Presidential Elections 1988 Mississippi

Mississippi's Democrats will join about a dozen other Southern states in a Super Tuesday presidential primary in March, 1988, party officials said in Jackson. The March 8, 1988, primary will replace the state's traditional caucus system, state Chairman Steve Patterson said.

Mississippi's Republican Rep. Trent Lott, the House minority whip, defeated Democratic Rep. Wayne Dowdy to win the U.S. Senate seat held for 41 years by John C. Stennis. The victory gives the Deep South state two Republican senators for the first time in this century as George Bush won the state's seven electoral votes. With 64% of the precincts reporting, Lott had 298,767 votes to Dowdy's 263,534.

Mississippi's Republican Rep. Trent Lott, the House minority whip, defeated Democratic Rep. Wayne Dowdy to win the U.S. Senate seat held for 41 years by John C. Stennis. The victory gives the Deep South state two Republican senators for the first time in this century as George Bush won the state's seven electoral votes. With 64% of the precincts reporting, Lott had 298,767 votes to Dowdy's 263,534.

Mississippi's Democrats will join about a dozen other Southern states in a Super Tuesday presidential primary in March, 1988, party officials said in Jackson. The March 8, 1988, primary will replace the state's traditional caucus system, state Chairman Steve Patterson said.