defeating Ronnie Watkins (R) by 15.4 points.

Grady Mike EakesDemocrat · winner
57.7%3,730
Ronnie WatkinsRepublican
42.3%2,732
6,462 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 1999

Races before and after

EvenD+30.61992D+21.91995D+15.41999D+6.22003D+63.82007

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET