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2018 United States Senate election in Mississippi
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Turnout49.7% Decrease
 
Nominee Roger Wicker David Baria
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 547,619 369,567
Percentage 58.49% 39.47%
Wicker:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%
Baria:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90%
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Roger Wicker
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Roger Wicker
Republican

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The 2018 United States Senate election in Mississippi took place on November 6, 2018, in order to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Mississippi. Incumbent Republican Roger Wicker was re-elected to a second full term, defeating his Democratic challenger, David Baria.

The candidate filing deadline was March 1, 2018, and the primary election was held on June 5, 2018, with a runoff on June 26 if a party's primary fails to produce a majority winner.[1] The race took place on the same day as the nonpartisan jungle primary for the other U.S. Senate seat in Mississippi, which was vacated by Thad Cochran in the spring of 2018.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Declared

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Withdrawn

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Endorsements

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Roger Wicker

U.S. Presidents

Governors

Statewide Officials

U.S. Senators

Mississippi State Officials

  • Dane Maxwell, Mayor of Pascagoula[16]
Chris McDaniel (withdrawn)

Political operatives

  • Tommy Barnett, treasurer of Remember Mississippi super PAC[17]
  • Laura Van Overschelde, Chair of the Mississippi Tea Party[18]
  • Grant Sowell, Chair of the Tupelo Tea Party[19]
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Roger
Wicker 		Chris
McDaniel 		Tate
Reeves 		Undecided
Triumph Campaigns[20] April 10–11, 2018 446 – 66% 16% – 18%
JMC Analytics[21] February 15–17, 2018 500 ± 4.4% 38% – 15% 47%
38% 20% – 42%
Mason-Dixon[22] December 13–15, 2017 400 ± 5.0% 49% 33% – 18%
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Wicker)[23] April 22–25, 2017 500 ± 4.2% 55% 30% – 14%

Results

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Results by county
Map legend
  •   Wicker—≥90%
  •   Wicker—80–90%
  •   Wicker—70–80%
  •   Wicker—60–70%
Republican primary results[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Roger Wicker (incumbent) 130,118 82.79%
Republican Richard Boyanton 27,052 17.21%
Total votes 157,170 100%

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Declared

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Jensen Bohren

Organizations

  • Jackpine Radicals[34]
  • Vote STEM[35]
  • Sustainable Politician Project[36]
  • Mississippi DSA[37]
David Baria

Organizations

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		David
Baria 		Jensen
Bohren 		Omeria
Scott 		Howard
Sherman 		Undecided
Triumph Campaigns[20] April 10–11, 2018 446 7% 4% 9% 2% 79%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		David
Baria 		Chuck
Espy 		Jim
Hood 		Bennie
Thompson 		Undecided
Triumph Campaigns[42] January 29, 2018 2,145 ± 1.8% – – 33% 47% 20%
10% 34% – – 56%

Results

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Initial primary results by county
Map legend
  •   Sherman—50–60%
  •   Sherman—40–50%
  •   Sherman—30–40%
  •   Baria—30–40%
  •   Baria—40–50%
  •   Baria—50–60%
  •   Baria—60–70%
  •   Baria—80–90%
  •   Scott—30–40%
  •   Scott—40–50%
  •   Scott—50–60%
  •   Scott—70–80%
  •   Scott—80–90%
  •   Garland—50–60%
Democratic primary results[43]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Howard Sherman 27,957 31.79%
Democratic David Baria 27,244 30.98%
Democratic Omeria Scott 21,278 24.20%
Democratic Victor G. Maurice Jr. 4,361 4.96%
Democratic Jerone Garland 4,266 4.85%
Democratic Jensen Bohren 2,825 3.21%
Total votes 87,931 100%

Runoff results

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Primary runoff results by county
Map legend
  •   Baria—≥90%
  •   Baria—80–90%
  •   Baria—70–80%
  •   Baria—60–70%
  •   Baria—50–60%
  •   Sherman—50–60%
  •   Sherman—60–70%
  •   Sherman—70–80%
  •   Sherman—80–90%
Democratic primary runoff results[44]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Baria 44,156 58.64%
Democratic Howard Sherman 31,149 41.36%
Total votes 75,305 100%

Independents and third party candidates

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Libertarian Party

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Declared

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Reform Party

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Declared

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  • Shawn O'Hara, perennial candidate[27]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[45] Safe R October 26, 2018
Inside Elections[46] Safe R November 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[47] Safe R November 5, 2018
Fox News[48] Likely R July 9, 2018
CNN[49] Safe R July 12, 2018
RealClearPolitics[50] Safe R June 2018

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2018
Candidate Total receipts Total disbursements Cash on hand
Roger Wicker (R) $5,349,028 $3,831,418 $3,138,044
David Baria (D) $532,629 $528,325 $72,922
Source: Federal Election Commission[51]

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Roger
Wicker (R) 		David
Baria (D) 		Danny
Bedwell (L) 		Other Undecided
Change Research[52] November 2–4, 2018 1,003 – 48% 40% 5% 3%[53] –
Marist College[54] October 13–18, 2018 511 LV ± 6.1% 57% 31% 2% 2%[55] 9%
60% 32% – 2% 7%
856 RV ± 4.7% 54% 30% 3% 2%[55] 10%
57% 32% – 2% 9%
SurveyMonkey[56] September 9–24, 2018 985 ± 4.3% 43% 29% – – 27%
Triumph Campaigns[57] July 30–31, 2018 2,100 ± 3.5% 53% 32% 1% 2%[58] 12%
Triumph Campaigns[20] April 10–11, 2018 1,000 ± 3.0% 48% 31% – – 21%

Results

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United States Senate election in Mississippi, 2018[59]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Roger Wicker (incumbent) 547,619 58.49% +1.33%
Democratic David Baria 369,567 39.47% −1.08%
Libertarian Danny Bedwell 12,981 1.39% N/A
Reform Shawn O'Hara 6,048 0.65% −0.41%
Total votes 936,215 100% N/A
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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By congressional district

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Wicker won 3 of 4 congressional districts.[60]

District Wicker Baria Representative
1st 66% 32% Trent Kelly
2nd 38% 61% Bennie Thompson
3rd 62% 36% Michael Guest
4th 68% 30% Steven Palazzo

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Official campaign websites

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