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United States House elections in Mississippi (June 5, 2018 Republican primaries)
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The 2018 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Mississippi took place on November 6, 2018. Voters elected four candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's four congressional districts. This page focuses on the Republican Party primary election that took place in each district on June 5, 2018.
Candidates
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District 1
Republican primary candidates
- Trent Kelly (Incumbent) ✔
District 2
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
District 3
Republican primary candidates
District 4
Republican primary candidates
- Steven Palazzo (Incumbent) ✔
- E. Brian Rose
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
Two of 82 Mississippi counties—2.4 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
| Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008 | |||||||
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| County | Trump margin of victory in 2016 | Obama margin of victory in 2012 | Obama margin of victory in 2008 | ||||
| Chickasaw County, Mississippi | 6.06% | 4.52% | 2.13% | ||||
| Panola County, Mississippi | 0.12% | 8.62% | 6.52% | ||||
See also
- United States House elections in Mississippi (June 5, 2018 Democratic primaries)
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2018
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2018
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2018
- U.S. House primaries, 2018
Footnotes
