Mississippi House
District 1
Previous Election Results
| 1996 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Roger Wicker |
Republican |
123,724 |
67.6% |
| Henry Boyd Jr. |
Democratic |
55,998 |
30.6% |
| John Rouse |
Libertarian |
2,281 |
1.2% |
| Luke Lundemo |
Natural law |
963 |
0.5% |
| 1996 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Henry Boyd Jr. |
Democratic |
6,796 |
46.1% |
| Talmadge Littlejohn |
Democratic |
6,519 |
44.2% |
| Rex Weathers |
Democratic |
1,423 |
9.7% |
| 1996 House Primary Runoff |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Henry Boyd Jr. |
Democratic |
4,360 |
54.1% |
| Talmadge Littlejohn |
Democratic |
3,694 |
45.9% |
| 1998 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Roger Wicker |
Republican |
66,738 |
67.2% |
| Rex Weathers |
Democratic |
30,438 |
30.6% |
| John Rouse |
Libertarian |
2,157 |
2.2% |
| 2000 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Roger Wicker |
Republican |
145,967 |
69.8% |
| Joe Grist Jr. |
Democratic |
59,763 |
28.6% |
| Chris Lawrence |
Libertarian |
3,310 |
1.6% |
| 2002 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Roger Wicker |
Republican |
95,404 |
71.4% |
| Rex Weathers |
Democratic |
32,318 |
24.2% |
| Brenda Blackburn |
Reform |
3,477 |
2.6% |
| Harold Taylor |
Libertarian |
2,368 |
1.8% |
| 2004 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Roger Wicker |
Republican |
219,328 |
79.0% |
| Barbara Washer |
Reform |
58,256 |
21.0% |
| 2006 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Roger Wicker |
Republican |
95,098 |
65.9% |
| Ken Hurt |
Democratic |
49,174 |
34.1% |
| 2006 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ken Hurt |
Democratic |
4,477 |
38.4% |
| Bill Bambach |
Democratic |
2,851 |
24.5% |
| Ron Shapiro |
Democratic |
2,514 |
21.6% |
| Joe Forsythe |
Democratic |
1,802 |
15.5% |
| 2006 House Primary Runoff |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| James Hurt |
Democratic |
5,063 |
67.4% |
| William Bambach |
Democratic |
2,446 |
32.6% |
| 2008 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Travis Childers |
Democratic |
185,959 |
54.5% |
| Greg Davis |
Republican |
149,818 |
43.9% |
| Wally Pang |
Independent |
3,736 |
1.1% |
| John Wages |
Green |
1,876 |
0.5% |
| 2008 House Non-Partisan Runoff Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Travis Childers |
Democratic |
58,037 |
53.8% |
| Greg Davis |
Republican |
49,877 |
46.2% |
| 2008 House Nonpartisan Special Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Travis Childers |
Democratic |
33,304 |
49.4% |
| Greg Davis |
Republican |
31,177 |
46.3% |
| Glenn McCullough Jr. |
Republican |
968 |
1.4% |
| Steve Holland |
Democratic |
789 |
1.2% |
| Wally Pang |
Independent |
725 |
1.1% |
| John Wages Jr. |
Green |
398 |
0.6% |
| 2008 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Travis Childers |
Democratic |
40,919 |
41.4% |
| Steve Holland |
Democratic |
30,274 |
30.6% |
| Marshall Coleman |
Democratic |
12,913 |
13.1% |
| Brian Neely |
Democratic |
10,624 |
10.8% |
| Ken Hurt |
Democratic |
4,095 |
4.1% |
| 2008 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Glenn McCullough Jr. |
Republican |
17,082 |
38.9% |
| Greg Davis |
Republican |
16,161 |
36.8% |
| Randy Russell |
Republican |
10,688 |
24.3% |
| 2008 House Primary Runoff |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Travis Childers |
Democratic |
20,797 |
56.6% |
| Steve Holland |
Democratic |
15,958 |
43.4% |
| 2008 House Primary Runoff |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Greg Davis |
Republican |
16,733 |
50.8% |
| Glenn McCullough |
Republican |
16,196 |
49.2% |
| 2010 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Alan Nunnelee |
Republican |
121,074 |
55.3% |
| Travis Childers |
Democratic |
89,388 |
40.8% |
| Wally Pang |
Independent |
2,180 |
1.0% |
| Les Green |
Independent |
2,020 |
0.9% |
| A. G. Baddley |
Independent |
1,882 |
0.9% |
| Gail Giaramita |
Constitution |
1,235 |
0.6% |
| Rico Hoskins |
Independent |
478 |
0.2% |
| Harold Taylor |
Libertarian |
447 |
0.2% |
| Barbara Washer |
Reform |
389 |
0.2% |
| 2010 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Alan Nunnelee |
Republican |
20,236 |
51.8% |
| Henry Ross |
Republican |
12,894 |
33.0% |
| Angela McGlowan |
Republican |
5,924 |
15.2% |
Demographic Data
| Population |
711,160 |
| Percentage White |
71.9% |
| Percentage Black |
26.3% |
| Percentage American Indian / Alaska Native |
0.2% |
| Percentage Asian |
0.4% |
| Percentage Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander |
0.0% |
| Percentage Mixed Race |
0.6% |
| Percentage Other Race |
0.6% |
| |
| Percentage Hispanic |
1.4% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic White |
71.3% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic Black |
26.2% |
| |
| Percentage Households All Speak Language Other than English |
1.1% |
| |
| Median Household Income |
$32,535 |
| Percentage Married Couple Both Work |
35.4% |
| Percentage Income in Poverty in 1999 |
16.4% |
| Percentage Lived in different household in 1995 |
40.7% |
| |
| Percentage Homes heated by Electricity |
30.8% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Gas |
39.2% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Coal |
0.0% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Fuel Oil |
0.3% |
| Percentage of Population Age 65 and Up |
12.4% |
| Percentage Employed Civilians 16-years-old and up |
43.5% |
| Percentage with a College Degree |
13.9% |
| Percentage Management or Professional Workers |
24.0% |
| Percentage Sales or Office Workers |
24.5% |
| Percentage Production or Transportation Workers |
27.4% |
| |
| Percentage Married Couples |
53.7% |
| Percentage Married Couples with Children |
24.1% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Male living with Male |
0.3% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Female living with Female |
0.3% |

Last updated 9:16pm October 4, 2012