Mississippi State House District 85
Next vote Tue, Nov 2, 2027 · Represented by Jeffery Harness Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- Jeffery Harness (Democratic) won by 59.9 points, 2023
- Earlier results
- Jeffery Harness (Democratic) was unopposed, 2019, older linesAmerica Middleton (Democratic) was unopposed, 2015, older linesAll 13 elections
Past results
- Votes for listed candidates
- 7,465
- Election day
- November 7, 2023
- District map
- Same as today
Mississippi House of Representatives District 85, 1979 to 2023, 2023, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJeffery HarnessWon Democratic 5,96880.0% LibertarianMichael Longenecker Libertarian 1,49720.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,305
- Election day
- November 5, 2019
- District map
- Older district map (2015 to 2022)
Mississippi House of Representatives District 85, 1979 to 2023, 2019, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJeffery HarnessWon Democratic 7,305100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,011
- Election day
- November 3, 2015
- District map
- Older district map (2015 to 2022)
Mississippi House of Representatives District 85, 1979 to 2023, 2015, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAmerica MiddletonWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,011100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,939
- Election day
- November 8, 2011
- District map
- Older district map (2003 to 2014)
Mississippi House of Representatives District 85, 1979 to 2023, 2011, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAmerica MiddletonWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,939100.0%
- 2023: OpenElections Mississippi 2023 general, county file, retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by OpenElections volunteers from official returns; not an official source
- 1979 to 2019: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
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Last contest in this district on file: 2023.
All elections (13 for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 7,465
- Election day
- November 7, 2023
- District map
- Same as today
Mississippi House of Representatives District 85, 1979 to 2023, 2023, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJeffery HarnessWon Democratic 5,96880.0% LibertarianMichael Longenecker Libertarian 1,49720.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,305
- Election day
- November 5, 2019
- District map
- Older district map (2015 to 2022)
Mississippi House of Representatives District 85, 1979 to 2023, 2019, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJeffery HarnessWon Democratic 7,305100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,011
- Election day
- November 3, 2015
- District map
- Older district map (2015 to 2022)
Mississippi House of Representatives District 85, 1979 to 2023, 2015, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAmerica MiddletonWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,011100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,939
- Election day
- November 8, 2011
- District map
- Older district map (2003 to 2014)
Mississippi House of Representatives District 85, 1979 to 2023, 2011, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAmerica MiddletonWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,939100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,050
- Election day
- November 6, 2007
- District map
- Older district map (2003 to 2014)
Mississippi House of Representatives District 85, 1979 to 2023, 2007, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAmerica MiddletonWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,050100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,428
- Election day
- November 4, 2003
- District map
- Older district map (2003 to 2014)
Mississippi House of Representatives District 85, 1979 to 2023, 2003, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAmerica MiddletonWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,428100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,708
- Election day
- November 2, 1999
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2002)
Mississippi House of Representatives District 85, 1979 to 2023, 1999, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAmerica MiddletonWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,708100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,809
- Election day
- November 7, 1995
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2002)
Mississippi House of Representatives District 85, 1979 to 2023, 1995, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAmerica MiddletonWon Democratic 4,70060.2% RepublicanCharles Evers Republican 3,10939.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,979
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- Type
- Special election
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2002)
Mississippi House of Representatives District 85, 1979 to 2023, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCharles SheppardWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,979100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,632
- Election day
- November 5, 1991
- District map
- Older district map (1983 to 1991)
Mississippi House of Representatives District 85, 1979 to 2023, 1991, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCharles SheppardWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,632100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,637
- Election day
- November 3, 1987
- District map
- Older district map (1983 to 1991)
Mississippi House of Representatives District 85, 1979 to 2023, 1987, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCharles Bernard SheppardWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,637100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,691
- Election day
- November 8, 1983
- District map
- Older district map (1983 to 1991)
Mississippi House of Representatives District 85, 1979 to 2023, 1983, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCharles SheppardWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,14076.8% OtherVolley Davis Other 85112.7% IndependentDavid Barton Independent 70010.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,891
- Election day
- November 6, 1979
- District map
- Older district map (1979 to 1982)
Mississippi House of Representatives District 85, 1979 to 2023, 1979, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBetty Jane LongWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,891100.0%
- 2023: OpenElections Mississippi 2023 general, county file, retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by OpenElections volunteers from official returns; not an official source
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Election Wrld. (2026). Mississippi State House District 85, election results 1979 to 2023. https://www.electionwrld.com/ms/house/85. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; OpenElections Mississippi 2023 general, county file (No license is stated in the OpenElections repositories. OpenElections says its data is free for anyone to use. Written permission requested (docs/PERMISSION-REQUESTS.md). No CC0 claim.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by OpenElections volunteers from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), OpenElections Mississippi 2023 general, county fileData as of Oct 28, 2026