2011Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2011 election for Mississippi Senate District 46
Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi
Philip Moran (R) won with 66.0% of the vote, defeating Joe Bye (D) by 36.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Philip MoranRepublican · winner
66.0%9,944
Joe ByeDemocrat
29.6%4,465
James K. OverstreetConstitution
4.4%666
15,075 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