DemocratNot in office · last served 2003Last on a ballot: Nov 1999
Delma Furniss
Last held office: Mississippi State Senate, District 11 (1992–2003). Ran in 8 elections between 1983 and 1999, winning 8.
- Last margin
- +43.2
- Won 1995
- Elections
- 8
- 1983–1999
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Furniss was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Mississippi House of Representatives, District 27Mississippi State Senate, District 11
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Furniss has run
Margin: how far Furniss finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Mississippi State Senate, District 11 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1995 | Mississippi State Senate, District 11 | General | Won | Kenneth Williams (R) | 71.6% | D+43.2 |
| 1992 | Mississippi State Senate, District 11 | General | Won | James L. Newton (I) | 81.9% | D+63.9 |
| 1991 | Mississippi House of Representatives, District 27 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1987 | Mississippi House of Representatives, District 27 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1987 | Mississippi House of Representatives, District 27 | Primary | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1983 | Mississippi House of Representatives, District 27 | General | Won | Lee Childress (R) | 60.1% | D+20.2 |
| 1983 | Mississippi House of Representatives, District 27 | Primary | Won | Kenneth Williams (D) | 55.6% | +11.2 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Furniss has held
- Mississippi State Senate, District 11 · 1992–2003
- Mississippi House of Representatives, District 27 · 1983–1995
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Furniss has run against
- Kenneth Williams (R) · 1995 election, won
- James L. Newton (I) · 1992 election, won
- Lee Childress (R) · 1983 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive