2011Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2011 election for Mississippi Senate District 4
Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi
Rita Parks (R) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Eric Powell (D) by 1.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Rita ParksRepublican · winner
50.7%9,050
Eric PowellDemocrat · incumbent
49.3%8,798
17,848 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