1958 United States Senate election in Mississippi

1958 United States Senate election in Mississippi

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Nominee John C. Stennis Party Democratic Popular vote 61,039 Percentage 100.00%

County results Stennis:      100%

U.S. senator before election John C. Stennis Democratic Elected U.S. Senator John C. Stennis Democratic

The 1958 United States Senate election in Mississippi took place on November 4, 1958. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John C. Stennis was re-elected to a third term in office.

Because Stennis was unopposed in the general election, his victory in the August 26 primary was tantamount to election. Stennis was also unopposed in the primary.

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary election was held on August 26, 1958. ^[1]

Candidates

• John C. Stennis, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

1958 Democratic U.S. Senate primary ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John C. Stennis (incumbent)		unopposed

General election

Results

1958 U.S. Senate election in Mississippi ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John C. Stennis (incumbent)	61,039	100.00%
Turnout			61,039
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

1. Scammon 1958, p. 31.
2. Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 130.
3. Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 90.
4. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (March 16, 1959). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1958" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
5. "MS US Senate, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 20, 2021.

Bibliography

• Congressional Elections, 1946-1996. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN   1-56802-248-4.
• Scammon, Richard M. (1959). Southern Primaries 58. Washington, D.C.: Governmental Affairs Institute.