1984 United States Senate election in Mississippi

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Nominee  | Thad Cochran | William F. Winter |
Party  | Republican | Democratic
Popular vote  | 580,314 | 371,926
Percentage  | 60.94% | 39.06%

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Cochran: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Winter: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

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| U.S. senator before election

Thad Cochran
Republican

| Elected U.S. Senator

Thad Cochran
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The 1984 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 5, 1984. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Thad Cochran rode the coattails of President Ronald Reagan, who won 49 states in concurrent presidential election, and won re-election to a second term. Cochran was the first Republican ever to be re-elected to the Senate from Mississippi.

## Campaign

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Secretary of State Dick Molpus stated that voter turnout for the Democratic senatorial primary at 8.1% was the lowest in the state's history since 1950.[1]

Winter received 74% of the black vote.[2]

## Major candidates

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### Democratic

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* William F. Winter, former Governor

### Republican

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* Thad Cochran, incumbent U.S. Senator

## Results

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Mississippi U.S. Senate Election, 1984[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Republican | Thad Cochran (incumbent)  | 580,314  | 60.94%
| Democratic | William Winter | 371,926  | 39.06%
Total votes  | 952,240  | 100.00%
| Republican hold

## See also

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* 1984 United States Senate elections

## References

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1. ^ "State voter turnout hits record low". The Greenwood Commonwealth. June 7, 1984. p. 3\. Archived from the original on June 14, 2022 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 356.
3. ^ "Our Campaigns - MS US Senate Race - Nov 06, 1984". Archived from the original on July 24, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2020.

## Works cited

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* Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674941306.

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