Mississippi's 4th congressional district

Mississippi's 4th congressional district
Mississippi's 4th congressional district
	Mississippi's 4th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative
	Steven Palazzo; R–Biloxi
Area	9,536 sq mi (24,700 km2)
Distribution	53.72% urban; 46.28% rural;
Population (2019)	775,679
Median household; income	$47,340
Ethnicity	70.4% White; 23.5% Black; 4.4% Hispanic; 1.3% Asian; 0.4% Native American;
Occupation	51.9% White-collar; 30.6% Blue-collar; 18.4% Gray-collar;
Cook PVI	R+21

Mississippi's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S state of Mississippi. The district is in the southeast part of the state and is on the border of Alabama and Louisiana. It includes three of Mississippi's four cities with the most people: Gulfport, Biloxi, and Hattiesburg. The other big cities within the district include Bay St. Louis, Laurel, and Pascagoula.

Election history

2002 Fourth Congressional District of Mississippi Elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gene Taylor	121,742	75.21	-
	Republican	Dr. Karl Cleveland Mertz	34,373	21.24	-
	Libertarian	Wayne L. Parker	3,311	2.05	-
	Reform	Thomas R. Huffmaster	2,442	1.51	-
Turnout			161,868
Majority			87,369	53.98

2004 Fourth Congressional District of Mississippi Elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gene Taylor	181,614	64.77	-10.44
	Republican	Mike Lott	96,740	34.50	+13.26
	Reform	Tracella Hill	2,028	0.72	-0.79
Turnout			280,382
Majority			84,874	30.27

2006 Fourth Congressional District of Mississippi Elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gene Taylor	110,996	79.79	+15.02
	Republican	Randall "Randy" McDonnell	28,117	20.21	-14.29
Turnout			139,113
Majority			82,879	59.58

2006 Fourth Congressional District of Mississippi Elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gene Taylor		74.54	-5.25
	Republican	John McCay		25.46	+5.25
Turnout
Majority				49.08

2010 Fourth Congressional District of Mississippi Elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Steven Palazzo	105,613	51.93	+26.47
	Democratic	Gene Taylor	95,243	46.83	-27.45
	Libertarian	Tim Hampton	1,741	0.86	+0.86
	Reform	Anna Revies	787	0.39	+0.39
Turnout			203,384
Majority			9,480	4.84

Mississippi's 4th congressional district, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven Palazzo (incumbent)	182,998	64.1
	Democratic	Matt Moore	82,344	28.9
	Libertarian	Ron Williams	17,982	6.3
	Reform	Robert Claunch	2,108	0.7
Total votes			285,432	100.0
	Republican hold

Mississippi's 4th congressional district, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven Palazzo (incumbent)	108,776	69.9
	Democratic	Matt Moore	37,869	24.3
	Independent	Cindy Burleson	3,684	2.4
	Libertarian	Joey Robinson	3,473	2.2
	Reform	Eli Jackson	917	0.6
	Independent	Ed Reich	857	0.6
Total votes			155,576	100.0
	Republican hold

Mississippi's 4th congressional district, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven Palazzo (incumbent)	181,323	65.0
	Democratic	Mark Gladney	77,505	27.8
	Libertarian	Richard Blake McCluskey	14,687	5.3
	Reform	Shawn O'Hara	5,264	1.9
Total votes			278,779	100.0
	Republican hold

Mississippi's 4th congressional district, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven Palazzo (incumbent)	152,633	68.2
	Democratic	Jeramey Anderson	68,787	30.8
	Reform	Lajena Sheets	2,312	1.0
Total votes			223,732	100.0
	Republican hold

Mississippi's 4th congressional district, 2020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven Palazzo (incumbent)	255,971	100.0
Total votes			255,971	100.0
	Republican hold

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "My Congressional District".
↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.