About: 1978 United States Senate election in Mississippi

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dbo:abstract	The 1978 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 5, 1978. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator James Eastland decided to retire. Republican Thad Cochran won the open seat, becoming the first Republican to win a U.S. Senate election in Mississippi since Reconstruction. (en)
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dbp:candidate	dbr:Maurice_Dantin dbr:Thad_Cochran dbr:Charles_Evers dbr:Henry_Jay_Kirksey Charles L. Sullivan (en) William L. Waller (en) Cliff Finch (en) Charles W. Pickering (en) Helen M. Williams (en) Maurice Dantin (en) Richard C. Tedford (en) Robert L. Robinson (en) Thad Cochran (en)
dbp:country	Mississippi (en)
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rdfs:comment	The 1978 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 5, 1978. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator James Eastland decided to retire. Republican Thad Cochran won the open seat, becoming the first Republican to win a U.S. Senate election in Mississippi since Reconstruction. (en)
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