On November 8, Mississippi held elections for all state office. The Reform Party nominee for Auditor, Ashley Norwood, was in a 2-party race against a Republican. Norwood polled 181,425 votes, 24.34% of the total vote cast for that office. This is the highest percentage for a minor party nominee for statewide office in Mississippi since the Peoples (Populist) Party showing in 1895.
Although George Wallace carried Mississippi in the presidential election of 1968, he was an independent candidate in Mississippi. Strom Thurmond carried Mississippi in the presidential election of 1948, but in Mississippi Thurmond was the Democratic Party nominee, and Harry S Truman was an independent candidate in Mississippi.
The Reform Party also got a high percentage in a 2-party statewide race in Mississippi in 2003: it polled 23.69% for Auditor that year. In the November 8, 2011 election, the Reform Party was also in a 2-party race for Lieutenant Governor, but in that race the Reform Party nominee, Tracella Hill, only received 19.65% of the vote. Thanks to Tony Roza for finding these 2011 unofficial Mississippi election returns.
Amazing stuff.
How many gigabytes of election stats in the BAN database ???
Does the database go back to the first recorded election on Mother Earth ???
When, where, who got elected ???
For the Reform Party, I think this is a great result! Obviously, it would’ve been better if the Reformer had won, but getting almost 25% is good.
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