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 County results Cochran: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Winter: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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The1984 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 5, 1984. Incumbent Republican U.S. SenatorThad Cochran rode the coattails of PresidentRonald Reagan, who won 49 states in concurrentpresidential election, and won re-election to a second term. Cochran was the first Republican ever to be re-elected to the Senate from Mississippi.
Secretary of StateDick Molpus stated that voter turnout for the Democratic senatorial primary at 8.1% was the lowest in the state's history since 1950.[1]
Winter received 74% of the black vote.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Republican | Thad Cochran (incumbent) | 580,314 | 60.94% | ||
| Democratic | William Winter | 371,926 | 39.06% | ||
| Total votes | 952,240 | 100.00% | |||
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