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Carmichael finished the race against Eastland with 249,779 votes (38.7%). Prentiss Walker (1917-1998) of Smith County, the first Mississippi Republican to serve in the[[United States House of Representatives]] in the 20th century, ran as an Independent in the Senate general election and drew 14,662 votes (2.3 percent). Walker had run as a strongly conservative Republican against Eastland in 1966 and claimed that the veteran senator was too close to Democratic President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and did little as chairman of the [[Senate Judiciary Committee]] to block the confirmation of liberal judges prone to enact [[Segregation|integrationist]] rulings. Eastland in his last victory at the polls won the race with 375,102 (58.1 percent);<ref name=campaigns>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=8573|title=Carmichael, Gil|publisher=ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=May 5, 2014}}</ref> he did not seek reelection in 1978 and was succeeded by Moderate Republican [[U.S. Representative]] [[Thad Cochran]].​

Carmichael finished the race against Eastland with 249,779 votes (38.7%). Prentiss Walker (1917-1998) of Smith County, the first Mississippi Republican to serve in the[[United States House of Representatives]] in the 20th century, ran as an Independent in the Senate general election and drew 14,662 votes (2.3 percent). Walker had run as a strongly conservative Republican against Eastland in 1966 and claimed that the veteran senator was too close to Democratic President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and did little as chairman of the [[Senate Judiciary Committee]] to block the confirmation of liberal judges prone to enact [[Segregation|integrationist]] rulings. Eastland in his last victory at the polls won the race with 375,102 (58.1 percent);<ref name=campaigns>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=8573|title=Carmichael, Gil|publisher=ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=May 5, 2014}}</ref> he did not seek reelection in 1978 and was succeeded by Moderate Republican [[U.S. Representative]] [[Thad Cochran]].​

In 1973, Carmichael's friend, Tom Stuart was elected as the first Republicanmayor of Meridian, in which capacity Stuart sought to pave streets and resolve downtown traffic problems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.franklincountytimes.com/2001/11/19/tom-stuart-former-mayor-dies/|author=Sheila Blackmon|publisher=''Franklin County Times''|accessdate=June 5, 2014}}</ref>​

In 1973, Carmichael's friend, Tom Stuart was elected as the first Republican mayor of Meridian, in which capacity Stuart sought to pave streets and resolve downtown traffic problems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.franklincountytimes.com/2001/11/19/tom-stuart-former-mayor-dies/|author=Sheila Blackmon|publisher=''Franklin County Times''|accessdate=June 5, 2014}}</ref>​

===1975-1983===

===1975-1983===