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1988-11-08 U.S. House Election Results for Mississippi (District 01)

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Election Year:
Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
State:
Congressional District:
(House elections)


Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County Jamie Whitten*
(D)
Jim Bush
(R)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 137,44578.2% 38,38121.8% 00.0% 99,064 175,826
Total R vote: 38,381 (21.8%)      Total D vote: 137,445 (78.2%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $58,370 $0
Total Receipts: $175,925 $0
Cash on Hand: $348,365 $0
Contributions by Candidate: $500 $0
Loans by Candidate: $0 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $7,300 $0
Party Contributions: $0 $0
Other Committee Contributions: $135,400 $0
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $1,224 $0
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $1,224 $0
Net Spending: $59,594 $0

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/MS/01/1988

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Jamie Whitten*
Total Disbursements: $58,370
Total Receipts: $175,925
Cash on Hand: $348,365
Candidate Contributions: $500
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $7,300
Party Contributions: $0
Other Committee Contributions: $135,400
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $1,224
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $1,224
Net Spending: $59,594



**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/MS/01/1988


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Jamie Whitten* 56,222 85.4% $58,370
2   John Hargett 9,594 14.6%
TOTAL VOTES 65,816