1951 Mississippi Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff

←  1947 November 6, 1951 1955  →

Nominee Hugh L. White Paul B. Johnson Jr. Party Democratic Democratic Popular vote 201,222 191,966 Percentage 51.18% 48.82%

County results White:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Johnson:     50–60%     60–70%

Governor before election Fielding L. Wright Democratic Elected Governor Hugh L. White Democratic

The 1951 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1951, in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Democrat Fielding L. Wright was term-limited, and could not run for reelection to a second full term. As was common at the time, the Democratic candidate ran unopposed in the general election; therefore the Democratic primary was the real contest, and winning the primary was considered tantamount to election.

Contents

• Democratic primary
• Results
• Runoff
• General election
• Results 2
• References

Democratic primary

No candidate received a majority in the Democratic primary, which featured seven contenders, so a runoff was held between the top two candidates. The runoff election was won by former Governor Hugh L. White, who defeated lawyer Paul B. Johnson Jr., son of former Governor Paul B. Johnson Sr.

General election

In the general election, White ran unopposed.

References

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