Mississippi 1979 Governor Election

Name: Mississippi 1979 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

William Winter vs. Gil Carmichael

William Winter won the Mississippi 1979 governor election with 413,620 votes (61.1%), a margin of D+22.1.

Statewide Results

61.1%

38.9%

413,620

William Winter (61.1%)

263,702

Gil Carmichael (38.9%)

Total Votes: 677,322|Margin: D+22.1

County Results

Loading county map...

County Results (82 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
WILKINSON	D+64.6	D+34.2	D+20.6	3,862	D+34.9%
MARSHALL	D+51.6	D+34.1	D+14.2	9,576	D+6.4%
GRENADA	D+50.9	D+2.3	R+21.8	7,964	D+48.7%
AMITE	D+48.8	D+9.6	R+14.8	5,394	D+16.8%
HOLMES	D+48.0	D+33.2	D+29.0	7,299	D+32.0%
TUNICA	D+47.0	D+38.8	D+18.3	2,906	R+2.4%
ISSAQUENA	D+46.8	D+25.7	R+1.1	752	D+9.4%
MONTGOMERY	D+45.7	D+4.7	R+24.3	4,078	D+17.2%
JEFFERSON	D+43.9	D+56.9	D+56.1	3,471	R+4.0%
SUNFLOWER	D+43.2	D+14.6	R+2.6	7,005	D+30.1%
SHARKEY	D+41.5	D+31.8	D+6.9	2,548	D+25.1%
HUMPHREYS	D+41.2	D+22.5	D+5.8	4,037	D+19.9%
CLAIBORNE	D+39.7	D+45.0	D+42.0	4,379	D+10.7%
TALLAHATCHIE	D+39.6	D+22.2	R+3.1	4,394	R+14.7%
COAHOMA	D+39.3	D+20.3	D+8.4	8,086	D+32.9%
TATE	D+39.3	D+7.5	R+24.2	5,130	R+10.0%
LEFLORE	D+38.9	D+12.4	R+0.7	11,975	D+49.5%
BENTON	D+37.8	D+24.5	R+0.6	3,040	R+14.8%
JEFFERSON DAVIS	D+37.7	D+25.1	R+4.3	4,824	D+6.3%
BOLIVAR	D+36.8	D+25.5	D+11.6	11,147	D+27.0%
NOXUBEE	D+36.4	D+26.4	D+15.6	5,171	D+26.4%
PIKE	D+35.3	D+0.2	R+14.7	10,452	D+29.0%
LEAKE	D+35.2	D+5.3	R+24.2	5,309	D+6.4%
UNION	D+35.0	D+16.7	R+35.6	5,699	D+12.2%
QUITMAN	D+34.5	D+25.7	D+3.2	3,938	R+5.1%
TIPPAH	D+34.0	D+7.3	R+29.3	5,052	R+1.9%
NESHOBA	D+33.4	R+14.1	R+43.6	8,320	D+18.9%
YAZOO	D+33.2	D+6.2	R+10.8	8,822	D+20.5%
LAFAYETTE	D+33.2	D+5.4	R+24.4	6,718	D+33.6%
CARROLL	D+33.1	R+2.7	R+31.7	3,490	R+0.5%
WINSTON	D+33.1	D+4.9	R+18.9	6,544	D+18.4%
FRANKLIN	D+32.5	D+0.3	R+26.2	3,414	R+2.5%
CALHOUN	D+32.1	D+11.9	R+34.3	5,313	R+1.7%
KEMPER	D+31.5	D+17.5	R+5.9	3,884	D+12.6%
COPIAH	D+31.3	D+10.4	R+11.7	8,017	D+14.5%
PANOLA	D+30.1	D+18.3	R+3.4	8,208	R+38.6%
TISHOMINGO	D+29.1	D+29.2	R+10.1	3,853	R+17.5%
ATTALA	D+28.7	D+1.7	R+18.8	6,010	D+6.1%
SIMPSON	D+28.7	R+12.6	R+34.6	7,172	D+14.7%
LAWRENCE	D+28.0	R+1.6	R+27.1	3,954	D+10.2%
JASPER	D+28.0	D+15.5	R+9.0	5,422	D+13.0%
YALOBUSHA	D+27.9	D+20.9	R+11.3	4,560	R+28.4%
CLAY	D+27.6	D+10.5	R+0.8	6,241	D+23.5%
WALTHALL	D+26.8	D+4.5	R+19.6	3,466	D+3.6%
PRENTISS	D+26.5	D+19.2	R+24.9	7,288	R+8.9%
NEWTON	D+26.2	R+10.9	R+46.9	6,616	D+17.3%
WASHINGTON	D+25.3	D+8.7	R+7.8	13,428	D+33.0%
ITAWAMBA	D+25.1	D+24.8	R+26.3	5,912	R+15.4%
CHICKASAW	D+24.8	D+17.1	R+21.4	4,330	D+6.8%
ADAMS	D+23.6	R+1.9	R+9.2	11,174	D+33.4%
CHOCTAW	D+23.2	R+5.4	R+36.2	2,780	R+18.4%
HINDS	D+23.1	R+9.7	R+14.5	60,869	D+57.7%
PONTOTOC	D+22.9	D+16.7	R+36.0	6,433	R+10.1%
WEBSTER	D+22.7	R+4.4	R+41.6	3,584	R+14.8%
COVINGTON	D+22.6	R+7.9	R+30.3	5,425	R+3.6%
LINCOLN	D+22.4	R+16.4	R+33.2	10,923	D+13.1%
SCOTT	D+21.7	R+6.8	R+27.5	6,842	D+8.4%
GREENE	D+21.1	R+0.9	R+35.6	3,817	R+21.2%
WAYNE	D+19.6	R+4.7	R+27.8	6,309	R+6.2%
DE SOTO	D+19.0	R+20.2	R+48.2	9,447	R+32.4%
JONES	D+18.3	R+7.3	R+41.2	19,750	D+18.3%
PEARL RIVER	D+18.0	R+14.8	R+52.6	11,281	R+6.2%
SMITH	D+17.8	R+20.5	R+52.8	5,505	R+4.9%
MADISON	D+17.7	D+11.4	R+7.4	11,219	D+15.8%
MARION	D+16.9	D+1.4	R+32.3	9,795	D+23.0%
MONROE	D+16.3	D+18.0	R+24.9	8,792	D+7.5%
OKTIBBEHA	D+15.7	R+2.1	R+19.5	9,229	D+51.8%
HANCOCK	D+14.8	R+17.3	R+48.6	7,441	R+0.6%
LEE	D+14.2	D+9.1	R+36.0	12,774	D+16.1%
PERRY	D+14.0	R+7.0	R+35.5	3,545	R+17.9%
ALCORN	D+13.6	D+8.3	R+19.1	8,147	R+20.6%
GEORGE	D+12.3	R+5.0	R+44.6	3,513	R+27.2%
STONE	D+12.2	R+1.7	R+42.8	3,365	D+5.0%
CLARKE	D+6.8	Even	R+33.5	5,624	R+0.8%
FORREST	D+5.3	R+20.5	R+39.6	16,910	D+20.0%
WARREN	D+3.1	R+14.7	R+23.1	11,885	D+24.2%
LAUDERDALE	D+2.3	R+18.4	R+41.4	22,668	D+16.8%
LOWNDES	D+1.9	R+23.1	R+32.8	10,357	D+18.9%
LAMAR	D+0.9	R+28.0	R+60.1	7,070	R+12.4%
RANKIN	R+1.8	R+34.2	R+58.4	17,362	D+8.0%
JACKSON	R+3.6	R+28.6	R+53.9	24,849	D+9.7%
HARRISON	R+4.0	R+20.7	R+46.1	30,168	D+13.4%

All Mississippi Elections 1979 National Results Mississippi Profile

Statewide Results

County Results

County Results (82 counties)

Related