Mississippi's 1st congressional district

Mississippi's 1st congressional district
Mississippi's 1st congressional district
	Mississippi's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative
	Trent Kelly; R–Saltillo
Area	11,412 sq mi (29,560 km2)
Distribution	61.64% rural; 38.36% urban;
Population (2019)	769,026[1]
Median household; income	$50,243[1]
Ethnicity	66.5% White; 28.9% Black; 3.4% Hispanic; 1.1% Asian; 0.1% Native American;
Occupation	56.6% White-collar; 30.4% Blue-collar; 13% Gray-collar;
Cook PVI	R+16[2]

Mississippi's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S state of Mississippi. The district is in the northeast corner of the state. It includes the cities of Columbus, Oxford, Southaven, and Tupelo. The counties are Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Lowndes, Marshall, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Webster, and Winston counties and parts of Oktibbeha County. The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is currently represented by Republican Trent Kelly.

Election history

Mississippi's 1st congressional district, 2012 [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alan Nunnelee (incumbent)	186,760	60.4
	Democratic	Brad Morris	114,076	36.9
	Libertarian	Danny Bedwell	3,584	1.2
	Constitution	Jim R. Bourland	2,390	0.8
	Reform	Chris Potts	2,367	0.8
Total votes			309,177	100.0
	Republican hold

Mississippi's 1st congressional district, 2014[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alan Nunnelee (incumbent)	102,622	67.9
	Democratic	Ron Dickey	43,713	28.9
	Libertarian	Danny Bedwell	3,830	2.6
	Reform	Lajena Walley	946	0.6
Total votes			151,111	100.0
	Republican hold

Mississippi's 1st congressional district special general election, 2015 [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	N/A	Walter Zinn	15,385	17.41
	N/A	Trent Kelly	14,418	16.32
	N/A	Mike Tagert	11,231	12.71
	N/A	Greg Pirkle	7,142	8.08
	N/A	Starner Jones	6,993	7.91
	N/A	Chip Mills	6,929	7.84
	N/A	Henry Ross	4,313	4.88
	N/A	Boyce Adams	4,037	4.57
	N/A	Nancy Adams Collins	4,006	4.53
	N/A	Sam Adcock	4,000	4.53
	N/A	Ed "Doc" Holliday	3,958	4.48
	N/A	Quentin Whitwell	3,124	3.56
	N/A	Daniel Sparks	2,828	3.20
Total votes			88,364	100.0

Mississippi's 1st congressional district special runoff election, 2015[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	N/A	Trent Kelly	69,516	69.97
	N/A	Walter Zinn	29,831	30.03
Total votes			99,347	100
	Republican hold

Mississippi's 1st congressional district, 2016[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trent Kelly (incumbent)	206,455	68.7
	Democratic	Jacob Owens	83,947	27.9
	Libertarian	Chase Wilson	6,181	2.1
	Reform	Cathy Toole	3,840	1.3
Total votes			300,123	100.0
	Republican hold

Mississippi's 1st congressional district, 2018[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trent Kelly (incumbent)	158,245	66.9
	Democratic	Randy Wadkins	76,601	32.4
	Reform	Tracella Lou O'Hara Hil	1,675	0.7
Total votes			236,521	100.0
	Republican hold

Mississippi's 1st congressional district, 2020[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trent Kelly (incumbent)	228,787	68.7
	Democratic	Antonia Eliason	104,008	31.3
Total votes			332,795	100.0
	Republican hold

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"Total Votes Reported by County for the 2015 Special Election" (PDF). Mississippi Secretary of State. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
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