The 1982 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 2, 1982. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator
John C. Stennis won re-election to his seventh term. As of , this was the last time the Democrats won a U.S. Senate election in Mississippi.
Major candidates
Democratic
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John C. Stennis, U.S. Senator since 1947
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Charles Pittman, Mississippi State Senator since 1980
Republican
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Haley Barbour
Haley Reeves Barbour (born October 22, 1947) is an American attorney, politician, and lobbyist who served as the 63rd governor of Mississippi from 2004 to 2012. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as chairman of the Republican ...
, political operative who campaigned for U.S. Presidents
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...
and
Gerald Ford
Results
See also
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1982 United States Senate elections
References
1982
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
1982 Mississippi elections
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