Mississippi Primary Results

By: Staff Reports |
Published: June 02, 2010

U.S. House - 1st District
State Senate Appropriations Chairman Alan Nunnelee of Tupelo won the Republican nomination Tuesday in north Mississippi's 1st District and will try in November to unseat Travis Childers of Booneville, a Blue Dog Democrat who has held the seat since mid-2008.

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Alan Nunnelee 19,987 - 52 percent
Henry Ross 12,660 - 33 percent
Angela McGlowan 5,838 - 15 percent

U.S. House - 2nd District
Candidates Richard Cook of Byram, a teacher who ran for the seat in 2008 and Bill Marcy of Meridian, a former Chicago police officer who ran unsuccessfully for a state House seat in Meridian in 2009 will face off again in July Runoff. The winner will face incumbant Democrat Bennie Thompson in the November General election.

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Bill Marcy 2,190 - 35 percent
Richard Cook 2,186 - 35 percent
George Bailey 1,927 - 31 percent

U.S. House - 3rd District
Joel Gill has won the Democratic congressional primary in central Mississippi's 3rd District. Gill was the Democratic nominee in the 3rd District in 2008 when the seat was open. He lost to Republican incumbent Gregg Harper of Pearl. The November ballot will have Harper, Gill and a Reform Party candidate.

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Joel Gill 3,651 - 53 percent
James Jackson 2,029 - 29 percent
Shawn O'Hara 1,251 - 18 percent

U.S. House - 4th District
State Rep. Steven Palazzo of Biloxi won the GOP primary and will face 21-year incumbent Gene Taylor of Bay St. Louis, a Democrat who often votes against his own party.

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Steven Palazzo 15,389 - 57 percent
Joe Tegerdine 11,455 - 43 percent