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2015Final results

2015 election for Mississippi House District 97

Mississippi House of Representatives · Mississippi

Sam Mims (R) won with 68.4% of the vote, defeating Kitty Sasser (D) by 36.8 points.

Sam MimsRepublican · winner · incumbent
68.4%5,484
Kitty SasserDemocrat
31.6%2,535
8,019 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 2015

Races before and after

EvenD+34.51995D+20.71999R+20.22003R+36.82015R+48.22019R+38.92023

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET