Mississippi State Senate District 51

Next vote Tue, Nov 2, 2027 · Represented by Jeremy England Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Jeremy England (Republican) won by 62.1 points, 2023

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History (13 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 10,469
Election day: November 7, 2023
District map: Same as today

Mississippi Senate District 51, 1979 to 2023, 2023, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJeremy EnglandWon	Republican	7,94675.9%	75.9%
LibertarianLynn M. Bowker	Libertarian	1,44613.8%	13.8%
GreenArtis R. Burney	Green	1,07710.3%	10.3%

Mississippi Senate District 51, 1979 to 2023, 2019, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJeremy EnglandWon	Republican	11,832100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 10,299
Election day: November 3, 2015
District map: Older district map (2015 to 2022)

Mississippi Senate District 51, 1979 to 2023, 2015, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMichael D. Watson Jr.Won(incumbent)	Republican	8,55383.0%	83.0%
LibertarianBoyd T. Kendall	Libertarian	1,74616.9%	16.9%

Mississippi Senate District 51, 1979 to 2023, 2011, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMichael D. Watson Jr.Won(incumbent)	Republican	13,185100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 13,795
Election day: November 6, 2007
District map: Older district map (2003 to 2014)

Mississippi Senate District 51, 1979 to 2023, 2007, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMichael WatsonWon	Republican	10,30574.7%	74.7%
DemocraticRay Vecchio	Democratic	3,49025.3%	25.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 14,862
Election day: November 4, 2003
District map: Older district map (2003 to 2014)

Mississippi Senate District 51, 1979 to 2023, 2003, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanThomas E. RobertsonWon(incumbent)	Republican	9,60764.6%	64.6%
DemocraticRay Vecchio	Democratic	5,25535.4%	35.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 13,641
Election day: November 2, 1999
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2002)

Mississippi Senate District 51, 1979 to 2023, 1999, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanThomas E. RobertsonWon(incumbent)	Republican	6,92050.7%	50.7%
DemocraticRay Vecchio	Democratic	6,72149.3%	49.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 14,194
Election day: November 7, 1995
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2002)

Mississippi Senate District 51, 1979 to 2023, 1995, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanThomas E. RobertsonWon(incumbent)	Republican	7,34151.7%	51.7%
DemocraticBill Kulick	Democratic	5,40238.1%	38.1%
IndependentClarence Hurst Jr.	Independent	1,45110.2%	10.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 18,363
Election day: November 3, 1992
Type: Special election
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2002)

Mississippi Senate District 51, 1979 to 2023, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticThomas E. RobertsonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	10,55657.5%	57.5%
RepublicanDewayne Harold	Republican	7,80742.5%	42.5%

Mississippi Senate District 51, 1979 to 2023, 1991, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticThomas E. RobertsonWon	Democratic	9,978100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 11,767
Election day: November 3, 1987
District map: Older district map (1983 to 1991)

Mississippi Senate District 51, 1979 to 2023, 1987, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticRichard Stephen HaleWon(incumbent)	Democratic	7,65365.0%	65.0%
RepublicanDavid Ogborn	Republican	4,11435.0%	35.0%

Mississippi Senate District 51, 1979 to 2023, 1983, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticStephen HaleWon	Democratic	10,401100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 11,520
Election day: November 6, 1979
District map: Older district map (1979 to 1982)

Mississippi Senate District 51, 1979 to 2023, 1979, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWilliam C. RhodesWon(incumbent)	Democratic	5,60848.7%	48.7%
RepublicanMike Williams	Republican	3,30328.7%	28.7%
IndependentBob McVeay	Independent	2,60922.6%	22.6%

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

Mississippi's Secretary of State says the 2025 legislative maps no longer apply and clerks went back to the 2022 maps. The state House and Senate districts here come from Census files that still show the 2025 lines, so yours may differ. Your circuit clerk can confirm it. Map in force

Last contest in this district on file: 2023.

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Election Wrld. (2026). Mississippi State Senate District 51, election results 1979 to 2023. https://www.electionwrld.com/ms/senate/51. Retrieved October 30, 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:51

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