From left, Ezell, DuPree, Johnson
Republican Mike Ezell will succeed Steven Palazzo as the District 4 Representative for Mississippi in the U.S. Congress.
The Associated Press called the election at 9:20 p.m. With 87% of the precincts reporting, Ezell had 74.7% of the votes, followed by DuPree with 23.3% and Johnson with 2%.
Ezell, the sitting Jackson County Sheriff, easily defeated former Hattiesburg mayor Johnny DuPree, a Democrat, and Libertarian Alden Patrick Johnson in the decidedly Republican District 4.
Ezell’s toughest campaign came in the GOP primary, where he went into a…
