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.

See also: 2011 United States gubernatorial elections
2011 Mississippi gubernatorial election
November 8, 2011
 
Nominee Phil Bryant Johnny DuPree
Party Republican Democratic
Electoral vote 82 40
Popular vote 544,851 348,617
Percentage 61.0% 39.0%
County results
Bryant:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
DuPree:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Governor before election

Haley Barbour
Republican

 Elected Governor

Phil Bryant
Republican

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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 source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Phil
Bryant		 Dave
Dennis		 Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling March 24–27, 2011 400 ± 4.9% 63% 14% 3%[1] 20%

Results
Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Phil Bryant 172,300 59.46
Republican Dave Dennis 74,546 25.72
Republican Ron Williams 25,555 8.82
Republican Hudson Holliday 13,761 4.75
Republican James Broadwater 3,626 1.25
Total votes 289,788 100.00

Democratic primary

Candidates
  • Johnny DuPree, Hattiesburg Mayor
  • Bill Luckett, businessman and attorney
  • William Bond Compton, Jr., 2007 candidate for governor
  • Guy Dale Shaw

Results
Results by county
Democratic primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Johnny DuPree 179,748 43.57
Democratic Bill Luckett 161,833 39.23
Democratic William Bond Compton, Jr. 40,452 9.81
Democratic Guy Dale Shaw 30,497 7.39
Total votes 412,530 100.00

Runoff results
Results by county
Democratic primary runoff results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Johnny DuPree 177,767 54.99
Democratic Bill Luckett 145,517 45.01
Total votes 323,284 100.00

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
Rothenberg Political Report[5] Safe R November 4, 2011
Governing[6] Safe R November 4, 2011
Cook[7] Safe R November 4, 2011
Sabato[8] Safe R November 4, 2011

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Phil
Bryant (R)		 Johnny
DuPree (D)		 Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling November 4–6, 2011 796 ± 3.5% 54% 40% — 6%
Public Policy Polling March 24–27, 2011 817 ± 3.4% 56% 25% — 19%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Dave
Dennis (R)		 Johnny
DuPree (D)		 Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling March 24–27, 2011 817 ± 3.4% 41% 28% — 31%
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Hudson
Holliday (R)		 Johnny
DuPree (D)		 Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling March 24–27, 2011 817 ± 3.4% 37% 28% — 35%
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Phil
Bryant (R)		 Bill
Luckett (D)		 Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling March 24–27, 2011 817 ± 3.4% 53% 27% — 20%
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Dave
Dennis (R)		 Bill
Luckett (D)		 Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling March 24–27, 2011 817 ± 3.4% 43% 27% — 32%
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Hudson
Holliday (R)		 Bill
Luckett (D)		 Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling March 24–27, 2011 817 ± 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
  1. Hudson Holliday 2%, James Broadwater 1%, Ron Williams 0%
  2. "Certified Republican Primary Results" (PDF). Sos.ms.gov. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  3. "Certified Democrat Primary Results" (PDF). Sos.ms.gov. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  4. "Certified Democrat Primary Results" (PDF). Sos.ms.gov. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  5. "Gubernatorial Ratings | Inside Elections". www.insideelections.com.
  6. "An Update on the 2011-2012 Gubernatorial Contests". Governing. July 25, 2011. Archived from the original on August 1, 2011.
  7. "2011/2012 GOVERNORS RACE RATINGS". The Cook Political Report. September 15, 2011. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011.
  8. "2012 Governor". Sabato's Crystal Ball.
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