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==1967 election results==

==1967 election results==

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Phillips was rudely treated during his appearance at the Tri-State Fair in Greenville<ref>''Greenville Delta Democrat-Times,'' October 5, 1967.</ref> even though Washington County gave him his best vote in the state in both 1963 (61 percent) and 1967 (49.7 percent). Overall, Phillips received only 133,379 votes (29.7 percent), 5,136 fewer than in 1963. Williams polled 315,318 votes.<ref>State of Mississippi, Election Statistics, 1967.</ref> One Republican told ''Time'' magazine that the results had halted Republican growth in Mississippi by probably fifteen years.<ref>''Time Magazine,'' November 17, 1967, p. 29.</ref> The GOP lost its three seats in the Mississippi legislature. Republican Representative Lewis McAllister, Jr., was among those defeated though he polled a majority within the boundaries of his former Meridian-based district. Two others who lost their seats were state Senator Seelig Wise and Representative Charles Pringle. A rare Republican victory was the election of Roy Fulton as a supervisor in Washington County. Even the Republican coroner in Hinds County, Dr. Thomas Davis, was swept from office in the Williams landslide. Phillips wired Williams to offer congratulations and support for what he called the new governor's "every progressive endeavor."<ref>''Challenging the Status Quo," p. 262.</ref>

Phillips was rudely treated during his appearance at the Tri-State Fair in Greenville<ref>''Greenville Delta Democrat-Times,'' October 5, 1967.</ref> even though Washington County gave him his best vote in the state in both 1963 (61 percent) and 1967 (49.7 percent). Overall, Phillips received only 133,379 votes (29.7 percent), 5,136 fewer than in 1963. Williams polled 315,318 votes.<ref>State of Mississippi, Election Statistics, 1967.</ref> One Republican told ''Time'' magazine that the results had halted Republican growth in Mississippi by probably fifteen years.<ref>''Time Magazine,'' November 17, 1967, p. 29.</ref> The GOP lost its three seats in the Mississippi legislature. Republican Representative Lewis McAllister, Jr., was among those defeated though he polled a majority within the boundaries of his former Meridian-based district. Two others who lost their seats were state Senator Seelig Wise and Representative Charles Pringle. A rare Republican victory was the election of Roy Fulton as a supervisor in Washington County. Even the Republican coroner in Hinds County, Dr. Thomas Davis, was swept from office in the Williams landslide. Phillips wired Williams to offer congratulations and support for what he called the new governor's "every progressive endeavor."<ref>''Challenging the Status Quo," p. 262.</ref>