2012 United States Senate election in Mississippi

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 92 year-old Albert N. Gore (possibly distantly related to former U.S. Vice President Al Gore) was the Democratic nominee.

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.

Republican primary

Candidates

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

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

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

Results

General election

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

Predictions

Results

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Prentiss (Largest city: Booneville)

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Chickasaw (Largest city: Houston)

See also

• 2012 United States Senate elections
• 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi

References

External links

• Elections Division from the Mississippi secretary of state
• Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org
• Outside spending at the Sunlight Foundation
• Candidate issue positions at On the Issues
• League of Women Voters on Albert N. Gore Jr.

Official campaign websites (Archived)

• Roger Wicker for U.S. Senate
• Thomas Cramer for U.S. Senate