RepublicanNot in office · last served 2003Last on a ballot: Nov 1999
Vincent Gradie Scoper Jr.
Last held office: Mississippi State Senate, District 42 (1987–2003). Ran in 8 elections between 1971 and 1999, winning 8.
- Last margin
- +1.4
- Won 1999
- Elections
- 8
- 1971–1999
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Scoper was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
197219761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Mississippi House of Representatives, District 40Mississippi State Senate, District 43Mississippi State Senate, District 42
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Scoper has run
Margin: how far Scoper finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Mississippi State Senate, District 42 | General | Won | Jones P. Brogdon (D) | 50.7% | R+1.4 |
| 1995 | Mississippi State Senate, District 42 | General | Won | Jones P. Brogdon (D) | 64.7% | R+29.4 |
| 1992 | Mississippi State Senate, District 42 | General | Won | Darwin Cheeks (D) | 68.8% | R+37.6 |
| 1991 | Mississippi State Senate, District 42 | General | Won | Susan Boone Vincent (D) | 59.2% | R+18.5 |
| 1987 | Mississippi State Senate, District 42 | General | Won | F. M. Smith Jr. (D) | 51.3% | R+2.6 |
| 1979 | Mississippi State Senate, District 43 | General | Won | F. M. Smith Jr. (D) | 56.8% | R+13.6 |
| 1975 | Mississippi House of Representatives, District 40 | General | Won | Tucker Buchanan (D), Jerry Gilbreath (R), James E. Liston Shows (D) | 21.9% | D+6.1 |
| 1971 | Mississippi House of Representatives, District 40 | General | Won | John A. Neill (D), James E. Liston Shows (D), Estus Graham (D) | 18.3% | D+13.1 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Scoper has held
- Mississippi State Senate, District 42 · 1987–2003
- Mississippi State Senate, District 43 · 1979–1983
- Mississippi House of Representatives, District 40 · 1971–1979
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Scoper has run against
- Jones P. Brogdon (D) · 1999 election, won
- Darwin Cheeks (D) · 1992 election, won
- Susan Boone Vincent (D) · 1991 election, won
- F. M. Smith Jr. (D) · 1987 election, won
- Tucker Buchanan (D) · 1975 election, won
- John A. Neill (D) · 1971 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive