Mississippi gubernatorial election, 1999
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The 1999 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1999, in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Governor Kirk Fordice, a member of the Republican Party who had been in office since 1992, was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits.
In the general election, Democrat Lieutenant Governor Ronnie Musgrove won a plurality of the vote over Republican Congressman Mike Parker. Per the Mississippi Constitution, since no candidate had received a majority of the vote, the election was decided by the Mississippi House of Representatives. On January 4, 2000, the House voted 86-36 along partisan lines to elect Musgrove governor.[1] As of 2018, this is the most recent election in which a Democrat was elected Governor of Mississippi.
Democratic primary
Lieutenant Governor Ronnie Musgrove won the Democratic primary, defeating former Commissioner of Public Safety Jim Roberts and 5 other candidates.
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ronnie Musgrove | 309,519 | 56.74 | |
Democratic | Jim Roberts | 142,617 | 26.14 | |
Democratic | Richard Barrett | 32,383 | 5.94 | |
Democratic | Katie Perrone | 16,476 | 3.02 | |
Democratic | Charles Bell | 13,159 | 2.41 | |
Democratic | Carrie Harris | 11,645 | 2.14 | |
Democratic | James W. "Bootie" Hunt | 11,572 | 2.12 | |
Total votes | 537,371 | 100.00 |
Republican primary
Former U.S. Representative Michael Parker won the Republican primary, defeating former Lieutenant Governor Eddie Briggs and four other candidates.
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mike Parker | 77,674 | 50.72 | |
Republican | Eddie Briggs | 42,763 | 27.92 | |
Republican | Charlie Williams | 17,176 | 11.22 | |
Republican | Dan Gibson | 11,348 | 7.41 | |
Republican | George "Wagon Wheel" Blair | 2,453 | 1.60 | |
Republican | Shawn O'Hara | 1,728 | 1.13 | |
Total votes | 153,142 | 100.00 |
General election
Results
Parker had almost 9,000 fewer votes than Musgrove. However, due to the presence of two minor candidates, Musgrove came up a few thousand votes short of a majority. Under an 1890 law, the first tiebreaker was whoever won the most state electoral votes (based on state House of Representatives districts). Each candidate won 61 of the 122 state electoral votes. The election was thus decided by the Mississippi House of Representatives, where the Democrats had a supermajority at the time. However, Parker refused to concede, and the House elected Musgrove 86-36 along partisan lines.[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ronnie Musgrove | 379,033 | 49.62 | |
Republican | Michael Parker | 370,691 | 48.52 | |
Reform | Jerry Ladner | 8,208 | 1.07 | |
Independent | Helen Perkins | 6,005 | 0.79 | |
Total votes | 763,667 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
References
- 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
- ↑ "MS Governor D Primary 1999". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ "MS Governor R Primary 1999". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ "MS Governor 1999". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ "1999 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Mississippi". David Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved December 2, 2016.