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1978 United States Senate election in Mississippi

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election_name1978 United States Senate election in Mississippi
countryMississippi
flag_imageFlag of Mississippi (1894-1996).svg
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1972 United States Senate election in Mississippi
previous_year1972
election_dateNovember 7, 1978
next_election1984 United States Senate election in Mississippi
next_year1984
image1File:Thad Cochran 1977 Congressional photo.jpg
image_size150x150px
nominee1**Thad Cochran**
party1Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1**267,302**
percentage1**45.29%**
map_size255px
map_image{{switcher
map_caption**Cochran:**
**Dantin:**
**Evers:**
titleU.S. Senator
before_electionJames Eastland
before_partyDemocratic Party (United States)
after_electionThad Cochran
after_partyRepublican Party (United States)
image3File:JFK and Charles Evers (cropped).jpg
nominee3Charles Evers
party3Independent
popular_vote3133,646
percentage322.64%
image23x4.svg
nominee2Maurice Dantin
party2Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2187,541
percentage231.77%

|[[File:1978 United States Senate election in Mississippi results map by county.svg|170px]] |County results |[[File:1978 United States Senate election in Mississippi results map by CD.svg|170px]] |Congressional district results Dantin:
Evers:
The 1978 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator James Eastland decided to retire.

Republican Thad Cochran won the open seat, becoming the first Republican to win a U.S. Senate election in Mississippi since the end of Reconstruction in 1881. It was also the first time since 1877 that a Republican won this Senate seat.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • Maurice Dantin, former District Attorney
  • Cliff Finch, Governor of Mississippi
  • Robert L. Robinson
  • Charles L. Sullivan, Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
  • Richard C. Tedford
  • Bill Waller, former Governor of Mississippi
  • Helen M. Williams

Results

Runoff results

Republican primary

Candidates

  • Thad Cochran, U.S. Representative from Jackson
  • Charles W. Pickering, Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party

Results

General election

Candidates

  • Thad Cochran, U.S. Representative from Jackson (Republican)
  • Maurice Dantin, former District Attorney (Democratic)
  • Charles Evers, Mayor of Fayette (independent)
  • Henry Jay Kirksey, civil rights activist and candidate for governor in 1975 (independent)

Campaign

Evers was the first African American elected since the Reconstruction 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. This made Cochran the first Republican in a century to win a statewide election (other than a presidential election) in Mississippi. Eastland resigned on December 27, 1978 to give Cochran a seniority advantage over new incoming senators.

Results

References

Works cited

References

  1. (1978-06-06). "Primary Elections In Eight States Dominated By California Tax Vote". [[The Ledger]].
  2. "MS US Senate - D Primary". Our Campaigns.
  3. "MS US Senate - D Runoff Primary". Our Campaigns.
  4. "MS US Senate - R Primary". Our Campaigns.
  5. Manning-Miller, Don. "Henry J. Kirksey (1915 — 2005)".
  6. Black, Earl. (2003). "The Rise of Southern Republicans". [[Harvard University Press]].
  7. (November 7, 1978). "Results of Elections Across the Nation". [[The Blade (Toledo).
  8. (December 27, 1978). "Eastland Quits Early To Aid His Successor". The Blade.
  9. "Our Campaigns - MS US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1978".
  10. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. (1979). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978". [[U.S. Government Printing Office]].
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