1999 Mississippi gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1999 Mississippi gubernatorial election presidential Mississippi Flag of Mississippi (1996–2001).svg 1995 Mississippi gubernatorial election 1995 2003 Mississippi gubernatorial election 2003 no November 2, 1999 January 4, 2000 (contingent election) File:David Ronald Musgrove (cropped).jpg Ronnie Musgrove Democratic Party (United States) 61 File:Mike Parker.jpg 150x150px Michael Parker Republican Party (United States) 61 1999 Mississippi gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 170px County resultsMusgrove: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%Parker: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% Governor Kirk Fordice Republican Party (United States) Ronnie Musgrove Democratic via contingent election House vote Popular vote Percentage 86 36 379,033 370,691 49.62% 48.52% The 1999 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1999 to elect the governor of Mississippi. Republican incumbent Kirk Fordice was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits. Because no candidate received a majority of the vote, the election was decided by the Mississippi House of Representatives, which elected Democratic lieutenant governor Ronnie Musgrove over U.S. representative Mike Parker. In the general election, Democrat Lieutenant Governor Ronnie Musgrove won a plurality of the vote over Republican Congressman Mike Parker. Per the Mississippi Constitution, since no candidate had received a majority of the vote, the election was decided by the Mississippi House of Representatives in a contingent election. On January 4, 2000, the House voted 86–36, which was nearly along partisan lines, to elect Musgrove governor. As of , this remains the last time a Democrat was elected Governor of Mississippi. Republican primary Candidates George "Wagon Wheel" Blair Eddie Briggs, former lieutenant governor of Mississippi Dan Gibson Shawn O'Hara Mike Parker, former U.S. representative from Brookhaven Charlie Williams Results Mississippi Republican gubernatorial primary, 1999http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=174133 MS Governor R Primary 1999 Our Campaigns December 2, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Mike Parker 77,674 50.72 Republican Party (United States) Eddie Briggs 42,763 27.92 Republican Party (United States) Charlie Williams 17,176 11.22 Republican Party (United States) Dan Gibson 11,348 7.41 Republican Party (United States) George "Wagon Wheel" Blair 2,453 1.60 Republican Party (United States) Shawn O'Hara 1,728 1.13 153,142 100.00 Democratic primary Candidates Richard Barrett Charles Bell Carrie Harris James W. "Bootie" Hunt Ronnie Musgrove, lieutenant governor of Mississippi Katie Perrone Jim Roberts, former Mississippi public safety commissioner Results Mississippi Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1999http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=174131 MS Governor D Primary 1999 Our Campaigns December 2, 2016 Democratic Party (United States) Ronnie Musgrove 309,519 56.74 Democratic Party (United States) Jim Roberts 142,617 26.14 Democratic Party (United States) Richard Barrett 32,383 5.94 Democratic Party (United States) Katie Perrone 16,476 3.02 Democratic Party (United States) Charles Bell 13,159 2.41 Democratic Party (United States) Carrie Harris 11,645 2.14 Democratic Party (United States) James W. "Bootie" Hunt 11,572 2.12 537,371 100.00 General election Candidates Jerry Ladner (Reform) Ronnie Musgrove, lieutenant governor of Mississippi (Democratic) Mike Parker, former U.S. representative from Brookhaven (Republican) Helen Perkins (Independent) Polling Poll sourceDate(s)Sample sizeMargin of errorMike Parker (R)Ronnie Musgrove (D)Other / undecidedCalculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined. pollingMason-Dixon Polling & StrategyFiveThirtyEight's Pollster Ratings Raw Polls File https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fivethirtyeight/data/refs/heads/master/pollster-ratings/2023/raw-polls.csv October 15, 2026 GitHub FiveThirtyEightOctober 19, 1999605—47%42%11% Results Under the 1890 Constitution of Mississippi, gubernatorial candidates must win a majority of the popular vote and a majority of state house districts to be elected. With neither candidate winning the required popular and electoral majority, the Mississippi House of Representatives, where the Democrats had a supermajority at the time, decided between the two candidates with the most votes. Parker refused to concede, and the House elected Musgrove 86-36 along partisan lines.http://nationaljournal.com/pubs/almanac/2002/people/ms/msgv.htm Almanac of American Politics 2002 - Gov. Ronnie Musgrove (D) - Mississippi Governor 2012-10-20 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121022150802/http://www.nationaljournal.com/pubs/almanac/2002/people/ms/msgv.htm 2012-10-22 CandidatePartyPopular voteElectoral voteHouse voteVotes%Votes%Votes% Ronnie MusgroveDemocratic Party379,03349.626150.008670.49 Michael ParkerRepublican Party370,69148.526150.003629.51 Jerry LadnerReform Party8,2081.07 Helen PerkinsIndependent6,0050.79Total763,937100.00122100.00122100.00Source: By county Countyhttps://archive.org/download/mississippi-2000-2004-bluebook/2000-2004_bluebook.pdf Mississippi Blue Book 2000-2004 Clark Eric Eric Clark (politician) 2001 Secretary of State of Mississippi March 31, 2026Michael ParkerRepublicanRonnie MusgroveDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Adams4,90641.42%6,81557.53%1241.05%1,90916.12%11,845Alcorn2,88539.70%4,19857.77%1842.53%1,31318.07%7,267Amite3,11053.26%2,59344.41%1362.33%-517-8.85%5,839Attala2,79050.39%2,68048.40%671.21%-110-1.99%5,537Benton63626.66%1,65369.28%974.07%1,01742.62%2,386Bolivar3,80635.13%6,76562.44%2632.43%2,95927.31%10,834Calhoun2,44951.23%2,24947.05%821.72%-200-4.18%4,780Carroll2,73454.95%2,16543.52%761.53%-569-11.44%4,975Chickasaw2,81242.27%3,39751.07%4436.66%5858.79%6,652Choctaw1,64452.98%1,39344.89%662.13%-251-8.09%3,103Claiborne95422.97%3,11474.96%862.07%2,16052.00%4,154Clarke3,45753.35%2,86944.27%1542.38%-588-9.07%6,480Clay2,24739.16%3,40259.29%891.55%1,15520.13%5,738Coahoma1,82229.83%4,20868.89%781.28%2,38639.06%6,108Copiah4,25051.53%3,91047.41%871.05%-340-4.12%8,247Covington2,83452.09%2,50446.02%1031.89%-330-6.07%5,441DeSoto9,30149.71%9,14448.87%2651.42%-157-0.84%18,710Forrest8,10550.26%7,83248.56%1901.18%-273-1.69%16,127Franklin2,05162.30%1,20536.60%361.09%-846-25.70%3,292George2,75549.19%2,74248.96%1041.86%-13-0.23%5,601Greene1,40747.03%1,54951.77%361.20%1424.75%2,992Grenada2,97545.52%3,50253.59%580.89%5278.06%6,535Hancock6,02647.88%5,59544.46%9647.66%-431-3.42%12,585Harrison19,24653.25%16,12044.60%7792.16%-3,126-8.65%36,145Hinds28,38942.65%36,78855.27%1,3852.08%8,39912.62%66,562Holmes1,58725.83%4,46572.67%921.50%2,87846.84%6,144Humphreys1,87438.39%2,84458.25%1643.36%97019.87%4,882Issaquena28435.02%49460.91%334.07%21025.89%811Itawamba2,61945.05%3,12153.69%731.26%5028.64%5,813Jackson17,73656.33%13,07641.53%6762.15%-4,660-14.80%31,488Jasper2,27241.53%3,10456.74%951.74%83215.21%5,471Jefferson64723.62%2,05374.95%391.42%1,40651.33%2,739Jefferson Davis1,91239.41%2,89059.58%491.01%97820.16%4,851Jones10,50154.03%8,66444.57%2721.40%-1,837-9.45%19,437Kemper1,85140.13%2,68258.14%801.73%83118.01%4,613Lafayette3,91041.50%5,39057.21%1211.28%1,48015.71%9,421Lamar7,84460.35%4,94838.07%2051.58%-2,896-22.28%12,997Lauderdale11,34158.62%7,68439.72%3201.65%-3,657-18.90%19,345Lawrence3,12153.55%2,62745.08%801.37%-494-8.48%5,828Leake2,92252.41%2,58946.44%641.15%-333-5.97%5,575Lee8,34149.03%8,50149.97%1701.00%1600.94%17,012Leflore3,82442.32%4,85553.73%3573.95%1,03111.41%9,036Lincoln7,40865.60%3,78833.54%970.86%-3,620-32.06%11,293Lowndes8,13150.52%7,73248.04%2311.44%-399-2.48%16,094Madison13,22859.68%8,68339.17%2541.15%-4,545-20.51%22,165Marion4,69454.36%3,85444.63%871.01%-840-9.73%8,635Marshall2,23431.17%4,84567.60%881.23%2,61136.43%7,167Monroe3,68740.07%5,40958.79%1051.14%1,72218.72%9,201Montgomery1,99144.59%2,40453.84%701.57%4139.25%4,465Neshoba3,84953.70%3,20144.66%1181.65%-648-9.04%7,168Newton3,72360.34%2,35738.20%901.46%-1,366-22.14%6,170Noxubee1,48731.03%3,17966.34%1262.63%1,69235.31%4,792Oktibbeha5,01447.18%5,46051.37%1541.45%4464.20%10,628Panola2,09522.49%7,14076.63%820.88%5,04554.15%9,317Pearl River7,21353.41%5,89543.65%3982.95%-1,318-9.76%13,506Perry1,89253.80%1,57144.67%541.54%-321-9.13%3,517Pike6,02547.68%6,46351.14%1491.18%4383.47%12,637Pontotoc4,08055.42%3,17543.13%1071.45%-905-12.29%7,362Prentiss2,92239.90%4,27158.32%1311.79%1,34918.42%7,324Quitman85224.47%2,48671.40%1444.14%1,63446.93%3,482Rankin21,58770.41%8,75128.54%3231.05%-12,836-41.86%30,661Scott3,68353.28%3,14845.54%811.17%-535-7.74%6,912Sharkey99941.08%1,37656.58%572.34%37715.50%2,432Simpson5,27256.11%3,97242.28%1511.61%-1,300-13.84%9,395Smith3,09256.08%2,33742.38%851.54%-755-13.69%5,514Stone2,34949.59%2,20346.51%1853.91%-146-3.08%4,737Sunflower2,68538.06%4,27060.53%991.40%1,58522.47%7,054Tallahatchie1,81934.24%3,36163.27%1322.48%1,54229.03%5,312Tate1,93532.86%3,86165.57%921.56%1,92632.71%5,888Tippah2,93841.21%3,99956.09%1932.71%1,06114.88%7,130Tishomingo2,08341.73%2,78655.81%1232.46%70314.08%4,992Tunica65825.33%1,82970.40%1114.27%1,17145.07%2,598Union3,14544.59%3,82354.20%851.21%6789.61%7,053Walthall2,33054.98%1,81342.78%952.24%-517-12.20%4,238Warren8,34555.30%6,56443.50%1821.21%-1,781-11.80%15,091Washington5,37041.97%7,12355.67%3012.35%1,75313.70%12,794Wayne3,11143.71%3,86054.24%1462.05%74910.52%7,117Webster2,49155.25%1,94943.22%691.53%-542-12.02%4,509Wilkinson1,00841.52%1,35655.85%642.64%34814.33%2,428Winston3,18749.10%3,22449.67%801.23%370.57%6,491Yalobusha1,58837.65%2,55060.46%801.90%96222.81%4,218Yazoo4,31447.66%4,58650.66%1521.68%2723.00%9,052Totals370,69148.52%379,03349.62%14,2131.86%8,3421.09%763,937 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Greene Grenada Itawamba Jasper Lafayette Lee Monroe Montgomery Prentiss Tate Tippah Tishomingo Union Wayne Winston Yazoo Counties that flipped from Tied to Democratic Panola References 1999 gubernatorial Mississippi Category:1999 in Mississippi Category:November 1999 in the United States Category:Contingent elections in the United States