Dorothy Benford

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Dorothy Benford

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Last election

November 3, 2020

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Dorothy Benford (Democratic Party) (also known as Dot) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Elections

2020

See also: Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020

Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (March 10 Democratic primary)

Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (March 10 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Mississippi District 3

Incumbent Michael Guest defeated Dorothy Benford in the general election for U.S. House Mississippi District 3 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Guest (R)	64.7	221,064
	Submit photo	Dorothy Benford (D)	35.3	120,782

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 341,846
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 3

Dorothy Benford defeated Katelyn Lee in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 3 on March 10, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Dorothy Benford	64.0	38,967
		Katelyn Lee	36.0	21,951

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 60,918
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 3

Incumbent Michael Guest defeated James Tulp in the Republican primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 3 on March 10, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Guest	89.8	67,269
		James Tulp	10.2	7,618

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 74,887
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2019

See also: Mississippi Public Service Commission election, 2019

General election

General election for Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District

Brent Bailey defeated De'Keither Stamps in the general election for Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brent Bailey (R)	50.3	146,596
		De'Keither Stamps (D)	49.7	144,574

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 291,170
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District

De'Keither Stamps defeated Dorothy Benford in the Democratic primary runoff for Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District on August 27, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		De'Keither Stamps	58.8	38,314
	Submit photo	Dorothy Benford	41.2	26,864

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 65,178
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District

De'Keither Stamps and Dorothy Benford advanced to a runoff. They defeated Ryan Brown and Bruce Burton in the Democratic primary for Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District on August 6, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		De'Keither Stamps	39.5	42,967
✔	Submit photo	Dorothy Benford	33.7	36,641
		Ryan Brown	15.6	16,989
		Bruce Burton	11.2	12,157

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3	Total votes: 108,754
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District

Brent Bailey defeated Nic Lott in the Republican primary for Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District on August 6, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brent Bailey	74.4	73,726
		Nic Lott	25.6	25,363

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3	Total votes: 99,089
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2020

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2019

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Footnotes

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Mississippi's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Cindy Hyde-Smith (R)

Roger Wicker (R)

Representatives

District 1

Trent Kelly (R)

District 2

Bennie Thompson (D)

District 3

Michael Guest (R)

District 4

Mike Ezell (R)

Republican Party (5)

Democratic Party (1)