2011Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2011 election for Mississippi Senate District 37
Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi
Melanie Sojourner (R) won with 51.1% of the vote, defeating Robert M. Dearing (D) by 2.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Melanie SojournerRepublican · winner
51.1%10,272
Robert M. DearingDemocrat · incumbent
48.9%9,814
20,086 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