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Published 8:44 pm Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Lafayette County:
Hillary Clinton was the favored Democratic candidate in Lafayette County as well as Mississippi with 64 percent of the votes. Bernie Sanders took 35 percent and Rocky De La Fuente earned seven votes. In the Republican race, Donald Trump earned 36 percent, just barely beating Ted Cruz who earned 33 percent of Lafayette County’s votes.
In the 1st Congressional District race, first-term U.S. Rep. Trent Kelly defeated Navy veteran Paul Clever in the Republican primary. Kelly is a former district attorney who won a June 2015 special election to fill a vacancy left by the death of Republican Rep. Alan Nunnelee. Kelly will face three challengers in November. Jacob Owens is a Democrat, Chase Wilson is a Libertarian and Cathy L. Toole is with the Reform Party.
Associated Press Top Races Glance
President Dem – Primary
1,703 of 1,811 precincts – 94 percent
x-Hillary Clinton 170,612 – 83 percent
Bernie Sanders 33,282 – 16 percent
Willie Wilson 823 – 0 percent
Martin O’Malley 612 – 0 percent
Rocky De La Fuente 441 – 0 percent
President GOP – Primary
1,703 of 1,811 precincts – 94 percent
x-Donald Trump 176,716 – 48 percent
Ted Cruz 135,510 – 36 percent
John Kasich 32,034 – 9 percent
Marco Rubio 18,697 – 5 percent
Ben Carson 4,883 – 1 percent
Jeb Bush 1,426 – 0 percent
Mike Huckabee 931 – 0 percent
Rand Paul 557 – 0 percent
Chris Christie 433 – 0 percent
Rick Santorum 244 – 0 percent
Carly Fiorina 200 – 0 percent
Lindsey Graham 156 – 0 percent
George Pataki 106 – 0 percent
U.S. House District 1 Northeast, Tupelo GOP – Primary
399 of 423 precincts – 94 percent
x-Trent Kelly (i) 87,248 – 89 percent
Paul Clever 10,491 – 11 percent
U.S. House District 3 Central Dem – Primary
468 of 518 precincts – 90 percent
x-Dennis Quinn 24,044 – 65 percent
Nathan Stewart 13,168 – 35 percent
U.S. House District 3 Central GOP – Primary
468 of 518 precincts – 90 percent
x-Gregg Harper (i) 85,132 – 90 percent
Jimmy Giles 9,930 – 10 percent
State Senate District 25
23 of 23 precincts – 100 percent
x-Walter Michel, 10,077 – 51 percent
Bill Billingsley, 9,763 – 49 percent