2011Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2011 election for Mississippi Senate District 39
Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi
Sally Doty (R) won with 57.9% of the vote, defeating W. L. Rayborn (D) by 15.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Sally DotyRepublican · winner
57.9%12,182
W. L. RaybornDemocrat
42.1%8,869
21,051 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