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Mississippi
Mississippi House Primaries — 1972
8 party contests across 5 districts, 5 contested (63%).
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DEM (5)
REP (3)
MS-1
US House
DEM
2 candidates
Whitten 87.0%
13.0%
Winner:
Jamie L Whitten
87.0%
Jamie L Whitten
DEM
34,829
87.0%
Jimmie Richardson
DEM
5,206
13.0%
40,035 total votes cast
MS-2
US House
DEM
9 candidates
Cook 23.4%
14.8%
12.1%
11.1%
10.4%
10.4%
Winner:
Tom Cook
23.4%
Tom Cook
DEM
13,881
23.4%
David Bowen
DEM
8,733
14.8%
Frank Smith
DEM
7,188
12.1%
Hugh Potts
DEM
6,587
11.1%
Clant Seay
DEM
6,189
10.4%
Corbet Patridge
DEM
6,158
10.4%
+3 more
59,222 total votes cast
MS-2
US House
REP
Uncontested
Winner:
Carl Butler
100.0%
Carl Butler
REP
1
100.0%
1 total votes cast
MS-3
US House
DEM
Uncontested
Winner:
G V Montgomery
100.0%
G V Montgomery
DEM
1
100.0%
1 total votes cast
MS-4
US House
DEM
6 candidates
Bodron 41.1%
Brown 20.0%
Pittman 17.0%
9.2%
Winner:
Ellis V Bodron
41.1%
Ellis V Bodron
DEM
31,784
41.1%
Walter Brown
DEM
15,507
20.0%
Paul Pittman
DEM
13,182
17.0%
Joe Moss
DEM
7,109
9.2%
Robert Pritchard
DEM
5,695
7.4%
Ray Lee
DEM
4,104
5.3%
77,381 total votes cast
MS-4
US House
REP
Uncontested
Winner:
Thad Cochran
100.0%
Thad Cochran
REP
1
100.0%
1 total votes cast
MS-5
US House
DEM
10 candidates
Stone 27.7%
Patterson 18.2%
Guice 16.3%
13.8%
10.2%
Winner:
Ben Stone
27.7%
Ben Stone
DEM
17,431
27.7%
Howard Patterson
DEM
11,472
18.2%
Daniel Guice
DEM
10,265
16.3%
Charles Blackwell
DEM
8,673
13.8%
Stone Barefield
DEM
6,398
10.2%
William Andrews
DEM
2,933
4.7%
+4 more
62,951 total votes cast
MS-5
US House
REP
4 candidates
Lott 70.4%
Grady 16.7%
8.1%
Winner:
Trent Lott
70.4%
Trent Lott
REP
5,038
70.4%
Paul Grady
REP
1,192
16.7%
Charles Klumb
REP
578
8.1%
Karl Mertz
REP
348
4.9%
7,156 total votes cast