2008 Mississippi's 1st congressional district special election

2008 Mississippi's 1st congressional district special election

← 2006 April 22 and May 13, 2008 November 2008 →

Mississippi's 1st congressional district
 
Nominee Travis Childers Greg Davis
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 58,037 49,877
Percentage 53.8% 46.2%

County results
Childers:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Davis:      50–60%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election

Roger Wicker
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Travis Childers
Democratic

The 2008 Mississippi 1st congressional district special election was a special election in the state of Mississippi to determine who would serve the remainder of former Representative Roger Wicker's term. After an April 22, 2008 ballot resulted in no candidate receiving a majority, Democratic Party candidate Travis Childers defeated Republican candidate Greg Davis in a runoff election on May 13, 2008.