1999 Mississippi gubernatorial election
Election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Mississippi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1999 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1999 to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Governor Kirk Fordice, a member of the Republican Party who had been first elected in 1991, was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits.
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County results Musgrove: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Parker: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the general election, Democrat Lieutenant Governor Ronnie Musgrove won a plurality of the vote over Republican Congressman Mike Parker. Per the Mississippi Constitution, since no candidate had received a majority of the vote, the election was decided by the Mississippi House of Representatives in a contingent election. On January 4, 2000, the House voted 86–36, which was nearly along partisan lines, to elect Musgrove governor.[1] As of 2024, this remains the last time a Democrat was officially elected Governor of Mississippi to date.