Mississippi's 1st congressional district
U.S. House District in Northeast Mississippi
Mississippi's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S state of Mississippi. The district is in the northeast corner of the state. It includes the cities of Columbus, Oxford, Southaven, and Tupelo. The counties are Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Lowndes, Marshall, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Webster, and Winston counties and parts of Oktibbeha County. The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is currently represented by Republican Trent Kelly.
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Area | 11,412 sq mi (29,560 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2019) | 769,026[1] | ||
Median household income | $50,243[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+16[2] |
Election history
change2012
changeParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Alan Nunnelee (incumbent) | 186,760 | 60.4 | |
Democratic | Brad Morris | 114,076 | 36.9 | |
Libertarian | Danny Bedwell | 3,584 | 1.2 | |
Constitution | Jim R. Bourland | 2,390 | 0.8 | |
Reform | Chris Potts | 2,367 | 0.8 | |
Total votes | 309,177 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2014
changeParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Alan Nunnelee (incumbent) | 102,622 | 67.9 | |
Democratic | Ron Dickey | 43,713 | 28.9 | |
Libertarian | Danny Bedwell | 3,830 | 2.6 | |
Reform | Lajena Walley | 946 | 0.6 | |
Total votes | 151,111 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2015 special election
changeParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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N/A | Walter Zinn | 15,385 | 17.41 | |
N/A | Trent Kelly | 14,418 | 16.32 | |
N/A | Mike Tagert | 11,231 | 12.71 | |
N/A | Greg Pirkle | 7,142 | 8.08 | |
N/A | Starner Jones | 6,993 | 7.91 | |
N/A | Chip Mills | 6,929 | 7.84 | |
N/A | Henry Ross | 4,313 | 4.88 | |
N/A | Boyce Adams | 4,037 | 4.57 | |
N/A | Nancy Adams Collins | 4,006 | 4.53 | |
N/A | Sam Adcock | 4,000 | 4.53 | |
N/A | Ed "Doc" Holliday | 3,958 | 4.48 | |
N/A | Quentin Whitwell | 3,124 | 3.56 | |
N/A | Daniel Sparks | 2,828 | 3.20 | |
Total votes | 88,364 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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N/A | Trent Kelly | 69,516 | 69.97 | |
N/A | Walter Zinn | 29,831 | 30.03 | |
Total votes | 99,347 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
2016
changeParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Trent Kelly (incumbent) | 206,455 | 68.7 | |
Democratic | Jacob Owens | 83,947 | 27.9 | |
Libertarian | Chase Wilson | 6,181 | 2.1 | |
Reform | Cathy Toole | 3,840 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 300,123 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2018
changeParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Trent Kelly (incumbent) | 158,245 | 66.9 | |
Democratic | Randy Wadkins | 76,601 | 32.4 | |
Reform | Tracella Lou O'Hara Hil | 1,675 | 0.7 | |
Total votes | 236,521 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2020
changeParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Trent Kelly (incumbent) | 228,787 | 68.7 | |
Democratic | Antonia Eliason | 104,008 | 31.3 | |
Total votes | 332,795 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "My Congressional District".
- ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Secretary of State Elections". State of Mississippi Secretary of State. Archived from the original on January 1, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
- ↑ "Mississippi General Election 2014". Mississippi Secretary of State. 2014-11-04. Archived from the original on 2014-12-22. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
- ↑ "Total Votes Reported by County for the 2015 Special Election" (PDF). Mississippi Secretary of State. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
- ↑ "Total Votes Reported by County for the 2015 Special Runoff Election". Mississippi Secretary of State. Archived from the original on July 27, 2019. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
- ↑ "Mississippi General Election 2016". Mississippi Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original on December 27, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- ↑ Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- ↑ "State of Mississippi OFFICIAL 2020 GENERAL ELECTION CERTIFIED RESULTS" (PDF). State of Mississippi Secretary of State. Retrieved December 28, 2020.