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2007 Mississippi gubernatorial election
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Nominee Haley Barbour John Arthur Eaves Jr.
Party Republican Democratic
Electoral vote 78 44
Popular vote 430,807 313,232
Percentage 57.90% 42.10%
County results
Barbour:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Eaves:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Governor before election

Haley Barbour
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Haley Barbour
Republican

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The 2007 Mississippi gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 6. Incumbent Haley Barbour was re-elected to serve a four-year term as Governor of Mississippi from January 15, 2008, through January 10, 2012.[1] The Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi is also on the ballot and elected for the same time period. This was the first time that Panola County and Yalobusha County voted Republican for governor since Reconstruction.

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Haley Barbour (incumbent) 184,036 93.11
Republican Frederick Jones 13,611 6.89
Total votes 197,647 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Results by county
Democratic primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Arthur Eaves, Jr. 314,012 70.29
Democratic William Compton 52,343 11.72
Democratic Fred Smith 49,170 11.01
Democratic Louis Fondren 31,197 6.98
Total votes 446,722 100

General election

Polling

Source Date Haley
Barbour (R) 		John
Eaves (D)
Mississippi Education Association April 7, 2007 50% 35%

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[4] Safe R November 1, 2007

Results

CandidatePartyPopular voteElectoral vote
Votes%Votes%
Haley BarbourRepublican Party430,80757.907863.93
John Arthur Eaves Jr.Democratic Party313,23242.104436.07
Total744,039100.00122100.00
Source: Mississippi Secretary of State

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. ^ Sundheim, Chris (November 6, 2007). "Miss. Governor Easily Wins 2nd Term". Washington Post. Retrieved November 6, 2007.
  2. ^ "Primary certification documents" (PDF). www.sos.state.ms.us. 2007. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  3. ^ "Primary certification documents" (PDF). www.sos.state.ms.us. 2007. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  4. ^ "22007 Gubernatorial Contests and Virginia General Assembly Update". crystalball.centerforpolitics.org.
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