The 2008 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 4, 2008, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Mississippi. Republican incumbent Thad Cochran won re-election to a sixth term, defeating Democratic state representative Erik Fleming.

Republican primary Candidates Nominee Thad Cochran, incumbent U.S. senator

Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Erik R. Fleming, former HD-72, and nominee for U.S. senate in 2006 Eliminated in primary Shawn O'Hara

General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report October 23, 2008 CQ PoliticsRace Ratings Chart: Senate CQ Politics October 31, 2008 Rothenberg Political Report November 2, 2008 Real Clear Politics November 4, 2008

Fundraising Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2008CandidateRaisedSpentCash on handThad Cochran (R)$2,723,398$2,832,197$495,925Erik Fleming (D)$0$0$0Source: Federal Election Commission

Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error ThadCochran (R) ErikFleming (D) Other UndecidedRasmussen ReportsJune 24, 2008500 (LV)± 4.5%59%32%–9%Rasmussen ReportsMay 27, 2008500 (LV)± 4.0%58%35%1%5%

Results

By county CountyThad CochranRepublicanErik FlemingDemocraticMarginTotal#%#%#%Adams6,96746.69%7,95453.31%-987-6.61%14,921Alcorn10,27570.44%4,31129.56%5,96440.89%14,586Amite4,26958.06%3,08441.94%1,18516.12%7,353Attala5,46661.26%3,45738.74%2,00922.51%8,923Benton2,40855.59%1,92444.41%48411.17%4,332Bolivar5,75640.30%8,52759.70%-2,771-19.40%14,283Calhoun4,55566.53%2,29233.47%2,26333.05%6,847Carroll3,99168.80%1,81031.20%2,18137.60%5,801Chickasaw4,51252.13%4,14347.87%3694.26%8,655Choctaw2,71568.58%1,24431.42%1,47137.16%3,959Claiborne96418.24%4,32081.76%-3,356-63.51%5,284Clarke5,24264.02%2,94635.98%2,29628.04%8,188Clay4,77244.63%5,92155.37%-1,149-10.75%10,693Coahoma3,55936.35%6,23363.65%-2,674-27.31%9,792Copiah7,06350.39%6,95349.61%1100.78%14,016Covington5,75862.42%3,46737.58%2,29124.83%9,225DeSoto44,83471.58%17,79828.42%27,03643.17%62,632Forrest16,92664.45%9,33535.55%7,59128.91%26,261Franklin2,94064.39%1,62635.61%1,31428.78%4,566George7,73184.86%1,37915.14%6,35269.73%9,110Greene4,29175.48%1,39424.52%2,89750.96%5,685Grenada6,43159.08%4,45440.92%1,97718.16%10,885Hancock13,26280.60%3,19319.40%10,06961.19%16,455Harrison43,27571.06%17,62528.94%25,65042.12%60,900Hinds39,43137.70%65,15762.30%-25,726-24.60%104,588Holmes2,14523.72%6,89876.28%-4,753-52.56%9,043Humphreys1,69034.77%3,17065.23%-1,480-30.45%4,860Issaquena39744.41%49755.59%-100-11.19%894Itawamba7,60278.40%2,09521.60%5,50756.79%9,697Jackson38,96173.88%13,77626.12%25,18547.76%52,737Jasper4,28147.58%4,71652.42%-435-4.83%8,997Jefferson75317.35%3,58882.65%-2,835-65.31%4,341Jefferson Davis3,08843.33%4,03856.67%-950-13.33%7,126Jones21,04973.40%7,62826.60%13,42146.80%28,677Kemper2,17143.10%2,86656.90%-695-13.80%5,037Lafayette11,82665.86%6,13034.14%5,69631.72%17,956Lamar19,38482.67%4,06417.33%15,32065.34%23,448Lauderdale20,67964.82%11,22535.18%9,45429.63%31,904Lawrence4,42864.77%2,40835.23%2,02029.55%6,836Leake5,46660.27%3,60339.73%1,86320.54%9,069Lee23,73669.71%10,31630.29%13,42039.41%34,052Leflore4,56236.89%7,80363.11%-3,241-26.21%12,365Lincoln10,99468.19%5,12931.81%5,86536.38%16,123Lowndes14,96656.89%11,34043.11%3,62613.78%26,306Madison29,40263.78%16,69836.22%12,70427.56%46,100Marion8,64068.01%4,06431.99%4,57636.02%12,704Marshall7,03245.46%8,43554.54%-1,403-9.07%15,467Monroe10,47861.83%6,46938.17%4,00923.66%16,947Montgomery3,17457.45%2,35142.55%82314.90%5,525Neshoba8,52776.36%2,64023.64%5,88752.72%11,167Newton6,82071.02%2,78328.98%4,03742.04%9,603Noxubee1,68326.98%4,55473.02%-2,871-46.03%6,237Oktibbeha10,46657.99%7,58342.01%2,88315.97%18,049Panola8,13751.98%7,51848.02%6193.95%15,655Pearl River17,29880.36%4,22719.64%13,07160.72%21,525Perry4,23377.23%1,24822.77%2,98554.46%5,481Pike9,10351.73%8,49348.27%6103.47%17,596Pontotoc9,86278.67%2,67421.33%7,18857.34%12,536Prentiss7,50471.30%3,02028.70%4,48442.61%10,524Quitman1,54139.94%2,31760.06%-776-20.11%3,858Rankin49,99380.76%11,90819.24%38,08561.53%61,901Scott6,74859.68%4,55940.32%2,18919.36%11,307Sharkey96236.65%1,66363.35%-701-26.70%2,625Simpson7,91564.91%4,27935.09%3,63629.82%12,194Smith6,36978.30%1,76521.70%4,60456.60%8,134Stone5,39076.99%1,61123.01%3,77953.98%7,001Sunflower3,90636.55%6,78063.45%-2,874-26.90%10,686Tallahatchie3,09246.87%3,50553.13%-413-6.26%6,597Tate7,86964.54%4,32435.46%3,54529.07%12,193Tippah6,96373.62%2,49526.38%4,46847.24%9,458Tishomingo6,02274.52%2,05925.48%3,96349.04%8,081Tunica1,22530.97%2,73169.03%-1,506-38.07%3,956Union9,24277.62%2,66422.38%6,57855.25%11,906Walthall4,34858.07%3,14041.93%1,20816.13%7,488Warren12,18357.68%8,93942.32%3,24415.36%21,122Washington7,18738.55%11,45761.45%-4,270-22.90%18,644Wayne6,21563.95%3,50436.05%2,71127.89%9,719Webster4,13977.89%1,17522.11%2,96455.78%5,314Wilkinson1,73536.34%3,03963.66%-1,304-27.31%4,774Winston5,74057.60%4,22542.40%1,51515.20%9,965Yalobusha3,87058.25%2,77441.75%1,09616.50%6,644Yazoo5,52750.54%5,40849.46%1191.09%10,935Totals766,11161.44%480,91538.56%285,19622.87%1,247,026

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Tunica (Largest city: Tunica) Coahoma (Largest city: Clarksdale) Tallahatchie (Largest city: Charleston) Quitman (Largest city: Lambert) Sharkey (Largest city: Rolling Fork) Issaquena (Largest city: Mayersville) Clay (Largest city: West Point) Marshall (Largest city: Holly Springs) Noxubee (Largest city: Macon) Kemper (Largest city: De Kalb) Jasper (Largest city: Bay Springs) Jefferson Davis (Largest city: Prentiss) Adams (Largest city: Natchez) Wilkinson (Largest city: Centreville) Hinds (largest municipality: Jackson) Jefferson (largest municipality: Fayette) Claiborne (largest municipality: Port Gibson) Washington (Largest city: Greenville) Humphreys (Largest city: Belzoni) Holmes (Largest city: Durant) Bolivar (Largest city: Cleveland) Sunflower (Largest city: Indianola) LeFlore (Largest city: Greenwood)

By congressional district Cochran won three of four congressional districts, including two that elected Democrats. District Cochran Fleming Representative 64% 36%Travis Childers 40% 60%Bennie Thompson66%34%Chip Pickering (110th Congress)Gregg Harper (111th Congress) 73% 27%Gene Taylor

See also 2008 United States elections 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi

Notes

References

External links Elections Division from the Mississippi Secretary of State U.S. Congress candidates for Mississippi at Project Vote Smart Mississippi, U.S. Senate from CQ Politics Mississippi U.S. Senate from OurCampaigns.com Mississippi U.S. Senate race from 2008 Race Tracker Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets Cochran (R-i) vs Fleming (D) graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com Wicker (R-i) vs Musgrove (D) graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com Official campaign websites (Archived) Thad Cochran, Republican Erik Fleming, Democratic Ronnie Musgrove, Democratic Roger Wicker, Republican The Real Roger Wicker site critical of Wicker by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Musgrove Facts site critical of Musgrove by the National Republican Senatorial Committee