Trent Lott
★ U.S. Senator
- Born
- October 9, 1941
- Current age
- 84
- Home state
- Mississippi
- Party
- Republican
- On the ballot
- 1972–2006
12-0
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Lott2.7M
Opponents1.4M
12
Elections run
Between 1972 and 2006, Trent Lott ran in 12 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and U.S. Senate), winning all 12. Lott's biggest single-election total was 654,941 votes, in the 2000 U.S. Senate election in Mississippi. Lott's closest win came in the 1972 U.S. House election in Mississippi's District 5, decided by 15,725 votes.
Browse every U.S. Senate election in Mississippi, every U.S. House race in Mississippi's District 5, or all 2006 U.S. Senate races.
How many votes has Trent Lott received?
Trent Lott has received 2,736,467 popular votes across 12 U.S. elections, with a career record of 12–0.
Election history
| Year | Office | Result | Votes | Opponent(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | U.S. SenateMississippi | Won | 388,39963.58% | Erik R. Fleming Harold M. Taylor |
| 2000 | U.S. SenateMississippi | Won | 654,94165.88% | Troy D. Brown Sr. Jim Giles Lewis Napper Shawn O'Hara |
| 1994 | U.S. SenateMississippi | Won | 418,33368.8% | Ken Harper |
| 1988 | U.S. SenateMississippi | Won | 510,38053.91% | Wayne Dowdy |
| 1986 | U.S. HouseMississippi | Won | 75,28882.34% | Larry L. Albritton |
| 1984 | U.S. HouseMississippi | Won | 142,63784.66% | Arlon Blackie Coate (head-to-head) |
| 1982 | U.S. HouseMississippi | Won | 82,88478.55% | Arlon Blackie Coate (head-to-head) |
| 1980 | U.S. HouseMississippi | Won | 131,55973.92% | Jimmy McVeay |
| 1978 | U.S. HouseMississippi | Won | 97,177100% | — |
| 1976 | U.S. HouseMississippi | Won | 104,55468.21% | Gerald Blessey |
| 1974 | U.S. HouseMississippi | Won | 52,48972.98% | W W Murphy K Mertz G Gilley Earnest J Creel (head-to-head) |
| 1972 | U.S. HouseMississippi | Won | 77,82655.35% | Ben Stone Earnest J Creel (head-to-head) |
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (L000447) and Wikidata (Q50608). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
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