Former Vice President Joe Biden won Mississippi’s Democratic presidential primary last week, as did President Donald Trump on the Republican side. Both handily carried Winston County.
Mississippi’s primaries for president, House and Senate were held March 10.
In the Democratic presidential primary, Biden carried Winston County with 1,800 votes, or 84.11%, according to unofficial final results with regular affidavits. He was followed by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders with 223 votes, or 10.42%.
The Mississippi ballot was set before seven other Democratic candidates left the presidential race and their names still appeared. All received less than 1% of the vote except former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who had about 3.55% (76 votes).
Trump garnered 99.08% of the vote (1,504) in Winston County. Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente and Bill Weld were the other presidential candidates on the Republican ballot.
Mike Espy won the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat and carried Winston County with 93.89% of the vote. The former congressman and U.S. agriculture secretary easily defeated two challengers.
He will face Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Libertarian candidate Jimmy Edwards in the Nov. 3 general election. Hyde-Smith was unopposed for the GOP nomination. She defeated Espy in a November 2018 special election and is now seeking a full six-year term.
Republican U.S. Rep. Trent Kelly will face Democratic challenger Antonia Eliason in November in the 1st Congressional District. Neither had opposition in the primary. Kelly has been in the House since he won a 2015 special election and Eliason is a law professor at the University of Mississippi.
The voter turnout in Winston County was about 30%.
On the ballot, in both Democrat and Republican primaries, were the offices of U.S.
President, U.S. Senator, and U.S. House of Representatives, 1st Congressional District.
President Donald J. Trump and former Vice-President Joe Biden each easily won their respective primaries.
Several of the Democrat Presidential contenders had already dropped out of the race at the time of the primary, but their names still appeared on the ballot and some received votes.
Totals are listed below.
Democrat Presidential Primary:
• Joe Biden 1,800
• Michael Bloomberg 76
• Pete Buttigieg 2
• Tulsi Gabbard 5
• Amy Klobuchar 4
• Deval Patrick 1
• Bernie Sanders 223
• Tom Steyer 6
• Elizabeth Warren 13
• Andrew Yang 5
Democrat U.S. Senate:
• Tobey Bernard Bartee 65
• Jensen Bohren 61
• Mike Espy 1,984
Democrat U.S. House of Representatives, 1st Congressional District:
• Antonia Eliason 1,850
Republican Presidential Primary:
• Roque De La Fuente 6
• Donald J. Trump 1,504
• Bill Weld 7
Republican U.S. Senate:
• Cindy Hyde-Smith 1,489
Republican U.S. House of Representatives, 1st Congressional District:
• Trent Kelly 1,491
The general election is set for Nov. 3, 2020.
