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Election 1995 Results

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1995 Mississippi governor election

Kirk Fordice (Republican) beat Dick Molpus (Democrat) in Mississippi in 1995, 55.6% to 44.4%, a margin of 11.1 points and 91,051 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1991, when Kirk Fordice also won.

Republicans led in 53 of the 82 counties and Democrats in 28. The largest, Hinds, cast 73,973 votes and went to the Democrat by 8.7 points. The closest was Alcorn, where 21 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kirk Fordice won Republican 455,261 55.6%
Dick Molpus Democratic 364,210 44.4%
Total819,471

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hinds 40,216 54.4% 33,757 45.6% 73,973 D+8.7
Harrison 17,226 45.9% 20,280 54.1% 37,506 R+8.1
Jackson 12,192 36.8% 20,983 63.2% 33,175 R+26.5
Rankin 8,687 26.4% 24,176 73.6% 32,863 R+47.1
Lauderdale 8,460 37.8% 13,932 62.2% 22,392 R+24.4
Madison 9,111 43.1% 12,034 56.9% 21,145 R+13.8
Jones 6,155 31.2% 13,575 68.8% 19,730 R+37.6
DeSoto 5,016 26.3% 14,076 73.7% 19,092 R+47.5
Lee 7,189 41.0% 10,337 59.0% 17,526 R+18.0
Forrest 6,765 39.1% 10,515 60.9% 17,280 R+21.7
Warren 6,629 41.3% 9,440 58.7% 16,069 R+17.5
Lowndes 5,858 38.5% 9,360 61.5% 15,218 R+23.0
Pearl River 5,903 39.7% 8,951 60.3% 14,854 R+20.5
Pike 7,032 52.5% 6,356 47.5% 13,388 D+5.0
Washington 6,858 51.6% 6,431 48.4% 13,289 D+3.2
Bolivar 7,713 63.4% 4,453 36.6% 12,166 D+26.8
Adams 6,537 54.6% 5,440 45.4% 11,977 D+9.2
Hancock 5,204 44.0% 6,622 56.0% 11,826 R+12.0
Lamar 2,931 26.0% 8,349 74.0% 11,280 R+48.0
Oktibbeha 5,554 50.6% 5,415 49.4% 10,969 D+1.3
Leflore 6,135 56.2% 4,784 43.8% 10,919 D+12.4
Lincoln 3,900 36.9% 6,662 63.1% 10,562 R+26.2
Marion 4,121 39.8% 6,243 60.2% 10,364 R+20.5
Panola 4,992 50.0% 4,992 50.0% 9,984 level
Monroe 4,594 46.8% 5,221 53.2% 9,815 R+6.4
Lafayette 4,756 49.9% 4,783 50.1% 9,539 R+0.3
Simpson 3,451 36.5% 5,992 63.5% 9,443 R+26.9
Alcorn 4,590 50.1% 4,569 49.9% 9,159 D+0.2
Yazoo 4,175 46.8% 4,737 53.2% 8,912 R+6.3
Copiah 4,194 47.3% 4,667 52.7% 8,861 R+5.3
Coahoma 4,923 56.7% 3,753 43.3% 8,676 D+13.5
Neshoba 3,503 40.4% 5,164 59.6% 8,667 R+19.2
Marshall 4,501 52.4% 4,086 47.6% 8,587 D+4.8
Sunflower 5,096 59.8% 3,422 40.2% 8,518 D+19.7
Newton 2,857 35.3% 5,231 64.7% 8,088 R+29.4
Prentiss 3,432 42.9% 4,575 57.1% 8,007 R+14.3
Grenada 3,634 45.4% 4,367 54.6% 8,001 R+9.2
Scott 3,237 40.7% 4,722 59.3% 7,959 R+18.7
Union 3,316 42.8% 4,424 57.2% 7,740 R+14.3
Tate 2,791 38.1% 4,532 61.9% 7,323 R+23.8
Pontotoc 2,742 37.5% 4,573 62.5% 7,315 R+25.0
Winston 3,201 43.8% 4,099 56.2% 7,300 R+12.3
Leake 3,111 43.6% 4,025 56.4% 7,136 R+12.8
Wayne 2,937 41.7% 4,108 58.3% 7,045 R+16.6
Clay 3,669 54.5% 3,065 45.5% 6,734 D+9.0
Smith 1,918 28.5% 4,805 71.5% 6,723 R+42.9
Itawamba 2,756 41.1% 3,948 58.9% 6,704 R+17.8
Covington 2,550 38.1% 4,151 61.9% 6,701 R+23.9
Tippah 2,484 37.3% 4,180 62.7% 6,664 R+25.5
Chickasaw 3,273 50.7% 3,183 49.3% 6,456 D+1.4
Holmes 4,581 71.1% 1,863 28.9% 6,444 D+42.2
Attala 2,725 42.8% 3,637 57.2% 6,362 R+14.3
Clarke 2,565 41.3% 3,647 58.7% 6,212 R+17.4
Jasper 2,985 48.1% 3,218 51.9% 6,203 R+3.8
Lawrence 2,629 43.6% 3,398 56.4% 6,027 R+12.8
Calhoun 2,444 40.6% 3,572 59.4% 6,016 R+18.8
Tishomingo 2,716 45.3% 3,285 54.7% 6,001 R+9.5
George 2,184 37.2% 3,684 62.8% 5,868 R+25.6
Tallahatchie 3,232 56.0% 2,539 44.0% 5,771 D+12.0
Jefferson Davis 2,995 52.6% 2,696 47.4% 5,691 D+5.3
Amite 2,252 43.3% 2,954 56.7% 5,206 R+13.5
Noxubee 3,289 64.9% 1,777 35.1% 5,066 D+29.8
Humphreys 2,961 59.4% 2,022 40.6% 4,983 D+18.8
Yalobusha 2,418 50.5% 2,369 49.5% 4,787 D+1.0
Stone 2,024 42.9% 2,694 57.1% 4,718 R+14.2
Claiborne 3,680 78.8% 988 21.2% 4,668 D+57.7
Carroll 1,699 37.7% 2,806 62.3% 4,505 R+24.6
Webster 1,444 32.4% 3,014 67.6% 4,458 R+35.2
Kemper 2,406 55.7% 1,914 44.3% 4,320 D+11.4
Walthall 1,559 36.4% 2,724 63.6% 4,283 R+27.2
Montgomery 1,978 47.8% 2,160 52.2% 4,138 R+4.4
Greene 1,530 37.3% 2,571 62.7% 4,101 R+25.4
Perry 1,288 32.1% 2,729 67.9% 4,017 R+35.9
Quitman 2,317 59.1% 1,604 40.9% 3,921 D+18.2
Jefferson 2,675 80.9% 630 19.1% 3,305 D+61.9
Benton 1,714 52.0% 1,582 48.0% 3,296 D+4.0
Franklin 1,299 40.0% 1,950 60.0% 3,249 R+20.0
Choctaw 1,204 37.3% 2,026 62.7% 3,230 R+25.4
Wilkinson 1,790 59.7% 1,209 40.3% 2,999 D+19.4
Sharkey 1,744 59.4% 1,192 40.6% 2,936 D+18.8
Tunica 1,276 59.4% 872 40.6% 2,148 D+18.8
Issaquena 532 57.7% 390 42.3% 922 D+15.4

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Mississippi governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2023 Tate Reeves (R) R+3.2
2019 Tate Reeves (R) R+5.1
2015 Phil Bryant (R) R+33.9
2011 Phil Bryant (R) R+22.0
2007 Haley Barbour (R) R+15.8
2003 Haley Barbour (R) R+6.8
1999 Ronnie Musgrove (D) D+1.1
1995 Kirk Fordice (R) R+11.1
1991 Kirk Fordice (R) R+3.2
1987 Ray Mabus (D) D+6.9
1983 William A. Allain (D) D+16.2
1979 William Winter (D) D+22.1
1975 Cliff Finch (D) D+7.1
1971 William L. Waller (D) D+77.0
1967 John Bell Williams (D) D+40.5
1963 Paul B. Johnson Jr. (D) D+23.9
1959 Ross R. Barnett (D) D+100.0
1955 James P. Coleman (D) D+100.0
1951 Hugh L. White (D) D+100.0
1947 Fielding L. Wright (D) D+95.2
1943 Thomas L. Bailey (D) D+100.0
1939 Paul B. Johnson (D) D+100.0
1935 Hugh L. White (D) D+100.0
1931 Martin S. Conner (D) D+100.0
1927 Theodore G. Bilbo (D) D+100.0
1923 Henry L. Whitfield (D) D+100.0
1919 Lee M. Russell (D) D+96.9
1915 Theodore G. Bilbo (D) D+92.6
1911 Earl Brewer (D) D+95.2
1907 Edmond Noel (D) D+100.0
1903 James K. Vardaman (D) D+100.0
1899 Andrew H. Longino (D) D+87.4
1895 Anselm J. McLaurin (D) D+72.1
1889 John M. Stone (D) D+100.0
1885 Robert Lowry (D) D+99.0
1881 Robert Lowry (D) D+59.9
1877 John M. Stone (D) D+100.0
1873 Adelbert Ames (R) R+58.1
1869 James L. Alcorn (R) R+66.7
1868 Beroth B. Eggleston (R) R+46.6
1865 Benjamin G. Humphreys (other)