1970 United States House of Representatives elections
District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Mississippi 1 Thomas Abernethy Democratic 1942 Incumbent re-elected Y Thomas Abernethy ( Democratic ) Unopposed
Mississippi 2 Jamie L. Whitten Democratic 1941 ( Special ) Incumbent re-elected Y Jamie L. Whitten ( Democratic ) 86.5% Eugene Carter ( Independent ) 13.5%
Mississippi 3 Charles H. Griffin Democratic 1968 Incumbent re-elected Y Charles H. Griffin ( Democratic ) 63.7% Ray Lee ( Republican ) 36.3%
Mississippi 4 Gillespie V. Montgomery Democratic 1966 Incumbent re-elected Y Gillespie V. Montgomery ( Democratic ) Unopposed
Mississippi 5 William M. Colmer Democratic 1932 Incumbent re-elected Y William M. Colmer ( Democratic ) 90.4% Earnest J. Creel ( Independent ) 9.6%
Mississippi
Main article : 1970 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi See also : List of United States Representatives from Mississippi
The 1970 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives held on November 3, 1970, in the middle of Richard M. Nixon's first term as president. His party, the Republican Party, lost a net of 12 seats to the Democratic Party, which thereby increased its majority in the House. Many viewed the results of the 1970 election as an indication of public fatigue over the ongoing Vietnam War as well as the fallout from the Kent State Massacre. This was the first House election in which all 50 states used a single-member-district system to elect Representatives instead of using at-large congressional districts.