Mississippi gubernatorial election, 2007
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The Mississippi gubernatorial election, 2007 will be held on November 6, 2007. Whoever wins the 2007 election for Governor of Mississippi will serve from December 2007 through December 2011.
Current Republican Governor Haley Barbour has announced that he will seek reelection on February 8, 2006. In that announcement, he also dispelled rumors that he would seek the 2008 Republican nomination for the presidency.
As of November 2006 Barbour has a 59% approval rating and a +23% "net" approval rating [1].
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[edit] Candidates
[edit] Republicans
Announced
- Governor Haley Barbour
Potential
- Amy Tuck - current lieutenant governor and former Democrat
[edit] Democrats
Announced
none
Potential
- Wayne Dowdy - former Congressman and current head of the Mississippi Democratic Party
- James Graves - member of the Mississippi Supreme Court
- Ray Mabus - former governor, 1988-1992, and former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia
- Mike Moore - former Mississippi Attorney General
- Ronnie Musgrove - former governor, 2000-2004, defeated in 2003 by Barbour in a close election
[edit] See also
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