1987 Mississippi gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1987 Mississippi gubernatorial election presidential Mississippi Flag of Mississippi (1894-1996).svg 1983 Mississippi gubernatorial election 1983 1991 Mississippi gubernatorial election 1991 no November 3, 1987 File:Ray Mabus (MS) (cropped).png 140x140px Ray Mabus Democratic Party (United States) 385,689 53.44% File:Tupelo businessman Jack Reed.jpg Jack Reed Republican Party (United States) 336,006 46.56% 1987 Mississippi gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 170px County results Mabus: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90%Reed: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% Governor William Allain Democratic Party (United States) Ray Mabus Democratic Party (United States) The 1987 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1987 to elect the governor of Mississippi. This is the most recent Mississippi gubernatorial election in which the Democratic candidate received a majority of votes. In January 2000, Ronnie Musgrove was elected by the Mississippi House of Representatives after neither he nor Republican Mike Parker received a majority in the 1999 general election. Democratic primary No candidate received a majority in the Democratic primary, which featured 7 contenders, so a runoff was held between the top two candidates. The runoff election was won by State Auditor Ray Mabus, who defeated cotton farmer and businessman Mike Sturdivant. Results Mississippi Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1987http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=16452 MS Governor D Primary 1987 Our Campaigns December 2, 2016 Democratic Party (United States) Ray Mabus 304,559 37.69 Democratic Party (United States) Mike Sturdivant 131,180 16.24 Democratic Party (United States) Bill Waller 105,056 13.00 Democratic Party (United States) John Arthur Eaves 98,517 12.19 Democratic Party (United States) Maurice Dantin 83,603 10.35 Democratic Party (United States) Ed Pittman 73,667 9.12 Democratic Party (United States) Gilbert Fountain 5,990 0.74 802,572 100.00 Runoff Mississippi Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff, 1987http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=16453 MS Governor D Primary Runoff 1987 Our Campaigns December 2, 2016 Democratic Party (United States) Ray Mabus 428,883 64.31 Democratic Party (United States) Mike Sturdivant 238,039 35.69 666,922 100.00 Republican primary Businessman and State Board of Education member Jack Reed won the Republican primary, defeating Doug Lemon. Results Mississippi Republican gubernatorial primary, 1987http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=756106 MS Governor R Primary 1987 Our Campaigns December 2, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Jack Reed 14,798 78.48 Republican Party (United States) Doug Lemon 4,057 21.52 18,855 100.00 General election Campaign National Republicans considered Mississippi's 1987 gubernatorial contest a major target for them, and they devoted significant financial resources to Jack Reed's campaign. National Republican Party donates big to Reed The Clarion-Ledger 1 August 29, 1987 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/181203963/ At 39 years of age, Ray Mabus defeated Tupelo businessman Reed in the 1987 gubernatorial election by 53% to 47%, becoming the youngest governor in the United States. He won "on a wave of black votes" (black voters made up about 30 percent of the state's registered voters)Applebome Peter Mississippi Governor's Record at Issue https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/16/us/mississippi-governor-s-record-at-issue.html New York Times 16 September 1991 and lost the white vote "by about 3 to 2" despite support from what a coalition one Democratic state chairman described as "poor whites" and yuppies.E.J. Dionne, Jr. Voting Produces Strong Evidence of Importance of Race in Politics https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/05/us/voting-produces-strong-evidence-of-importance-of-race-in-politics.html New York Times 5 November 1987 Mabus, who ran on the slogan "Mississippi Will Never Be Last Again", was billed as "the face of the New South", much like his counterpart in Arkansas at the time, Bill Clinton. Mabus was featured in a 1988 New York Times Magazine cover story titled "The Yuppies of Mississippi; How They Took Over the Statehouse".Boyer Peter J. The Yuppies of Mississippi: How They Took Over the Statehouse https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/28/magazine/the-yuppies-of-mississippi-how-they-took-over-the-statehouse.html?pagewanted=all New York Times Magazine 28 February 1988 Results Mississippi gubernatorial election, 1987http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=16347 MS Governor 1987 Our Campaigns December 2, 2016 Democratic Party (United States) Ray Mabus 385,689 53.44% Republican Party (United States) Jack Reed 336,006 46.56% 721,695 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) References 30em 1987 gubernatorial Mississippi Mississippi gubernatorial election Category:1987 in Mississippi