2011Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2011 election for Mississippi Senate District 43
Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi
Phillip Gandy (R) won with 55.4% of the vote, defeating James Walley (D) by 21.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Phillip GandyRepublican · winner
55.4%11,606
James WalleyDemocrat
34.2%7,163
James Perry SnyderIndependent
10.4%2,167
20,936 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