Ellington

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican Gregg Harper of Pearl has won another term in central Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District.

Unofficial results show 58-year-old Harper defeated three candidates Tuesday. Democrat Douglas MacArthur "Doug" Magee, independent Roger Gerrard and the Reform Party's Barbara Dale Washer all ran low-budget campaigns.

Harper, of Pearl, was an attorney in private practice before he was elected to Congress in 2008. He serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and is a critic of federal spending and regulation.

The 3rd District makes a diagonal across the state from Wilkinson and Adams counties on the Louisiana state line, through suburban Jackson and northward to Noxubee County and Starkville.

Harper raised $1.1 million over the last two years and spent $723,000. Magee, Gerrard and Washer didn't report any contributions.