2011 Mississippi gubernatorial election

See also: 2011 United States gubernatorial elections

2011 Mississippi gubernatorial election
November 8, 2011
 
Nominee Phil Bryant Johnny DuPree
Party Republican Democratic
Electoral vote 82 40
Popular vote 544,851 348,617
Percentage 60.98% 39.02%
County results
Bryant:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
DuPree:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Governor before election

Haley Barbour
Republican

Elected Governor

Phil Bryant
Republican

The 2011 Mississippi gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2011. Incumbent Republican Governor of Mississippi Haley Barbour was unable to run for a third term due to term limits.

Republican nominee Lieutenant Governor Phil Bryant defeated the Democratic nominee, Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree. Sworn in on January 10, 2012, Bryant became only the third Republican governor of Mississippi since Reconstruction. This is the first election in which Republicans won three consecutive gubernatorial elections in the state. This was also the first time that Issaquena County and Benton County voted Republican since Reconstruction.

Republican primary

Candidates

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Phil
Bryant 		Dave
Dennis 		Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling[1] March 24–27, 2011 400 ± 4.9% 63% 14% 3%[2] 20%

Results

Republican primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Phil Bryant 172,300 59.46
Republican Dave Dennis 74,546 25.72
Republican Ron Williams 25,555 8.82
Republican Hudson Holliday 13,761 4.75
Republican James Broadwater 3,626 1.25
Total votes 289,788 100.00

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Johnny DuPree 179,748 43.57
Democratic Bill Luckett 161,833 39.23
Democratic William Bond Compton, Jr. 40,452 9.81
Democratic Guy Dale Shaw 30,497 7.39
Total votes 412,530 100.00

Runoff results

Democratic primary runoff results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Johnny DuPree 177,767 54.99
Democratic Bill Luckett 145,517 45.01
Total votes 323,284 100.00

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Rothenberg Political Report[6] Safe R November 4, 2011
Governing[7] Safe R November 4, 2011
Cook[8] Safe R November 4, 2011
Sabato[9] Safe R November 4, 2011

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Phil
Bryant (R) 		Johnny
DuPree (D) 		Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling[10] November 4–6, 2011 796 ± 3.5% 54% 40% — 6%
Public Policy Polling[11] March 24–27, 2011 817 ± 3.4% 56% 25% — 19%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Dave
Dennis (R) 		Johnny
DuPree (D) 		Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling[11] March 24–27, 2011 817 ± 3.4% 41% 28% — 31%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Hudson
Holliday (R) 		Johnny
DuPree (D) 		Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling[11] March 24–27, 2011 817 ± 3.4% 37% 28% — 35%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Phil
Bryant (R) 		Bill
Luckett (D) 		Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling[11] March 24–27, 2011 817 ± 3.4% 53% 27% — 20%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Dave
Dennis (R) 		Bill
Luckett (D) 		Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling[11] March 24–27, 2011 817 ± 3.4% 43% 27% — 32%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Hudson
Holliday (R) 		Bill
Luckett (D) 		Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling[11] March 24–27, 2011 817 ± 3.4% 38% 28% — 34%

Results

CandidatePartyPopular voteElectoral vote
Votes%Votes%
Phil BryantRepublican Party544,85160.988267.21
Johnny DuPreeDemocratic Party348,61739.024032.79
Total893,468100.00122100.00
Source: Mississippi Secretary of State

By county

County[12] Phil Bryant
Republican 		Johnny DuPree
Democratic 		Margin Total
# % # % # %
Adams 5,056 48.34% 5,403 51.66% -347 -3.32% 10,459
Alcorn 8,210 72.53% 3,110 27.47% 5,100 45.05% 11,320
Amite 3,637 57.87% 2,648 42.13% 989 15.74% 6,285
Attala 3,771 62.79% 2,235 37.21% 1,536 25.57% 6,006
Benton 1,924 56.11% 1,505 43.89% 419 12.22% 3,429
Bolivar 4,083 38.65% 6,482 61.35% -2,399 -22.71% 10,565
Calhoun 4,123 69.35% 1,822 30.65% 2,301 38.70% 5,945
Carroll 3,358 71.22% 1,357 28.78% 2,001 42.44% 4,715
Chickasaw 3,626 54.38% 3,042 45.62% 584 8.76% 6,668
Choctaw 2,225 71.94% 868 28.06% 1,357 43.87% 3,093
Claiborne 627 16.65% 3,138 83.35% -2,511 -66.69% 3,765
Clarke 4,322 65.55% 2,271 34.45% 2,051 31.11% 6,593
Clay 3,552 47.70% 3,895 52.30% -343 -4.61% 7,447
Coahoma 2,022 39.27% 3,127 60.73% -1,105 -21.46% 5,149
Copiah 5,073 52.94% 4,509 47.06% 564 5.89% 9,582
Covington 4,567 59.14% 3,156 40.86% 1,411 18.27% 7,723
DeSoto 28,257 76.49% 8,687 23.51% 19,570 52.97% 36,944
Forrest 12,574 57.57% 9,268 42.43% 3,306 15.14% 21,842
Franklin 2,228 66.73% 1,111 33.27% 1,117 33.45% 3,339
George 5,360 79.99% 1,341 20.01% 4,019 59.98% 6,701
Greene 3,239 73.41% 1,173 26.59% 2,066 46.83% 4,412
Grenada 4,495 58.64% 3,171 41.36% 1,324 17.27% 7,666
Hancock 8,837 72.63% 3,330 27.37% 5,507 45.26% 12,167
Harrison 25,488 63.68% 14,540 36.32% 10,948 27.35% 40,028
Hinds 24,092 34.45% 45,851 65.55% -21,759 -31.11% 69,943
Holmes 1,421 23.59% 4,603 76.41% -3,182 -52.82% 6,024
Humphreys 1,367 35.33% 2,502 64.67% -1,135 -29.34% 3,869
Issaquena 253 50.70% 246 49.30% 7 1.40% 499
Itawamba 5,893 77.70% 1,691 22.30% 4,202 55.41% 7,584
Jackson 23,444 69.12% 10,476 30.88% 12,968 38.23% 33,920
Jasper 3,124 45.85% 3,689 54.15% -565 -8.29% 6,813
Jefferson 503 15.73% 2,694 84.27% -2,191 -68.53% 3,197
Jefferson Davis 2,313 42.63% 3,113 57.37% -800 -14.74% 5,426
Jones 16,696 70.91% 6,848 29.09% 9,848 41.83% 23,544
Kemper 1,864 41.75% 2,601 58.25% -737 -16.51% 4,465
Lafayette 7,827 61.10% 4,984 38.90% 2,843 22.19% 12,811
Lamar 14,468 79.03% 3,839 20.97% 10,629 58.06% 18,307
Lauderdale 13,838 65.67% 7,235 34.33% 6,603 31.33% 21,073
Lawrence 3,756 65.48% 1,980 34.52% 1,776 30.96% 5,736
Leake 3,983 61.09% 2,537 38.91% 1,446 22.18% 6,520
Lee 17,087 68.82% 7,740 31.18% 9,347 37.65% 24,827
Leflore 3,413 38.63% 5,421 61.37% -2,008 -22.73% 8,834
Lincoln 8,761 69.95% 3,764 30.05% 4,997 39.90% 12,525
Lowndes 10,272 58.75% 7,213 41.25% 3,059 17.49% 17,485
Madison 21,176 63.16% 12,349 36.84% 8,827 26.33% 33,525
Marion 7,012 66.90% 3,469 33.10% 3,543 33.80% 10,481
Marshall 4,529 49.41% 4,638 50.59% -109 -1.19% 9,167
Monroe 7,721 63.09% 4,517 36.91% 3,204 26.18% 12,238
Montgomery 2,518 60.89% 1,617 39.11% 901 21.79% 4,135
Neshoba 6,390 76.86% 1,924 23.14% 4,466 53.72% 8,314
Newton 5,169 71.57% 2,053 28.43% 3,116 43.15% 7,222
Noxubee 1,099 27.93% 2,836 72.07% -1,737 -44.14% 3,935
Oktibbeha 7,087 56.24% 5,514 43.76% 1,573 12.48% 12,601
Panola 7,258 54.17% 6,140 45.83% 1,118 8.34% 13,398
Pearl River 11,080 79.83% 2,799 20.17% 8,281 59.67% 13,879
Perry 3,514 73.12% 1,292 26.88% 2,222 46.23% 4,806
Pike 6,663 50.78% 6,458 49.22% 205 1.56% 13,121
Pontotoc 7,947 76.68% 2,417 23.32% 5,530 53.36% 10,364
Prentiss 5,423 70.36% 2,285 29.64% 3,138 40.71% 7,708
Quitman 1,009 43.57% 1,307 56.43% -298 -12.87% 2,316
Rankin 35,399 79.86% 8,930 20.14% 26,469 59.71% 44,329
Scott 5,166 63.26% 3,000 36.74% 2,166 26.52% 8,166
Sharkey 788 38.10% 1,280 61.90% -492 -23.79% 2,068
Simpson 6,208 65.58% 3,259 34.42% 2,949 31.15% 9,467
Smith 5,377 76.51% 1,651 23.49% 3,726 53.02% 7,028
Stone 4,207 71.05% 1,714 28.95% 2,493 42.10% 5,921
Sunflower 2,389 40.18% 3,557 59.82% -1,168 -19.64% 5,946
Tallahatchie 2,112 48.71% 2,224 51.29% -112 -2.58% 4,336
Tate 5,612 68.16% 2,621 31.84% 2,991 36.33% 8,233
Tippah 5,895 75.37% 1,926 24.63% 3,969 50.75% 7,821
Tishomingo 4,718 75.42% 1,538 24.58% 3,180 50.83% 6,256
Tunica 949 29.24% 2,297 70.76% -1,348 -41.53% 3,246
Union 6,997 78.39% 1,929 21.61% 5,068 56.78% 8,926
Walthall 3,261 61.19% 2,068 38.81% 1,193 22.39% 5,329
Warren 9,019 58.57% 6,380 41.43% 2,639 17.14% 15,399
Washington 4,456 40.93% 6,431 59.07% -1,975 -18.14% 10,887
Wayne 5,110 59.01% 3,549 40.99% 1,561 18.03% 8,659
Webster 3,459 78.52% 946 21.48% 2,513 57.05% 4,405
Wilkinson 1,067 34.05% 2,067 65.95% -1,000 -31.91% 3,134
Winston 4,797 58.36% 3,423 41.64% 1,374 16.72% 8,220
Yalobusha 2,749 57.58% 2,025 42.42% 724 15.17% 4,774
Yazoo 4,492 53.08% 3,971 46.92% 521 6.16% 8,463
Totals 544,851 60.98% 348,617 39.02% 196,234 21.96% 893,468

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. ^ Public Policy Polling
  2. ^ Hudson Holliday 2%, James Broadwater 1%, Ron Williams 0%
  3. ^ "Certified Republican Primary Results" (PDF). Sos.ms.gov. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  4. ^ "Certified Democrat Primary Results" (PDF). Sos.ms.gov. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  5. ^ "Certified Democrat Primary Results" (PDF). Sos.ms.gov. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  6. ^ "Gubernatorial Ratings | Inside Elections". www.insideelections.com.
  7. ^ "An Update on the 2011-2012 Gubernatorial Contests". Governing. July 25, 2011. Archived from the original on August 1, 2011.
  8. ^ "2011/2012 GOVERNORS RACE RATINGS". The Cook Political Report. September 15, 2011. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011.
  9. ^ "2012 Governor". Sabato's Crystal Ball.
  10. ^ Public Policy Polling
  11. ^ a b c d e f Public Policy Polling
  12. ^ Hosemann, Delbert (December 8, 2011). "Governor" (PDF). Secretary of State of Mississippi. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 22, 2025. Retrieved March 12, 2026.

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