CNN/AllPolitics Election '98

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MISSISSIPPI

Race Summary

House 00 (0 of 0 precincts reporting)

Democrat (D) 0% Republican (R) 0%

House 01 (541 of 541 precincts reporting)

Weathers (D) 31% Wicker (R) 68%

House 02 (384 of 384 precincts reporting)

Thompson (D)

72%

House 03 (456 of 456 precincts reporting)

Pickering (R)

85%

House 04 (418 of 418 precincts reporting)

Shows (D)

54% Hosemann (R) 46%

House 05 (339 of 339 precincts reporting)

Taylor (D)

78% McDonnell (R) 20%

Updated November 04, 1998 03:39 P.M. EST

Top Races
Poll Hours
Senator and Governor Not Up
Vacancies
House Districts
Primary Date

Filing Deadline
Ballot Measures
Party Control
State Legislative Elections
Party Registration
Electoral Votes

Presidential Voting History
Past Exit Polls
Turnout
Demographics
State Tidbits
Related Sites

POLL HOURS

8 a.m. ET (7 a.m. CT) to 8 p.m. ET (7 p.m. CT)

SENATOR AND GOVERNOR NOT UP IN 1998

Gov. Kirk Fordice (R); first elected 1991; next election in 1999.
Sen. Thad Cochran (R); first elected 1978; next election in 2002.
Sen. Trent Lott (R); first elected 1988; next election in 2000.

HOUSE DISTRICTS

CD1 (North; Tupelo):
Rex Weathers (D); Roger Wicker (inc.) (R)

CD2 (West central; Mississippi Delta):
Bennie Thompson (inc.) (D); no Republican candidate

CD3 (East central; Meridian):
No Democratic candidate; Charles W. "Chip" Pickering Jr. (inc.) (R)

CD4 (Southwest; Jackson):
Ronnie Shows (D); Delbert Hosemann (R)

CD5 (Southeast; Gulf Coast; Hattiesburg):
Gene Taylor (inc.) (D); Randy McDonnell (R)

PRIMARY DATE

June 2

Primary results

Runoff Date June 23

Runoff results

To Watch:
Amendment 2: Victims' Rights
Would provide that crime victims will be treated with fairness, dignity and respect throughout the criminal process, and also be informed, be present and be heard when authorized by law during public hearings.

PARTY CONTROL

Governor: Republican
U.S. Senate: 2 Republicans
U.S. House of Representatives: 2 Democrats, 3 Republicans
State Senate: 34 Democrats, 18 Republicans
State House of Representatives: 84 Democrats, 36 Republicans, 2 Independents

STATE LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS

Senate: No elections this year; off-year elections, next in 1999.
House: No elections this year; off-year elections, next in 1999.

PARTY REGISTRATION

None
State Projected Voting Age

Population: 1,967,000 (1996)
Registered Voters: (12/96) 1,732,529

ELECTORAL VOTES

PRESIDENTIAL VOTING HISTORY

Dole won in 1996; Bush in 1992; Bush in 1988; Reagan in 1984; Reagan in 1980; Carter in 1976; Nixon in 1972; Wallace in 1968; Goldwater in 1964; Byrd in 1960.

LAST TIME VOTED DEMOCRATIC FOR PRESIDENT: 1976

PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1996:

Dole 49%
Clinton 44%
Perot 6%

PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1992:

Bush 50%
Clinton 41%
Perot 9%

PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1988:

Bush 60%
Dukakis 39%

PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1984:

Reagan 62%
Mondale 37%

PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1980:

Reagan 49%
Carter 48%
Anderson 1%

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PAST EXIT POLLS

1992:

President

1996:

TURNOUT

Historical voter turnout as a percentage of the voting age population 1996-1960

DEMOGRAPHICS

Population: 2,716,000 (1996) (% of voting age population)
White: 67.5%
African American: 31.6%
Asian: 0.5%
Native American: 0.3%
Other/Undeclared: 0.1%

Persons of Hispanic origin account for 0.6% of the voting population (from 1990 Census)

STATE TIDBITS

State Capital: Jackson
State Nickname: Magnolia State

Mississippi is the birthplace of the blues, but Republicans aren't singing them. For a state with only five congressional districts, Mississippi packs a good deal of political wallop. Republican Sen. Trent Lott is Senate majority leader, Republican Sen. Thad Cochran heads two Senate subcommittees, and Rep. Roger Wicker was the first president of the Republican class of 1994. Former influential Republican National Committee Chairman Haley Barbour calls the Magnolia State his home. Finally, Gov. Kirk Fordice, who was first elected in 1991, is Mississippi's first Republican governor in 117 years.

RELATED SITES

NOTE: External sites will open in a new browser window.

Government:

Mississippi Secretary of State Home Page
http://www.sos.state.ms.us/
Mississippi Elections Division
http://www.sos.state.ms.us/election.htm
Mississippi Gov. Kirk Fordice's Home Page
http://www.govoff.state.ms.us/
Mississippi State Senate
http://www.ls.state.ms.us/senate.htm
Mississippi State House of Representatives
http://www.ls.state.ms.us/house.htm

News Media:

CNN Affiliates

WCBI (Columbus-Tupelo)
hhttp://www.wcbi.com/
WJTV (Jackson)
hhttp://www.wjtv.com

State Newspapers

The Clarion-Ledger Online
http://www.clarionledger.com/index.html

General Interest:

The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welcome.html
The House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/
The Senate
http://www.senate.gov/
Library of Congress -- The Legislative Branch
http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/legislative/congress.html
Congressional Quarterly's American Voter
http://voter.cq.com/
Congressional Quarterly's VoteWatch
http://pathfinder.com/CQ/
THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov/
Federal Election Commission
http://www.fec.gov/
Democratic National Committee
http://www.democrats.org/
Republican National Committee
http://www.rnc.org/
Project Vote Smart
http://www.vote-smart.org
Policy.com
http://www.policy.com/

Updated: October 25, 1998