Trump - Clinton Top Vote Getters in Winston County

The primary election results in Winston County followed the pattern across the rest of the state of Mississippi on Tuesday. In the Democratic primary, Hillary Clinton won by a large majority over her main rival, Bernie Sanders. Unofficial results show that Clinton garnered 86% of the vote across the county. This compares to a statewide percentage of 82.65% There was very little drama for the Democrats as most news agencies called the race for Clinton as soon as the polls closed across the state.

Donald Trump also had a strong win as he gained  46 % of the vote in the county's 12 precincts. Ted Cruz was his strongest competition. Cruz finished with 37% of the vote followed by John Kasich with 9%  and Marco Rubio with 5%. Other Republican candidates who had suspended their campaign were listed on the ballot. These percentages also closely reflect statewide totals. Statewide, Trump received 47.34%, Cruz received 36.3%, Kasich finished with 8.8% and Rubio received 5%.

Primaries for the First Congressional District were also on the ballot. In the Democratic primary, Jacob Owens was unopposed. On the Republican side, incumbent Congressman Trent Kelly had little trouble defeating challenger Paul Clever. Kelly received over 95% of the votes cast.

The Winston County Circuit Clerk's Office indicates that 4212 of 12434 registered voters cast their ballots in the primaries on Tuesday. This is a voter turnout of 33.87 % These totals and percentages do not reflect absentee ballots and will not be official for several days.

DEMOCRAT - PRESIDENT
CLINTON        1442
SANDERS          202
WILSON              10
O'MALLEY          10
LA FUENTE           6
WRITE-IN              3

DEMOCRAT 1ST DIST
OWEN               1340
WRITE-IN               7

REPUBLICAN - PRESIDENT
TRUMP             1156
CRUZ                  941
KASICH              231
RUBIO                 121
CARSON               40
HUCKABEE          10
SANTORUM           3
PAUL                       2
CHRISTIE                1
PATAKI                   1
FIORINA                 1

REPUBLICAN - 1ST DIST
KELLY               2326
CLEVER               100
WRITE-IN                3