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1978 United States Senate election in Mississippi

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1978 United States Senate election in Mississippi
← 1972November 7, 19781984 →
 
NomineeThad CochranMaurice DantinCharles Evers
PartyRepublicanDemocraticIndependent
Popular vote267,302187,541133,646
Percentage45.29%31.77%22.64%
County results
Congressional district results
Cochran:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Dantin:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Evers:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
U.S. senator before election

James Eastland
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Thad Cochran
Republican

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The1978 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Democratic U.S. SenatorJames Eastland decided to retire.

RepublicanThad Cochran won the open seat, becoming the first Republican to win a U.S. Senate election in Mississippi since the end ofReconstruction in 1881.[1] It was also the first time since 1877 that a Republican won this Senate seat.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Results

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Democratic primary results[3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticMaurice Dantin102,96829.01%
DemocraticCliff Finch98,75127.83%
DemocraticCharles L. Sullivan78,70222.18%
DemocraticWilliam L. Waller74,46520.98%
DemocraticRobert L. Robinson15,8794.20%
DemocraticRichard C. Tedford4,2011.11%
DemocraticHelen M. Williams2,9370.78%
Total votes377,903100.00%

Runoff results

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Democratic primary runoff results[4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticMaurice Dantin235,90465.35%
DemocraticCliff Finch125,10934.66%
Total votes361,013100%

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Results

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Republican primary results[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanThad Cochran50,85768.97%
RepublicanCharles W. Pickering22,88031.03%
Total votes73,737100%

General election

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Candidates

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  • Thad Cochran, U.S. Representative fromJackson (Republican)
  • Maurice Dantin, former District Attorney[2] (Democratic)
  • Charles Evers, Mayor ofFayette (independent)
  • Henry Jay Kirksey, civil rights activist and candidate for governor in 1975[6] (independent)

Campaign

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Evers was the first African American elected since theReconstruction era to be mayor in any Mississippi city, in 1969. He ran as an independent, and as a result his campaign divided the Democrats and allowed Cochran to win the Senate seat with a 45 percent plurality.[7] This made Cochran the first Republican in a century to win a statewide election (other thana presidential election) in Mississippi.[8] Eastland resigned on December 27, 1978 to give Cochran a seniority advantage over new incoming senators.[9]

Results

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Mississippi U.S. Senate Election, 1978[10][11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanThad Cochran267,30245.29%
DemocraticMaurice Dantin187,54131.77%
IndependentCharles Evers133,64622.64%
IndependentHenry Jay Kirksey1,7470.30%
Republicangain fromDemocratic

See also

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References

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  1. ^Moreland, Steed & Baker 1991, p. 96.
  2. ^ab"Primary Elections In Eight States Dominated By California Tax Vote".The Ledger.The New York Times. June 6, 1978.Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. RetrievedJune 18, 2015 – viaGoogle News.
  3. ^"MS US Senate - D Primary".Our Campaigns. RetrievedJuly 20, 2018.
  4. ^"MS US Senate - D Runoff Primary".Our Campaigns. RetrievedJuly 20, 2018.
  5. ^"MS US Senate - R Primary".Our Campaigns. RetrievedJuly 20, 2018.
  6. ^Manning-Miller, Don."Henry J. Kirksey (1915 — 2005)".Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement.Archived from the original on October 4, 2006. RetrievedApril 2, 2022.
  7. ^Black, Earl; Merle Black (2003).The Rise of Southern Republicans.Harvard University Press. p. 118.ISBN 978-0-674-01248-6.
  8. ^"Results of Elections Across the Nation".The Blade. November 7, 1978. RetrievedApril 18, 2010.
  9. ^"Eastland Quits Early To Aid His Successor".The Blade. Associated Press. December 27, 1978. RetrievedApril 19, 2010.
  10. ^"Our Campaigns - MS US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1978".
  11. ^Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1979)."Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978"(PDF).U.S. Government Printing Office.

Works cited

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