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Tammy Cotton
Tammy Cotton (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Mississippi House of Representatives to represent District 70. Cotton lost in the Democratic primary on August 6, 2019.
Cotton was a 2015 Democratic candidate for District 70 of the Mississippi House of Representatives.
Elections
2019
See also: Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 2019
General election
General election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 70
William Brown won election in the general election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 70 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | William Brown (D) | 100.0 | 5,832 |
| Total votes: 5,832 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Mississippi House of Representatives District 70
William Brown defeated incumbent Kathy Sykes in the Democratic primary runoff for Mississippi House of Representatives District 70 on August 27, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | William Brown | 52.4 | 1,653 |
 | Kathy Sykes | 47.6 | 1,503 | |
| Total votes: 3,156 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 70
William Brown and incumbent Kathy Sykes advanced to a runoff. They defeated Tammy Cotton in the Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 70 on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | William Brown | 49.4 | 1,833 |
| ✔ | | Kathy Sykes | 40.1 | 1,489 |
 | Tammy Cotton | 10.5 | 390 | |
| Total votes: 3,712 | |||
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2015
Elections for the Mississippi House of Representatives took place in 2015. A primary election was held on August 4, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 27, 2015.[1] Kathy Sykes and Samuel Lee Begley defeated Tammy Cotton in the Democratic primary. Sykes defeated Begley in the August 25 primary runoff. James Perry was unopposed in the Republican primary. Sykes defeated Perry in the general election.
Incumbent James Evans withdrew from the primary and announced he would not seek re-election.
| Mississippi House of Representatives, District 70 General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Kathy Sykes |
85.1% | 4,286 | |
| Republican | James Perry | 14.9% | 749 | |
| Total Votes | 5,035 | |||
| Mississippi House of Representatives, District 70 Democratic Primary, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|
Kathy Sykes |
37.9% | 1,325 |
| Samuel Lee Begley |
34.5% | 1,207 |
| Tammy Cotton | 27.6% | 965 |
| Total Votes | 3,497 | |
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Tammy Cotton did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
