November 2, 1971 1975 → 77.02% 22.13% | 601,222 172,762 | |
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The 1971 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on 2 November 1971 for the post of Governor of Mississippi. The incumbent governor, Democrat John Bell Williams, was ineligible due to term limits, a rule that was changed to two back-to-back terms in the 1980s. Democrat Bill Waller was elected into office and served as Governor of Mississippi from 1972 to 1976.
Republican primary
No Republican primary was held.
References
Mississippi gubernatorial election, 1971 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA