State Rep. Oscar Denton defeated two challengers to win re-election to the House District 55 seat.

The primary victory means he returns to the Legislature for a full four-year term when it convenes in January. There are no Republican or independent challengers.

District 55 covers all of Warren County.

Denton won a special election in 2013 to finish the uncompleted term of Mayor George Flaggs Jr., who retired from the Legislature after he was elected Vicksburg Mayor.

“I want to thank God for allowing me the opportunity, and the people for believing in me and trusting me to do what I can for them,” he said. “I will continue to fight for the rights of people, working people, everybody. Education is a big focus of mine and I’ll try to get Mississippi off the bottom of some of this.”

Denton carried all 12 precincts in the county, getting 1,403 votes of 76 percent of the vote, to 413, or 22.38 percent for Chris Green and 29 votes, or 1.57 percent for Arrick R. Rice.