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2011 Mississippi gubernatorial election

The 2011 Mississippi gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2011. Incumbent Republican Governor of Mississippi Haley Barbour was unable to run for a third term due to term limits.

2011 Mississippi gubernatorial election
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NomineePhil BryantJohnny DuPree
PartyRepublicanDemocratic
Electoral vote8240
Popular vote544,851348,617
Percentage60.98%39.02%
County results
Bryant:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
DuPree:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Governor before election

Haley Barbour
Republican

Elected Governor

Phil Bryant
Republican

Republican nominee Lieutenant Governor Phil Bryant defeated the Democratic nominee, Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree. Sworn in on January 10, 2012, Bryant became only the third Republican Governor of Mississippi since Reconstruction. This is the first election in which Republicans won three consecutive gubernatorial elections in the state. This was also the first time that Issaquena County and Benton County voted Republican since Reconstruction.

Republican primary

Candidates

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Phil
Bryant		Dave
Dennis		OtherUndecided
Public Policy PollingMarch 24–27, 2011400± 4.9%63%14%3%[1]20%

Results

Republican primary results[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanPhil Bryant 172,300 59.46
RepublicanDave Dennis74,54625.72
RepublicanRon Williams25,5558.82
RepublicanHudson Holliday13,7614.75
RepublicanJames Broadwater3,6261.25
Total votes289,788 100.00

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Results by county
  DuPree
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   >90%
  Luckett
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Shaw
  •   40–50%
Democratic primary results[3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJohnny DuPree 179,748 43.57
DemocraticBill Luckett 161,833 39.23
DemocraticWilliam Bond Compton, Jr.40,4529.81
DemocraticGuy Dale Shaw30,4977.39
Total votes412,530 100.00

Runoff results

Results by county
  DuPree
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   >90%
  Luckett
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Tie
  •   50–60%
Democratic primary runoff results[4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJohnny DuPree 177,767 54.99
DemocraticBill Luckett145,51745.01
Total votes323,284 100.00

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Rothenberg Political Report[5]Safe RNovember 4, 2011
Governing[6]Safe RNovember 4, 2011
Cook[7]Safe RNovember 4, 2011
Sabato[8]Safe RNovember 4, 2011

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Phil
Bryant (R)		Johnny
DuPree (D)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy PollingNovember 4–6, 2011796± 3.5%54%40%—6%
Public Policy PollingMarch 24–27, 2011817± 3.4%56%25%—19%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Dave
Dennis (R)		Johnny
DuPree (D)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy PollingMarch 24–27, 2011817± 3.4%41%28%—31%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Hudson
Holliday (R)		Johnny
DuPree (D)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy PollingMarch 24–27, 2011817± 3.4%37%28%—35%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Phil
Bryant (R)		Bill
Luckett (D)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy PollingMarch 24–27, 2011817± 3.4%53%27%—20%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Dave
Dennis (R)		Bill
Luckett (D)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy PollingMarch 24–27, 2011817± 3.4%43%27%—32%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Hudson
Holliday (R)		Bill
Luckett (D)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy PollingMarch 24–27, 2011817± 3.4%38%28%—34%

Results

CandidatePartyPopular voteElectoral vote
Votes%Votes%
Phil BryantRepublican Party544,85160.988267.21
Johnny DuPreeDemocratic Party348,61739.024032.79
Total893,468100.00122100.00
Source: Mississippi Secretary of State

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

Candidates (Archived)
Information
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