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Richard Buford
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Richard Buford (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Mississippi House of Representatives to represent District 85. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 8, 2023.
Elections
2023
See also: Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 2023
General election
General election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 85
Incumbent Jeffery Harness defeated Michael Longnecker in the general election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 85 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jeffery Harness (D) | 79.9 | 5,968 |
| Michael Longnecker (L) | 20.1 | 1,497 | ||
| Total votes: 7,465 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 85
Incumbent Jeffery Harness defeated Richard Buford in the Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 85 on August 8, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jeffery Harness | 70.7 | 3,747 |
| Richard Buford | 29.3 | 1,556 | ||
| Total votes: 5,303 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Buford in this election.
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
Current members of the Mississippi House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Jason White
Minority Leader:Robert Johnson
Representatives
District 1
Lester Carpenter (R)
District 2
Brad Mattox (R)
District 3
William Arnold (R)
District 4
Jody Steverson (R)
District 5
John Faulkner (D)
District 6
Justin Keen (R)
District 7
Kimberly Remak (R)
District 8
Trey Lamar (R)
District 9
Cedric Burnett (D)
District 10
Josh Hawkins (R)
District 11
Lataisha Jackson (D)
District 12
Clay Deweese (R)
District 13
Steve Massengill (R)
District 14
Sam Creekmore IV (R)
District 15
District 16
Rickey Thompson (D)
District 17
Shane Aguirre (R)
District 18
Jerry Turner (R)
District 19
Randy Boyd (R)
District 20
Rodney Hall (R)
District 21
Donnie Bell (R)
District 22
Jon Lancaster (R)
District 23
Perry Van Bailey (R)
District 24
Jeff Hale (R)
District 25
Dan Eubanks (R)
District 26
Vacant
District 27
Kenji Holloway (D)
District 28
Doc Harris (R)
District 29
Robert Sanders (D)
District 30
Tracey Rosebud (D)
District 31
Otis Anthony (D)
District 32
Solomon Osborne (D)
District 33
Jim Estrada (R)
District 34
Kevin Horan (R)
District 35
Joey Hood (R)
District 36
Karl Gibbs (D)
District 37
Andy Boyd (R)
District 38
Cheikh Taylor (D)
District 39
District 40
District 41
Kabir Karriem (D)
District 42
Carl Mickens (D)
District 43
Rob Roberson (R)
District 44
C. Scott Bounds (R)
District 45
Keith Jackson (D)
District 46
Karl Oliver (R)
District 47
Bryant Clark (D)
District 48
Jason White (R)
District 49
Willie Bailey (D)
District 50
John Hines (D)
District 51
District 52
Bill Kinkade (R)
District 53
Vince Mangold (R)
District 54
Kevin Ford (R)
District 55
Oscar Denton (D)
District 56
Clay Mansell (R)
District 57
District 58
District 59
Brent Powell (R)
District 60
Fred Shanks (R)
District 61
Gene Newman (R)
District 62
Lance Varner (R)
District 63
Stephanie Foster (D)
District 64
Shanda Yates (I)
District 65
Christopher Bell (D)
District 66
Fabian Nelson (D)
District 67
Earle Banks (D)
District 68
Zakiya Summers (D)
District 69
District 70
William Brown (D)
District 71
Ronnie Crudup (D)
District 72
Justis Gibbs (D)
District 73
Jill Ford (R)
District 74
Lee Yancey (R)
District 75
Celeste Hurst (R)
District 76
Gregory Holloway (D)
District 77
Price Wallace (R)
District 78
Randy Rushing (R)
District 79
Mark Tullos (R)
District 80
Omeria Scott (D)
District 81
Stephen Horne (R)
District 82
Gregory Elliott (I)
District 83
Billy Calvert (R)
District 84
Troy Smith (R)
District 85
Jeffery Harness (D)
District 86
Shane Barnett (R)
District 87
Joseph Tubb (R)
District 88
District 89
Donnie Scoggin (R)
District 90
Noah Sanford (R)
District 91
Bob Evans (D)
District 92
Becky Currie (R)
District 93
Timmy Ladner (R)
District 94
Robert Johnson (D)
District 95
Jay McKnight (R)
District 96
Angela Cockerham (I)
District 97
Sam Mims (R)
District 98
Daryl Porter (D)
District 99
Bill Pigott (R)
District 100
Ken Morgan (R)
District 101
Kent McCarty (R)
District 102
Missy McGee (R)
District 103
Percy Watson (D)
District 104
Larry Byrd (R)
District 105
Elliot Burch (R)
District 106
Jansen Owen (R)
District 107
Steve Lott (R)
District 108
Stacey Wilkes (R)
District 109
Manly Barton (R)
District 110
Jeramey Anderson (D)
District 111
Jimmy Fondren (R)
District 112
John Read (R)
District 113
H.B. Zuber (R)
District 114
Jeffrey Guice (R)
District 115
Zachary Grady (R)
District 116
Casey Eure (R)
District 117
Kevin Felsher (R)
District 118
Greg Haney (R)
District 119
Jeffrey Hulum (D)
District 120
Richard Bennett (R)
District 121
Carolyn Crawford (R)
District 122
Brent Anderson (R)
Republican Party (79)
Democratic Party (39)
Independent (3)
Vacancies (1)
