1984 United States Senate election in Mississippi

1984 United States Senate election in Mississippi

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Nominee Thad Cochran William F. Winter Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 580,314 371,926 Percentage 60.94% 39.06%

Cochran:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Winter:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

U.S. senator before election Thad Cochran Republican Elected U.S. Senator Thad Cochran Republican

The 1984 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 5, 1984. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Thad Cochran rode the coattails of President Ronald Reagan, who won 49 states in concurrent presidential election, and won re-election to a second term. Cochran was the first Republican ever to be re-elected to the Senate from Mississippi.

Campaign

Secretary of State Dick 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]

Major candidates

Democratic

• William F. Winter, former Governor

Republican

• Thad Cochran, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

Mississippi U.S. Senate Election, 1984 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thad Cochran (incumbent)	580,314	60.94%
	Democratic	William Winter	371,926	39.06%
Total votes			952,240	100.00%
	Republican hold

See also

• 1984 United States Senate elections

References

1. "State voter turnout hits record low". The Greenwood Commonwealth. June 7, 1984. p. 3. Archived from the original on June 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Black & Black 1992, p. 356.
3. "Our Campaigns - MS US Senate Race - Nov 06, 1984". Archived from the original on July 24, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2020.

Works cited

• Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN   0674941306.