United States Senate election in Mississippi, 1996

United States Senate election in Mississippi, 1996

November 5, 1996

Nominee Thad Cochran Bootie Hunt Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 624,154 240,647 Percentage 71.0% 27.4%

Senator before election Thad Cochran Republican Elected Senator Thad Cochran Republican

The 1996 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Thad Cochran won re-election to a fourth term.

Major candidates

Democratic

• Bootie Hunt, retired factory worker^[1]

Republican

• Thad Cochran, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

Mississippi U.S. Senate Election, 1996[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Thad Cochran	624,154	71.0
	Democratic	Bootie Hunt	240,647	27.4
	Independent	Ted Weill	13,861	1.6

References

1. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3D68663029C49&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
2. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=174