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1978-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Mississippi (District 04)

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



 
County Jon Hinson
(R)
John H. Stennis
(D)
Evan Doss
(I)
Perry Dillard
(I)
Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 68,22551.6% 34,83726.4% 25,13419.0% 2,5001.9% 1,4361.1% 33,388 132,132
Total R vote: 68,225 (51.6%)      Total D vote: 34,837 (26.4%)      Total Other vote: 29,070 (22.0%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $249,548 $311,474 $20,564 $0
Total Receipts: $0 $0 $0 $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/04/1978


Other candidates included: Mary Maxey (I), 1,436 votes

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Jon Hinson
Total Disbursements: $249,548
John H. Stennis
Total Disbursements: $311,474

**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/04/1978

Evan Doss
Total Disbursements: $20,564

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Jon Hinson 18,895 69.6%
2   Gray Jackson 3,724 13.7%
3   Bill GIlmore 2,510 9.2%
4   Craig Gibson 2,030 7.5%
TOTAL VOTES 27,159  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   John H. Stennis 30,418 43.2%
2   James Disharoon 12,958 18.4%
3   Melvin Jennings 11,415 16.2%
4   Bob Mitchell 5,701 8.1%
5   Ken Johnson 5,187 7.4%
6   D.A. Tuttle 2,452 3.5%
7   Mike Marks 2,356 3.3%
TOTAL VOTES 70,487  
Democrat Runoff
1   John H. Stennis 37,169 59.1%
2   James Disharoon 25,730 40.9%