2019Flipped from DemocraticFinal results

2019 election for Mississippi Senate District 37

Mississippi State Senate · Mississippi

Melanie Sojourner (R) won with 57.9% of the vote, defeating William E. Godfrey (D) by 15.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Melanie SojournerRepublican · winner
57.9%11,497
42.1%8,370
19,867 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

EvenD+74.01983D+36.01992D+32.31995R+2.32011D+0.42015R+15.72019

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