2011 Mississippi gubernatorial election

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2011 Mississippi gubernatorial election
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Nominee Phil Bryant Johnny DuPree
Party Republican Democratic
Electoral vote8240
Popular vote544,851348,617
Percentage60.98%39.02%
2011 Mississippi gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Bryant:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
DuPree:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Governor before election

Haley Barbour
Republican

Elected Governor

Phil Bryant
Republican

The 2011 Mississippi gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2011. Incumbent Republican Governor of Mississippi Haley Barbour was unable to run for a third term due to term limits.

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Republican nominee Lieutenant Governor Phil Bryant defeated the Democratic nominee, Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree. Sworn in on January 10, 2012, Bryant became only the third Republican governor of Mississippi since Reconstruction. This is the first election in which Republicans won three consecutive gubernatorial elections in the state. This was also the first time that Issaquena County and Benton County voted Republican since Reconstruction.

Republican primary

Candidates

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Phil
Bryant		Dave
Dennis		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling [1] March 24–27, 2011400± 4.9%63%14%3% [2] 20%

Results

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Phil Bryant 172,300 59.46
Republican Dave Dennis74,54625.72
Republican Ron Williams25,5558.82
Republican Hudson Holliday13,7614.75
Republican James Broadwater3,6261.25
Total votes289,788 100.00

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

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Results by county
  DuPree
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   >90%
  Luckett
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Shaw
  •   40–50%
Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Johnny DuPree 179,748 43.57
Democratic Bill Luckett 161,833 39.23
Democratic William Bond Compton, Jr.40,4529.81
Democratic Guy Dale Shaw30,4977.39
Total votes412,530 100.00

Runoff results

Results by county DuPree 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% >90% Luckett 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Tie 50-60% Mississippi Governor D Runoff 2011.svg
Results by county
  DuPree
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   >90%
  Luckett
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Tie
  •   50–60%
Democratic primary runoff results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Johnny DuPree 177,767 54.99
Democratic Bill Luckett145,51745.01
Total votes323,284 100.00

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Rothenberg Political Report [6] Safe RNovember 4, 2011
Governing [7] Safe RNovember 4, 2011
Cook [8] Safe RNovember 4, 2011
Sabato [9] Safe RNovember 4, 2011

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Phil
Bryant (R)		Johnny
DuPree (D)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling [10] November 4–6, 2011796± 3.5%54%40%—6%
Public Policy Polling [11] March 24–27, 2011817± 3.4%56%25%—19%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Dave
Dennis (R)		Johnny
DuPree (D)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling [11] March 24–27, 2011817± 3.4%41%28%—31%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Hudson
Holliday (R)		Johnny
DuPree (D)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling [11] March 24–27, 2011817± 3.4%37%28%—35%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Phil
Bryant (R)		Bill
Luckett (D)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling [11] March 24–27, 2011817± 3.4%53%27%—20%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Dave
Dennis (R)		Bill
Luckett (D)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling [11] March 24–27, 2011817± 3.4%43%27%—32%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Hudson
Holliday (R)		Bill
Luckett (D)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling [11] March 24–27, 2011817± 3.4%38%28%—34%

Results

CandidatePartyPopular voteElectoral vote
Votes%Votes%
Phil Bryant Republican Party 544,85160.988267.21
Johnny DuPree Democratic Party 348,61739.024032.79
Total893,468100.00122100.00
Source: Mississippi Secretary of State

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. ↑ Public Policy Polling
  2. ↑ Hudson Holliday 2%, James Broadwater 1%, Ron Williams 0%
  3. ↑ "Certified Republican Primary Results" (PDF). Sos.ms.gov. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Certified Democrat Primary Results" (PDF). Sos.ms.gov. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Certified Democrat Primary Results" (PDF). Sos.ms.gov. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Gubernatorial Ratings | Inside Elections". www.insideelections.com.
  7. ↑ "An Update on the 2011-2012 Gubernatorial Contests". Governing. July 25, 2011. Archived from the original on August 1, 2011.
  8. ↑ "2011/2012 GOVERNORS RACE RATINGS". The Cook Political Report. September 15, 2011. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011.
  9. ↑ "2012 Governor". Sabato's Crystal Ball.
  10. ↑ Public Policy Polling
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Public Policy Polling

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