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United States Senate election in Mississippi, 2012

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709,626
  
503,467

Start date
  
November 6, 2012

57.2%
  
40.6%

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Turnout
  
59.7% (voting eligible)

Winner
  
Roger Wicker

The 2012 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 6, 2012, alongside the 2012 U.S. presidential election, other elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Roger Wicker won re-election to his first full term, while Albert N. Gore (distantly related to former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore) was the Democratic nominee.

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Background

Former U.S. representative Roger Wicker was appointed by Governor Haley Barbour after then-incumbent Trent Lott retired at the end of 2007. A 2008 special election was later scheduled to determine who would serve the remainder of the term. Then-U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker defeated former Mississippi Governor Ronnie Musgrove with 54.96% of the vote in the special election and will be up for re-election in 2012.

Candidates

  • E. Allen Hathcock, Tea Party activist and Army veteran
  • Robert Maloney
  • Roger Wicker, incumbent U.S. Senator

    • Candidates

  • Albert N. Gore, Jr. chairman of the Oktibbeha County Democratic Party
  • Will Oatis, Afghan War veteran and Independent candidate for governor in 2011 before dropping out
  • Roger Weiner, member of the Coahoma County Board of Supervisors

    • Candidates

  • Roger Wicker (R), incumbent U.S. Senator
  • Albert Gore (D), chairman of the Oktibbeha County Democratic Party
  • Thomas Cramer (Constitution), employee of Ingalls Shipbuilding
  • Shawn O'Hara (Reform), former chairman of the Reform Party of the United States of America and perennial candidate

    • Debates

    None

    References

    United States Senate election in Mississippi, 2012 Wikipedia
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