2007Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2007 election for Mississippi Senate District 41
Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi
Joey Fillingane (R) won with 56.5% of the vote, defeating Gerald Buffington (D) by 14.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Joey FillinganeRepublican · winner
56.5%9,817
Gerald BuffingtonDemocrat
42.0%7,296
Vince ThorntonConstitution
1.6%270
17,383 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 2007
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET