2019Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2019 election for Mississippi House District 40
Mississippi House of Representatives · Mississippi
Hester Jackson-McCray (D) won with 50.2% of the vote, defeating Ashley Henley (R) by 0.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Hester Jackson-McCrayDemocrat · winner
50.2%1,553
Ashley HenleyRepublican · incumbent
49.8%1,539
3,092 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 2019
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET