2008 Mississippi's 1st congressional district special election

The 2008 Mississippi 1st congressional district special election was a special election in the state of Mississippi to determine who would serve the remainder of former Representative Roger Wicker's term. After an April 22, 2008 ballot resulted in no candidate receiving a majority, Democratic Party candidate Travis Childers defeated Republican candidate Greg Davis in a runoff election on May 13, 2008.

2008 Mississippi's 1st congressional district special election

April 22 and May 13, 2008

Mississippi's 1st congressional district
 
Nominee Travis Childers Greg Davis
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 58,037 49,877
Percentage 53.8% 46.2%

County results
Childers:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Davis:      50–60%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election

Roger Wicker
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Travis Childers
Democratic

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.