Mississippi State Senate District 43
Next vote Tue, Nov 2, 2027 · Represented by Dennis DeBar Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- Dennis DeBar (Republican) was unopposed, 2023
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History (13 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 12,810
- Election day
- November 7, 2023
- District map
- Same as today
Mississippi Senate District 43, 1979 to 2023, 2023, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDennis DeBarWonName as filed: Dennis DeBar Jr. Republican 12,810100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,679
- Election day
- November 5, 2019
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- Older district map (2015 to 2022)
Mississippi Senate District 43, 1979 to 2023, 2019, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDennis DeBarWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Dennis Debar Jr. Republican 14,679100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,166
- Election day
- November 3, 2015
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- Older district map (2015 to 2022)
Mississippi Senate District 43, 1979 to 2023, 2015, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDennis DeBar Jr.Won Republican 12,29576.0% DemocraticTowana A. Wright Democratic 3,87123.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,936
- Election day
- November 8, 2011
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- Older district map (2003 to 2014)
Mississippi Senate District 43, 1979 to 2023, 2011, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPhillip GandyWon Republican 11,60655.4% DemocraticJames Vardaman Walley Democratic 7,16334.2% IndependentJames Perry Snyder Independent 2,16710.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,998
- Election day
- November 6, 2007
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- Older district map (2003 to 2014)
Mississippi Senate District 43, 1979 to 2023, 2007, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTommy DickersonWon Democratic 9,01153.0% RepublicanJames Walley(incumbent) Republican 7,98747.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,990
- Election day
- November 4, 2003
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- Older district map (2003 to 2014)
Mississippi Senate District 43, 1979 to 2023, 2003, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJames WalleyWon Democratic 10,03552.8% RepublicanTommy Dickerson(incumbent) Republican 8,95547.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,026
- Election day
- November 2, 1999
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- Older district map (1992 to 2002)
Mississippi Senate District 43, 1979 to 2023, 1999, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTommy DickersonWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,86775.6% RepublicanEric Tiebauer Republican 4,15924.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,719
- Election day
- November 7, 1995
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- Older district map (1992 to 2002)
Mississippi Senate District 43, 1979 to 2023, 1995, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTommy DickersonWon(incumbent) Democratic 15,719100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,943
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Special election
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- Older district map (1992 to 2002)
Mississippi Senate District 43, 1979 to 2023, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTommy DickersonWon Democratic 14,62366.6% RepublicanRobert West Republican 7,32033.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,300
- Election day
- November 5, 1991
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- Older district map (1983 to 1991)
Mississippi Senate District 43, 1979 to 2023, 1991, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCecil MillsWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,300100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,075
- Election day
- November 3, 1987
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- Older district map (1983 to 1991)
Mississippi Senate District 43, 1979 to 2023, 1987, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCecil E. MillsWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,075100.0% - Election day
- November 8, 1983
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- Older district map (1983 to 1991)
Mississippi Senate District 43, 1979 to 2023, 1983, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCecil MillsWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,391
- Election day
- November 6, 1979
- District map
- Older district map (1979 to 1982)
Mississippi Senate District 43, 1979 to 2023, 1979, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanVincent ScoperWon Republican 8,17456.8% DemocraticF. M. Smith Jr. Democratic 6,21743.2%
- 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.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Mississippi State Senate District 43, election results 1979 to 2023. https://www.electionwrld.com/ms/senate/43. 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.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:ms/sldu:43
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