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1972-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Mississippi (District 02)

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Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
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Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County David Bowen
(D)		 Carl Butler
(R)		 Robert Coleman
(I)		 Norman Smith
(I)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 69,89261.9% 39,11734.7% 2,8012.5% 1,0270.9% 00.0% 30,775 112,837
Total R vote: 39,117 (34.7%)      Total D vote: 69,892 (61.9%)      Total Other vote: 3,828 (3.4%)
* incumbent


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Tom Cook 13,881 23.4%
2   David Bowen 8,733 14.7%
3   Frank Smith 7,188 12.1%
4   Hugh Potts 6,587 11.1%
5   Clant Seay 6,189 10.5%
6   Corbet Patridge 6,158 10.4%
7   Pat Dunne 4,013 6.8%
8   Hainon Miller 3,610 6.1%
9   Wallace Dabbs 2,863 4.8%
TOTAL VOTES 59,222  
Democrat Runoff
1   David Bowen 28,091 56.9%
2   Tom Cook 21,315 43.1%