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Mississippi U.S. Senate election history

Every Mississippi U.S. Senate election from 1976 to 2024: winners, parties, margins and the seats that changed hands.

Current senators

Wins by party

  • Republican 17
  • Democratic 2
D+50R+50D+25R+251978: R+13.519781982: D+28.419821984: R+21.919841988: R+7.819881994: R+37.619941996: R+43.619962000: R+34.320002006: R+28.720062008: R+22.920082012: R+16.620122014: R+22.020142018: R+19.020182020: R+10.020202024: R+25.62024
Mississippi Senate races: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.
YearSeatWinnerPartyRunner-upMarginVotes
2024 Class I Roger F. Wicker Republican Ty Pinkins 25.6 1,215,401
2020 Class II Cindy Hyde-Smith Republican Mike Espy 10.0 1,311,354
2018 Class I Roger F. Wicker Republican David Baria 19.0 936,215
2018 special Class II Cindy Hyde-Smith Republican Mike Espy 7.3 907,588
2014 Class II Thad Cochran Republican Travis W. Childers 22.0 631,858
2012 Class I Roger F. Wicker Republican Albert N. Gore 16.6 1,241,568
2008 Class II Thad Cochran Republican Erik R. Fleming 22.9 1,247,026
2008 special Class I Roger F. Wicker Republican Ronnie Musgrove 9.9 1,243,473
2006 Class I Trent Lott Republican Erik R. Fleming 28.7 610,921
2002 Class II Thad Cochran Republican Shawn R. O'Hara 69.2 630,495
2000 Class I Trent Lott Republican Troy Brown 34.3 994,144
1996 Class II Thad Cochran Republican James Bootie Hunt 43.7 878,662
1994 Class I Trent Lott Republican Ken Harper 37.6 608,085
1990 Class II Thad Cochran Republican — — 274,244
1988 flip Class I Trent Lott Republican Charles Wayne Dowdy 7.8 946,719
1984 Class II Thad Cochran Republican William F. Winter 21.9 952,240
1982 Class I John Cornelius Stennis Democratic Haley Barbour 28.4 645,026
1978 flip Class II Thad Cochran Republican Maurice Dantin 13.5 590,236
1976 Class I John Cornelius Stennis Democratic — — —

Mississippi governor history · House districts · Presidential results

Questions and answers

Who won the most recent Mississippi Senate election?

Roger F. Wicker won in 2024 by 25.6 points.

Who are Mississippi's U.S. senators?

Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican, term ends 2027) and Roger F. Wicker (Republican, term ends 2031).

When did a Democrat last win a Mississippi Senate race?

In 1982, when John Cornelius Stennis won.

When did a Republican last win a Mississippi Senate race?

In 2024, when Roger F. Wicker won.

Results: FiveThirtyEight (from 1976 for Senate, 1996 for governor). Current members: congress-legislators.