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Elections were held on November 2, 2010, to determine Mississippi's four members of the United States House of Representatives. Representatives were elected for two-year terms to serve in the 112th United States Congress from January 3, 2011, until January 3, 2013. Primary elections were held on June 1, 2010, and primary runoff elections on June 22.[1]
Of the four elections, the 1st district was rated as competitive by Sabato's Crystal Ball,[2] and the 1st and 4th districts were rated as competitive by The Cook Political Report,[3] CQ Politics[4] and The Rothenberg Political Report.[5]
The Republican Party flipped the 1st and 4th districts, defeating incumbent Democrats Travis Childers and Gene Taylor, respectively. Two incumbents were re-elected; Democrat Bennie Thompson of the 2nd district and Republican Gregg Harper of the 3rd district.[6] In total, three Republicans and one Democrat were elected, marking the first time since 1996 that the Republican Party won a majority of Mississippi's congressional districts, and only the second time since Reconstruction.[7] A total of 788,549 votes were cast, of which 423,579 (54 percent) were for Republican candidates, 350,695 (44 percent) were for Democratic candidates, 6,560 (1 percent) were for an independent candidate, 4,292 (1 percent) were for Reform Party candidates, 2,188 (0.3 percent) were for Libertarian Party candidates and 1,235 (0.2 percent) were for a Constitution Party candidate.[8]
- ^ "2010 elections calendar" (PDF). Secretary of State of Mississippi. November 10, 2009. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
- ^ "Mississippi (01) House 2010". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
- ^ "2010 competitive House race chart". The Cook Political Report. October 26, 2010. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
- ^ "Race Ratings Chart: House". CQ Politics. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
- ^ "House Ratings". The Rothenberg Political Report. November 1, 2010. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
- ^ "Taylor, Childers defeated in Mississippi". USA Today. December 3, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ "Mississippi". The New York Times. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
- ^ Haas, Karen L. (June 3, 2011). "Statistics of the congressional election of November 2, 2010". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. p. 27. Retrieved December 29, 2013.