2011Flipped from independentFinal results
2011 election for Mississippi House District 40
Mississippi House of Representatives · Mississippi
Pat Nelson (R) won with 64.1% of the vote, defeating Shirley Aguileralogan (D) by 28.2 points, a seat another party won last time.
Pat NelsonRepublican · winner
64.1%3,263
Shirley AguileraloganDemocrat
35.9%1,827
5,090 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 2011
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET