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Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District election (June 5, 2018 Democratic primary)

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Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District
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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: March 1, 2018
Primary: June 5, 2018
Primary runoff: June 26, 2018 (if needed)
General: November 6, 2018

Pre-election incumbent:
Gregg Harper (Republican)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voting in Mississippi
Race ratings
Cook Partisan Voter Index (2018): R+13
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2018
See also
Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District
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Mississippi elections, 2018
U.S. Congress elections, 2018
U.S. Senate elections, 2018
U.S. House elections, 2018

A Democratic Party primary election took place on June 5, 2018, in Mississippi's 3rd District to determine which Democrat would run in the district's November 6, 2018, general election.

This page focuses on the Democratic primary. For an overview of the election in general, click here.

See also: United States House elections in Mississippi (June 5, 2018 Democratic primaries) and United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2018
Candidate Filing Deadline Primary Election General Election
March 1, 2018
June 5, 2018
November 6, 2018

Candidates and election results

Michael Evans defeated Michael Aycox in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 3 on June 5, 2018.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 3

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Evans
Michael Evans
 
69.3
 
17,016
Image of Michael Aycox
Michael Aycox
 
30.7
 
7,525

Total votes: 24,541
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

The 2017 Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+13, meaning that in the previous two presidential elections, this district's results were 13 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District the 101st most Republican nationally.[1]

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.80. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.80 points toward that party.[2]

State overview

Partisan control

This section details the partisan control of federal and state positions in Mississippi heading into the 2018 elections.

Congressional delegation

State executives

  • As of September 2018, Republicans held eight of 11 state executive positions, with the remaining three held by Democrats.
  • The governor of Mississippi was Republican Phil Bryant. Bryant won election in 2011 and was re-elected in 2015.

State legislature

Trifecta status

  • Mississippi was a Republican trifecta, meaning that the Republican Party held the governorship and both chambers of the state legislature.

2018 elections

See also: Mississippi elections, 2018

Mississippi held elections for the following positions in 2018:

Demographics

Demographic data for Mississippi
 MississippiU.S.
Total population:2,989,390316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):46,9233,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:59.2%73.6%
Black/African American:37.4%12.6%
Asian:1%5.1%
Native American:0.4%0.8%
Pacific Islander:0%0.2%
Two or more:1.2%3%
Hispanic/Latino:2.9%17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:82.3%86.7%
College graduation rate:20.7%29.8%
Income
Median household income:$39,665$53,889
Persons below poverty level:27%11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Mississippi.
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

As of July 2016, Mississippi's three largest cities were Jackson (pop. est. 170,000), Gulfport (pop. est. 72,000), and Southaven (pop. est. 54,000).[3]

State election history

This section provides an overview of federal and state elections in Mississippi from 2000 to 2016. Data comes from the Mississippi Secretary of State.

Historical elections

Presidential elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the presidential election in Mississippi every year from 2000 to 2016.

Election results (President of the United States), Mississippi 2000-2016
Year First-place candidate First-place candidate votes (%) Second-place candidate Second-place candidate votes (%) Margin of victory (%)
2016 Republican Party Donald Trump 57.9% Democratic Party Hillary Clinton 40.1% 17.8%
2012 Republican Party Mitt Romney 55.3% Democratic Party Barack Obama 43.8% 11.5%
2008 Republican Party John McCain 56.2% Democratic Party Barack Obama 43.0% 13.2%
2004 Republican Party George W. Bush 59.5% Democratic Party John Kerry 39.8% 19.7%
2000 Republican Party George W. Bush 57.6% Democratic Party Al Gore 40.7% 16.9%

U.S. Senate elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of U.S. Senate races in Mississippi from 2000 to 2016. Every state has two Senate seats, and each seat goes up for election every six years. The terms of the two seats are staggered so that roughly one-third of the seats are up every two years.

Election results (U.S. Senator), Mississippi 2000-2016
Year First-place candidate First-place candidate votes (%) Second-place candidate Second-place candidate votes (%) Margin of victory (%)
2014 Republican Party Thad Cochran 59.9% Democratic Party Travis Childers 37.9% 22.0%
2012 Republican Party Roger Wicker 57.2% Democratic Party Albert Gore 40.6% 16.6%
2008 Republican Party Thad Cochran 61.4% Democratic Party Erik Fleming 38.6% 22.8%
2008 (special) Republican Party Roger Wicker 55.0% Democratic Party Ronnie Musgrove 45.0% 10.0%
2006 Republican Party Trent Lott 63.6% Democratic Party Erik Fleming 34.9% 28.7%
2002 Republican Party Thad Cochran 84.6% Reform Party Shawn O'Hara 15.4% 69.2%
2000 Republican Party Trent Lott 65.9% Democratic Party Troy Brown 31.6% 34.3%

Gubernatorial elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the gubernatorial elections held between 2000 and 2016. Gubernatorial elections are held every four years in Mississippi.

Election results (Governor), Mississippi 2000-2016
Year First-place candidate First-place candidate votes (%) Second-place candidate Second-place candidate votes (%) Margin of victory (%)
2015 Republican Party Phil Bryant 66.6% Democratic Party Robert Gray 32.1% 34.5%
2011 Republican Party Phil Bryant 61.0% Democratic Party Johnny DuPree 39.0% 22.0%
2007 Republican Party Haley Barbour 57.9% Democratic Party John Eaves 42.1% 15.8%
2003 Republican Party Haley Barbour 52.6% Democratic Party Ronnie Musgrove 45.8% 6.8%

Congressional delegation, 2000-2016

This chart shows the number of Democrats and Republicans who were elected to represent Mississippi in the U.S. House from 2000 to 2016. Elections for U.S. House seats are held every two years.

Congressional delegation, Mississippi 2000-2016
Year Republicans Republicans (%) Democrats Democrats (%) Balance of power
2016 Republican Party 4 75.0% Democratic Party 1 25.0% R+2
2014 Republican Party 4 75.0% Democratic Party 1 25.0% R+2
2012 Republican Party 4 75.0% Democratic Party 1 25.0% R+2
2010 Republican Party 4 75.0% Democratic Party 1 25.0% R+2
2008 Republican Party 1 25.0% Democratic Party 3 75.0% D+2
2006 Republican Party 2 50.0% Democratic Party 2 50.0% Even
2004 Republican Party 2 50.0% Democratic Party 2 50.0% Even
2002 Republican Party 2 50.0% Democratic Party 2 50.0% Even
2008 Republican Party 2 40.0% Democratic Party 3 60.0% D+1

Trifectas, 1992-2017

A state government trifecta occurs when one party controls both chambers of the state legislature and the governor's office.

Mississippi Party Control: 1992-2025
Four years of Democratic trifectas  •  Fourteen years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Governor R R R R R R R R D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Senate D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D R[4] D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
House D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R


See also

Footnotes


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