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2015Final results

2015 election for Mississippi Senate District 48

Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi

Deborah Dawkins (D) won with 53.5% of the vote, defeating Walter Crapps (R) by 6.9 points.

Deborah DawkinsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
53.5%4,997
Walter CrappsRepublican
46.5%4,348
9,345 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+35.21992D+38.71995D+6.32007D+10.12011D+6.92015R+3.22019

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